14,000 bunkers to be built for J&K border residents facing Pak shelling

Over 14,000 community and individual bunkers would be constructed along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) for border residents facing Pakistani shelling in Jammu division, officials said on Sunday.

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Palestine reinstates Pak envoy who met Saeed

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Man held for making threat calls to ace cricketer

Devkumar Mitti, a 32-year-old West Bengal native, was arrested by the Bandra police on Saturday for making phone calls to the residence of an ace cricketer and issuing threats to kidnap his young daughter.

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'Govt for proposals to cleanse political funding'

The electoral bonds mechanism is a substantial improvement in transparency over the present system and the government is open to suggestions to further cleanse political funding, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday.

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'Militaristic' approach failed in J&K: Chidambaram

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Q&A: 'H-1B is no longer a path to a life in US'

Vikram Rangnekar, a Silicon Valley H-1B is among those who chose to opt out of the tortured wait for an American Green Card and reinvent himself outside the US, a decision he is so chuffed with that he even started a website, movnorth.com, to chronicle his experience and encourage others. He spoke to Chidanand Rajghatta.

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Hardik Pandya adds muscle to growing reputation

"Can it get better than this," exclaimed Hardik Pandya over the phone back in Nov 2016, after hearing that the national selection committee had picked him for the first two Tests against England.

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Trump: Will 'absolutely' talk to Kim on phone

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would "absolutely" be willing to talk on the phone to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and that he hopes a positive development results from talks between North Korea and South Korea.

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Arctic blast freezes US amid NY airport chaos

In Canada, temperatures approaching minus 50 degrees Celsius (minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit) were forecast in northern Ontario and Quebec. Arctic air and dangerously cold wind chills could bring temperatures that feel as low as minus 45 Fahrenheit across much of the eastern two-thirds of the United States, with the risk of frostbite to exposed skin within 10 minutes, authorities warned.

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Delhi: 4 powerlifting players killed due to fog

Four powerlifting players were killed, while two others including world champion Saksham Yadav was seriously injured after their car met with an accident near the Singhu border in outer Delhi's Alipur area in the wee hours of Sunday.

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Appeals in Allahabad HC pending for over 40 years

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10yrs jail for funding Saeed, Azhar's outfits: Pak

Pakistan on Saturday said that those providing funds to banned groups, including the so-called charities run by Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, will face up to 10 years in prison along with a hefty fine.

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Trump says willing to talk with NKorea leader

US President Donald Trump said Saturday he would be willing to speak directly with Kim Jong-Un, voicing hope that rare talks between North and South Korea could help de-escalate the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear drive.

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