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Kharif yields may be at risk as monsoon loses MOMENTUM AGAIN

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- After pulling India back from a near 40% rainfall deficit at the end of June, the southwest monsoon is losing momentum again. The all-India rainfall deficit remained stuck at 12%... Read More


B'desh stun aUS on home turf to win first test

DARWIN, Aug. 17 -- A dominant Bangladesh stunned Australia to win the opening Test by a crushing nine wickets in Darwin on Sunday for a historic first-ever Test victory on Australian soil. After bowli... Read More


10 farmer activists sent to 14-day judicial custody

ROHTAK, Aug. 17 -- A day after clashes between police and farmers in Hansi during chief minister Nayab Singh Saini's Independence Day programme, a local court in Hansi on Sunday remanded 10 farmer act... Read More


Amritsar cops seize IED, say terror plot foiled

AMRITSAR, Aug. 17 -- The police on Sunday claimed to have foiled a terror plot to target a police establishment with the recovery of a 690-gm improvised explosive device (IED), an electronic detonator... Read More


GGM: Man killed, another hurt after being hit by Truck

Gurugram, Aug. 17 -- A 29-year-old man died after a truck allegedly hit him and his friend while they were walking near Sultanpur in Farrukhnagar on Friday night, police said on Sunday. The victim was... Read More


Monsoon falters again, puts kharif crop yields at risk

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- After pulling India back from a near 40% rainfall deficit at the end of June, the southwest monsoon is losing momentum again. The all-India rainfall deficit remained stuck at 12%... Read More


Ggm accounts for 70% of Hry's construction, demolition waste

Gurugram, Aug. 17 -- Nearly 70% of Haryana's average construction and demolition (C&D) waste generation between 2024 and 2025 came from Gurugram, producing 1,500 tonnes per day (TPD), according to a r... Read More


Man arrested for raping 22-year-old

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Police have arrested a man accused of raping a 22-year-old woman at hotels in northwest Delhi on two separate occasions, an officer said on Sunday. Police said they arrested him ... Read More


Haryana seal Khanauri border, stop farmers from marching to Capital

ROHTAK/SANGRUR, Aug. 17 -- The proposed 228-km 'Kisan Bachao Padyatra' by farmers associated with the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) was halted at the Khanauri-Data Singhwala border on Sunday a... Read More


Canadian trail teaches power of taking personal ownership

India, Aug. 17 -- Two refusals for a Canadian visa in as many years had dampened our spirits. We longed to visit our son, who had settled in Canada. Fortunately, our third attempt proved successful, a... Read More