Archery WC: India bag three gold medals to sweep compound team events

Shanghai: Underlining their supremacy in non-Olympic compound archery, India grabbed a hat-trick of gold medals to make a clean sweep of team events at the ongoing World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai here on Saturday. India’s Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur dropped just four points to trounce Italy 236-225 in the women’s […]

China seeks to “influence and arguably interfere” upcoming US elections: Blinken

Washington, DC: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, while closing his three-day trip to China, said that the US has seen evidence of Chinese attempts to “influence and arguably interfere” with the upcoming US elections, despite Chinese President Xi Jinping’s earlier commitment to not do so, reported CNN. Blinken made the comments in an interview […]

IPL 2024: Match between KKR vs PBKS break record of most sixes in T20

Kolkata (West Bengal): The match between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Friday rewrote the history of men’s T20 cricket by producing a chase that comes once in a blue moon. On a night of Friday when records tumbled within the blink of an eye, sixes were constant compatriots of PBKS and […]

J&K boat capsize tragedy: Another body found, death toll rises to 7

Srinagar: The body of a minor, who was missing after the April 16 boat capsize tragedy in the Jhelum river here, was recovered on Friday, taking the death toll in the incident to seven, officials said. The body of a minor boy who drowned in the tragedy in the Gandabal area in the outskirts of […]

Man arrested with 21 kgs of poppy in Katra

Jammu: Police on Friday arrested a man with 21 kilograms of poppy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, officials said. During a routine check, a police team intercepted a man, who was later identified as Suresh Kumar alias Bantu, in Katra and found on him 21 kilograms of poppy, they said. The matter is being investigated, […]

Land sinks in J&K: About 30 houses damaged in Ramban

Ramban (Jammu and Kashmir): Due to the sinking of land for about 1 km at the Ramban-Gool road since Thursday evening, about 30 houses have been damaged in Pernote village, 6 Km from Ramban in Jammu and Kashmir, said authorities. “Since yesterday evening, small cracks have been developing in the roads. A road of length […]

Earthquake of 3.2 magnitude hits J&K’s Kishtwar

Kishtwar (Jammu and Kashmir): An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 on the Richter scale hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar on Friday night, according to National Centre for Seismology (NCS) data. According to the NCS, the earthquake occurred at 11:06 pm. The epicentre of the earthquake was located at Latitude 33.35 and Longitude 76.70, at a depth […]