HT NEWS DESK  Moscow — An explosive device planted near an apartment building in Moscow killed the head of Russia’s nuclear and chemical forces early Tuesday, officials said. Russia’s Investigative Committee said the bomb, which was triggered by the device...

HT News Network Srinagar June 19 : Senior photojournalist Nissar Ahmad, who was associated with The Hindu for 25 years, died of cancer in Srinagar on June 19. Mr. Ahmad, 59, was admitted to the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital...

SRINAGAR: J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various development projects worth around Rs 290 crore in Jammu Kashmir’s Anantnag. “This is yet another milestone in district Anantnag's path to economic and social...

SRINAGAR: A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.6 on the Richter scale occurred on Tuesday night in Jammu and Kashmir, triggering panic among the people who rushed outside their homes and called their loved ones to enquire about their wellbeing. The high-intensity earthquake occurred 22:10:27 IST. The earthquake was at the latitude 36.09 degrees north and longitude 71.35 degrees east, a meteorological department official said. The epicenter was Hindu Kush Region. There was no immediate report of any damage in the earthquake which caused panic among the people who rushed out of their houses. (GNS)

   A massive earthquake of 6.8 hit the Hindu Kush area in Afghanistan on Tuesday, sending tremors across Delhi, Noida and surrounding areas of the national capial. The quake was at a depth of 184 km (114 miles).      

US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome wished for a deal between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) assuring Washington's willingness to support the country in its efforts to resume a stalled $6.5 billion bailout programme. Ambassador Blome also indicated that the IMF bailout package for Islamabad will take its final shape in a couple of days. “The United States is ready to cooperate with Pakistan to help on the issue,” Blome said, while speaking to journalists at an event on Tuesday. The envoy also expressed Washington's willingness to help Islamabad with the ongoing challenge of terrorism, according to Geo news. Blome, who has been visiting Pakistan's important cities recently for meetings with groups belonging to different walks of life, said there had been significant progress in diplomatic relations between the two countries. The IMF and Islamabad have been in talks over a stalled bailout package since late last year, with the country seeking a $1.1bn tranche to address its worsening balance of payments crisis that would also pave the way for friendly affluent capitals to provide assistance to overcome ongoing financial complexities. Pakistan and the IMF are engaged in negotiations to reach a mutually agreeable package that would help the cash-strapped nation come out of the ongoing economic turmoil. Interestingly, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, last week, said Pakistan would strike a staff-level agreement (SLA) with the IMF in a few days, as the government remained committed to completing the loan programme signed in 2019. (UNI)

HT NEWS DESK February 12 : Surpassing 28000 mark and still thousands missing the death toll is bound to cross 50000 mark in the days to come. If The UN Chief for Relief is to be believed the death toll...

Srinagar Feb 11 : “Haj forms have been made available on the official website of HcOI: https://hajcommittee.gov.in/haf23,” HCoI Member, Er Aijaz Hussain told news agency—. He said the forms are absolutely free of cost as already announced by the HCoI...

HT NEWS DESK  Srinagar, Feb 10: The J&K meteorological department on Friday issued a clarification saying that the yellow snowfall in north Kashmir yesterday was due to dust carried by winds from Pakistan and Afghanistan.  The MeT, in a statement,...

HT NEWS DESK / AGENCIES  TurkishPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday declared a three-month state of emergency in 10 southeastern provinces hit by a major earthquake that has claimed thousands of lives.Rescue in recovery work in the isolated region...

HT NEWS Desk / AGENCIES The most powerful earthquake in nearly a century struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing 1,904 people. The 7.8-magnitude night-time tremor, followed hours later by two more big ones, wiped out entire sections of major...

HT News Desk Istanbul, Feb 6 (UNI) The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Turkey has risen to 284, while 2,383 people have been injured, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Monday.Earlier reports indicated that 76 people...