Jammu: An Army personnel was killed and two others were injured as Pakistani troops opened fire and shelled areas along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday.

New Delhi: More than 350 resident doctors of two hospitals run by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation – Kasturba Hospital and Hindu Rao Hospital – have threatened to resign en masse citing non-payment of salaries for the past three-four months. They have given the authorities one week’s notice for meeting their demands.

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KARACHI: Many were left flustered and frothing at the mouth in India’s diplomatic circles after a Chinese diplomat in Pakistan linked the Ladakh standoff with the illegal annexation of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K) by New Delhi, suggesting it posed a challenge to the sovereignty of both China and Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday proposed an 11.9 per cent increase in the defence budget despite the earlier announcement that military spending would remain unchanged in view of the grave economic situation compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nepal’s Parliament passes amendment to include the new map which includes Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura in the Constitution of Nepal.

New Delhi: India and China held another round of Major General level talks on Friday to try to de-escalate more than one month of military stand-off in the Ladakh Sector.

Karachi: Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi on Saturday said he has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the first high-profile cricketer to be infected with the deadly virus.

New Delhi: Petrol price on Saturday was hiked by 59 paise per litre and diesel by 58 paise as oil companies  for the seventh day in a row adjusted retail rates in line with costs since ending an 82-day hiatus in rate revision.

Just before lock-down a group of veteran activists singly and in twos and threes met general secretaries of the three communist parties senior leaders of the Congress party and of the RJD.