NEW DELHI: India’s annual defence production has “soared to an all-time high figure” of over Rs 1.5 lakh crore in the 2024-25 financial year, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday, terming the upward trajectory a clear indicator of the country’s strengthening defence industrial base.“These numbers indicate a robust 18% growth over the previous fiscal’s…
NEW DELHI: Air Force Chief Marshal AP Singh on Saturday expressed regret over lack of video evidence on 2019 Balakot airstrike, a gap that had fueled opposition leaders’ doubts over its impact. He said the issue was addressed during Operation Sindoor, where recorded footage of the airstrikes helped lay to rest what he called the…
SRINAGAR/LUDHIANA: Lance Naik Pritpal Singh, 28, and Sepoy Harminder Singh, 26 — both of Sikh Light Infantry and attached to 19 Rashtriya Rifles — were killed Saturday in an ongoing gunfight with Pakistan-trained terrorists in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district as one of the valley’s longest counterterrorism operations in recent years stretched into its ninth day.The…
ISLAMABAD: Stung by the IAF chief’s assertion, backed with photographs and video images, Pakistan swung into damage control, with its defence minister Khwaja Asif rejecting the statement that India had downed multiple Pakistani fighter jets and one large aircraft in Operation Sindoor. Asif called the statement “implausible, ill-timed and a dangerous distortion of the May…
SRINAGAR: Congress kicked off Saturday a programme of hunger strikes to press for restoration of J&K’s statehood, ploughing a lonely furrow with none of its INDIA bloc allies, including governing National Conference (NC), joining in.J&K Congress president Tariq Hamid Karra led the fasts in Srinagar coinciding with Quit India Movement’s anniversary as part of a…
Demonstrators hold placards during a protest in support of the Palestinian People in Gaza in Parliament Square in London (AP image) London police have arrested around 365 people after demonstrators openly defied a new law banning public support for a pro-Palestinian group, ‘Palestine Action’ arguing the legislation unfairly restricts freedom of expression.Earlier it arrested around…
NEW DELHI: Air India on Saturday said that a data network outage at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport would cause delays in flight operations, including its own services, from the country’s second-busiest airport.The airline noted that the outage, which had disrupted check-in systems at the airport and delayed departures, has since been resolved. However,…
NEW DELHI: Amid Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s “vote theft” accusations, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday claimed that two individuals approached him before the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, offering to secure victory in 160 of the 288 seats. Meanwhile, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis questioned the timing of the disclosure, linking it to Rahul…
HISAR: The police on Saturday registered an FIR against a person for allegedly raping his 14-year-old neighbour. The accused is yet to be arrested, the police said. He allegedly lured the survivor, a Class X student, to a paying guest accommodation and raped her.In her complaint to the police, the survivor said her parents work…
RR’s Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Sanju Samson (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav) Sanju Samson has seen plenty of special knocks in his career, but few have surprised him quite like the one produced by 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Speaking to Ravichandran Ashwin on the off-spinner’s YouTube channel, Samson was asked to share his favourite cricketing memories – both…
