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Forces can 'crush' aggressors: Sharif's big warning amid Pak-Afghan flareup

India, Feb. 27 -- As tensions rise between Afghanistan and Pakistan over fresh cross-border airstrikes, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif issued a big warning saying that the forces can 'crush' a... Read More


Crisis point: The men who ace it and their methods

India, Feb. 27 -- Just a day after India won the ODI World Cup in 2011, I interviewed Paddy Upton, the team's mental conditioning coach, and asked him who were the men for a crisis in the squad; the p... Read More


18 rescued from bonded labour in Hassan

BENGALURU, Feb. 27 -- At least 18 bonded labourers were rescued on Thursday from a shed in Hassan district after one of the victims escaped and alerted his family, officials said. "We received credib... Read More


Pakistan declares 'open war' against Afghanistan, kills 130 Taliban fighters under Operation 'Ghazab lil Haq'

India, Feb. 27 -- In an operation named 'Ghazab lil Haq', Pakistan said it killed over 130 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan as part of retaliatory action, responding to alleged border attacks by the Af... Read More


Life After 65: India's Next Development Frontier

India, Feb. 27 -- India may well become old before it becomes rich. That is simply a demographic, and economic, reality. Fertility has fallen rapidly, child survival has improved dramatically, and the... Read More


Karnataka cabinet clears 56K jobs, two bills against caste discrimination

BENGALURU, Feb. 27 -- The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday approved filling 56,000 vacant government posts, cleared legislation to address caste killings and approved introducing the Rohith Vemula Act, w... Read More


Pocso case against seer after KSCPCR takes note of video

BENGALURU, Feb. 27 -- A self-styled seer in Yadgir district has been booked under the Pocso Act after a video purportedly showing him inappropriately touching a seven-year-old girl at his shrine was c... Read More


HT Kick Off: All set for the AFC Women's Asian Cup

India, Feb. 27 -- Almost three years after successfully hosting a World Cup, the spotlight will be back on Australia, this time for Asia. Beginning Sunday and for the next 20 days, the AFC Women's Asi... Read More


Plumes of smoke, fire: Pakistan's strikes on Kabul caught on camera amid fresh flare-up | WATCH

India, Feb. 27 -- A fresh footage has emerged amid renewed tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, purportedly showing strikes carried out by Islamabad on multiple targets in Kabul. Fresh tensions ... Read More


Chandigarh: After 20 years, relief for Sector-27 resident as estate officer drops misuse proceedings

Chandigarh, Feb. 27 -- After nearly two decades of legal uncertainty, a long-drawn property misuse case in Sector 27 has finally been resolved, with the estate office setting aside resumption and pena... Read More