Day: August 4, 2019

India, Pakistan trade attack claims as Kashmir tensions rise

The Indian military on Sunday claimed to have killed several Pakistani attackers trying to cross the de facto border in Kashmir, as tensions ratcheted up in the disputed region and sent thousands of tourists fleeing. Kashmir has surged back into the spotlight in recent days, just months after […]

First of 2 Hong Kong rallies underway after clashes, arrests

HONG KONG — The first of two planned protests in Hong Kong on Sunday kicked off from a public park just hours after police said they arrested more than 20 people for unlawful assembly and other offences during the previous night’s violent demonstrations. Light rain fell on the […]

Was Polish scandal a Russian test for US election tampering?

WARSAW, Poland — High-ranking Polish politicians used a side door to get to the VIP section of Sowa & Przyjaciele, a posh Warsaw restaurant. Sealed off from other patrons, government ministers and lawmakers felt free to speak their minds while enjoying continental cuisine and wine at taxpayer expense. […]

Heavy rains pound Mumbai; normal life, rail traffic hit hard

Mumbai, Aug 4: Overnight heavy rains in Mumbai and its adjoining areas crippled normal life and disrupted rail and air traffic on Sunday morning. Amidst the heavy downpour which continued to pound the city and its neighbouring areas, a 16-year-old boy was washed away in flood in the adjoining […]

Planter scripts unique tea tale along Indo-Bangla border

Rangamura (Tripura) Aug 4: A Tripura planter has paved the way for growing tea on a vacant tract of land along the India-Bangladesh border, an initiative, which industry experts feel, could benefit the state’s tea sector. Fifty-year-old Animesh Deb, a small tea grower in West Tripura district, came up […]

Sena launches another campaign, targets women voters

Mumbai, Aug 4: Close on the heels of Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray’s ongoing ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’, the Shiv Sena has launched another campaign to reach out to women voters ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly polls. Shiv Sena’s secretary Aadesh Bandekar, who is also a well-known Marathi actor and […]

India test-fires Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile

Balasore, Aug 4: India on Sunday test-fired a sophisticated all-weather and all-terrain Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) from a test range in Odisha. The state-of-the-art missile has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the India Army. The air defence system, QRSAM, was test-fired […]

Congress to hold next CWC meeting on August 10

New Delhi, Aug 4: The Congress Working Committee will meet on August 10, with finding Rahul Gandhi’s successor likely to top the agenda when the party’s top brass meets at the AICC headquarters. The party had said last week that the Congress Working Committee will meet after the current […]

Indian Army asks Pak military to take possession of bodies of its personnel

New Delhi, Aug 4:  The Indian Army has offered to the Pakistan military to take possession of bodies of its personnel who were killed when it foiled an attack by Pakistan’s Border Action Team (BAT) in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said Sunday. The sources […]

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