Pakistan resumes heavy shelling in the Poonch sector, escalating border tensions
Poonch,: Pakistan has resumed heavy shelling in the Poonch sector, escalating border tensions. More details awaited. Meanwhile, Pakistan resorted to small arms and artillery fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday evening. The Indian Army has been responding proportionately. In a major escalation along India’s […]
Bangladesh’s interim govt mulling to ban ousted ex-PM Skeikh Hasina’s party
Dhaka,: Bangladesh’s interim government on Friday said it would take a “quick decision” on banning deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League. The announcement by the interim government chief Professor Muhammad Yunus’s office in a statement came after student-led newly floated National Citizen Party (NCP) activists overnight rallied in front of his official residence demanding […]
Civilian flight operations to remain suspended at Srinagar Airport till midnight of May 15
Srinagar: Authorities on Friday said the civilian flight operations will remain suspended at Srinagar International Airport till midnight of May 15 in view of the ongoing India-Pakistan confrontation. “Please note that Srinagar Airport is closed up to 2359 hours of 14.05.2025 for flight operations,” an official of the Airports Authority of India said here. Srinagar […]
Jammu goes dark after blasts heard, sirens sounded; locals told to switch off lights in Srinagar
Jammu/Srinagar,: Blasts were heard and sirens sounded as Jammu city plunged into darkness after loud explosions were heard in the region, officials said on Friday. In Srinagar, mosque loudspeakers were used to convey to locals to switch off their lights as a precautionary measure. The blasts come amid ongoing shelling by Pakistan following India’s strike […]
Jammu plunges into darkness after blasts heard, sirens sounded
JAMMU: Jammu city plunged into darkness on Friday after blasts were heard in the region and alarms sounded, officials said. The blasts come amid ongoing shelling by Pakistan following India’s strike on terror hideouts in the country earlier this week as part of Operation Sindoor. “Intermittent sounds of blasts, probably heavy artillery, can now be […]
Markets tumble as India-Pak conflict flares up; Sensex, Nifty tank over 1 pc
MUMBAI,: Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled over 1 per cent each on Friday as tensions soared between India and Pakistan, fuelling fears of a wider conflict. Extending its previous day’s decline, the 30-share BSE benchmark gauge tanked 880.34 points or 1.10 per cent to settle at 79,454.47, in a largely range-bound trading. […]
Rupee rises 17 paise to close at 85.41 against US dollar
MUMBAI, May 9: The rupee pared its initial losses and settled for the day higher by 17 paise at 85.41 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, as likely intervention by the Reserve Bank of India helped contain excess depreciation of the rupee. Forex traders said the rupee opened on a weak note on the […]
No role to play beyond facilitator: World Bank President Ajay Banga on Indus Water Treaty
NEW DELHI,: World Bank President Ajay Banga has said that the multilateral agency has no role to play beyond a facilitator in the Indus Water Treaty signed between India and Pakistan in 1960 for sharing of waters of Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab. India has suspended the decades-old Indus Water Treaty in the wake of the […]
Firmly committed to prioritise national interest over all other considerations: JioStar
NEW DELHI,: With the IPL suspended, its broadcast and streaming rights holder JioStar on Friday said the company stands firmly committed to prioritise national interest over all other considerations, while extending support to the government and armed forces. The company said it will work with the BCCI to bring back IPL, which has been suspended […]
China’s exports to US sink, offset by trade with other economies, as US tariffs hit global trade
BEIJING,: China’s exports to the United States tumbled in April while its trade with other economies surged, suggesting that President Donald Trump’s tariffs offensive is hastening a shakeup in global supply chains. Total exports from China rose 8.1% last month from a year earlier, much faster than the 2% pace most economists had been expecting. […]
