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Hanle, Ladakh: The military stand-off between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) found an amicable solution recently. However, another kind of tug-of-war between India and China – a continuous and ancient tectonic one – has been going on with the Indian tectonic plate constantly losing land by sliding under the Tibetan plate. The Indian landmass has been shrinking as its tectonic plate has been sliding under the Eurasian or Tibetan plate. This correspondent experienced the war of continents first-hand high in the Himalayas at Hanle in Ladakh, where in the last 25 years or so Hanle…

New Delhi: The first hour of the newly-formed Assembly in Jammu and Kashmir was marked with chaos after People’s Democratic Party (PDP) MLA Waheed Para introduced a resolution opposing the abrogation of Article 370. A ruckus broke out in the Assembly after Para’s resolution on Article 370, which was strongly opposed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs. The BJP demanded that Para’s remarks be expunged and accused him of violating the rules of the Assembly. Additionally, People’s Conference leader Sajjad Lone taunted Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for giving Kashmiri shawls to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit…

New Delhi: The legendary leg-spinner and former Head Coach of the Indian Cricket Team, Anil Kumble, feels that the time has come for the current side to openly accept that there is indeed a problem with the side’s batting performances of late, which has become a cause for concern as the World Test Championship comes down to the final stages. Kumble was not pleased with the performance shown by the Indian batting unit, who failed to chase down a target of 147 in the spin-friendly conditions in Mumbai as New Zealand went on to whitewash India to secure a 3-0…

New Delhi: Following India’s whitewash at the hands of New Zealand in the recently concluded three-match Test series, questions were asked regarding Gautam Gambhir and his coaching staff who are now under pressure to get the team firing again. But the Indian captain, Rohit Sharma, feels that the coaches are still getting to understand the players and figure out how they operate. Following the third Test defeat, Rohit suggested that all was well between the team and the coaching staff, indicating that it was the lack of performance from the players and it was their responsibility to step up when…

New Delhi: Team India’s catastrophic performance against New Zealand in the 3-match Test series against New Zealand has raised many questions about the players’ preparation. India comprehensively defeated Bangladesh in a 2-match Test series before gearing up for the New Zealand assignment. At the same time, there were suggestions of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin, and Jasprit Bumrah’s participation in the Duleep Trophy, as part of the preparations for the Bangladesh and New Zealand series. But, none of the four featured in the domestic competition, much to the disappointment of some experts. ‘Excuse’ Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma Gave Agarkar…

New Delhi: Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) MP Chandra Shekhar Azad on Sunday claimed that stones were hurled at a Vande Bharat Express train early this morning, damaging a windowpane, in which he was travelling. Azad said that the incident took place at around 7:12 am after the train passed the Kamalpur station in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district. In a post on X, the Nagina MP shared the occurrence of the event, saying, “This morning I was travelling from Delhi to Kanpur by Vande Bharat train. As soon as the train crossed Kamalpur station in Bulandshahr district at around 7:12…

Srinagar: A total of 12 civilians sustained injuries in a grenade attack near the heavily-guarded Tourist Reception Centre, an area close to Lal Chowk in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar on Sunday, J-K police said. According to Srinagar Police, terrorists lobbed a hand grenade at a security force deployment near crowded Sunday Market of Srinagar on Sunday at around 2pm. The grenade exploded within the crowd, injuring 12 civilians, one among them a lady who sustained serious injuries. The injured have been identified as Misba aged about 17 years, Azaan Kaloo aged about 17 years, Habibullah Rather aged about 50 years,…