Jammu: Two Pakistani terrorists of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit were killed in an over 20-hour-long operation in a remote forest area in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday, officials said. One of those killed was identified as Avu Mavia, a top commander of JeM, who was active in the area for the last several years. Army named...

Berhampur: The population of blackbucks in Odisha's Ganjam district has risen by 498 in the last one year, officials said Wednesday. According to the census conducted by the Forest Department January 29, the total number of blackbucks in the district stood at 9,287. The population was estimated at 8,789 in 2025, 7,273 in 2023, 7,358 in 2021...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Wednesday told the Lok Sabha that the sensitive sectors of the country, like agriculture and dairy, are completely protected in the India-US trade deal. He said that the US tariffs for Indian goods will be reduced to 18 per cent. It was 50 per cent earlier. The tariff on...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi Wednesday cited former Army Chief MM Naravane's unpublished "memoir" to claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not fulfil his responsibility during the India-China conflict in 2020 and passed the buck on to Naravane. Addressing reporters in the premises of Parliament House complex, Gandhi held up Naravane's unpublished "memoir" and...

New Delhi: Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has thrown his weight behind senior batting stars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, saying nobody should tell them whether they can continue or not, while backing the "dangerous" Indian T20 team to defend its world title on home turf. In an interview to sports broadcaster Jatin Sapru facilitated by...

New Delhi: Ahead of the Supreme Court's hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has moved a fresh application urging the Apex Court to restrain the Election Commission of India (ECI) from deleting the name of any voter during the ongoing SIR...

New Delhi: India's services sector growth rose to a two-month high of 58.5 in January, on faster expansion in new business intake and output, prompting service providers to hire additional staff, a monthly survey said Wednesday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Services PMI Business Activity Index rose to a two-month high of 58.5 in January, from December's...

Puri: President Droupadi Murmu performed the 'pinda daan' ritual at the revered 'Sweta Ganga' tank in Puri Wednesday morning and then visited the Jagannath temple. Murmu reached 'Sweta Ganga' at 7 am on the third day of her visit to the state after spending the night at the Lok Bhavan in Puri, and performed the ritual for...

Quetta: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has admitted that the country’s security forces were 'handicapped' against Baloch rebels amid the fresh surge in militant violence in Balochistan, a province which has been fighting for independence from Islamabad. His remarks came as a total of 197 Baloch people, including militants from 'Fitna al-Hindustan' and other armed groups, were...

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was briefly adjourned five minutes after reconvening Wednesday amid the constant ruckus created by the Opposition MPs. Speaker Om Birla urged the Opposition benches to let the Question House proceed; however, the MPs continued with their sloganeering. The House was subsequently adjourned till noon. Earlier in the day, Congress MP Manish Tewari...