NEW DELHI: India and China underscored the importance of peace and tranquility in border areas for overall progress in ties, while reiterating their commitment to implement the guidance provided by their leaders, including on the need to proceed from a “political and strategic direction” on issues and concerns related to bilateral trade.According to an Indian...
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Love, but no passage: What a killing changed for Meitei-Kuki couples
For months, Meitei-Kuki couples across Manipur believed they had reached the safest point they were likely to get, fragile but predictable, after the violence that erupted in 2023. On Jan 21, that calm broke.Mayanglambam Rishikanta Singh, a 31-year-old Meitei man who had been working in Nepal, was abducted and shot dead in Churachandpur. Singh had...
3-hr takedown, AI labels: Govt cracks down on deepfakes
NEW DELHI: Cracking down on deepfakes, the Centre has tightened India’s digital rules by mandating compulsory labelling, traceability and user declarations for AI-generated content. It has also sharply cut timelines to take down unlawful content to as little as three hours from 36 hours and placed direct compliance responsibility on social media platforms and their...
Days ahead of elections, another Hindu man is killed in Bangladesh
DHAKA: Amid growing fear among minority communities ahead of the Feb-12 twin elections, a 62-year-old rice trader, Susen Chandra Sarkar, was brutally hacked to death inside his shop in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh.Police said unidentified assailants attacked Sarkar with a sharp weapon, killing him before locking the shop from outside and fleeing the scene. Family...
SC’s gender handbook is too ‘Harvard-oriented’: CJI
NEW DELHI: CJI Surya Kant on Tuesday virtually discarded the ‘Handbook on Combating Gender Stereotypes’, published by Supreme Court in 2023 under the initiative of Harvard-educated CJI D Y Chandrachud to sensitise and assist judges and lawyers about gender-unjust terms, as too technical and Harvard-oriented to be of any assistance to rape survivors and commoners.During...
No-confidence motion against Speaker Om Birla likely to be taken up on March 9
NEW DELHI: Discussion on the no-motion confidence against Lok Sabha Speaker is likely to take place on March 9, news agency ANI reported citing sources.This comes after opposition parties put in motion the process to oust Om Birla as Lok Sabha speaker, alleging that he had acted in a “blatantly partisan” manner in the House...
Indiana Pacers vs New York Knicks injury report: Who’s playing, injured and questionable players, head-to-head records, team stats, and more (February 10, 2026)
Knicks vs Pacers Game 1 (Image via Getty) The Indiana Pacers travel to Madison Square Garden on February 10, 2026, to face the New York Knicks. The teams are moving in different directions this season. Indiana sits near the bottom of the Eastern Conference, while New York is competing for one of the top seeds.Both...
Podcaster Mase weighs in on Cardi B–Stefon Diggs breakup rumors
Cardi B and Stefon Diggs (Image Via Getty) Rumors around Cardi B and Stefon Diggs picked up speed right after the Super Bowl when fans noticed something small but telling. After the game on February 8, the two unfollowed each other on Instagram. That single move was enough to spark talk that the relationship may...
Delhi: 32-year-old dies after falling into open drain in Rohini
NEW DELHI: A 32-year-old man died after falling into an open drain in Delhi. The man fell in the manhole near the Mahashakti Kali Temple in Rohini’s Sector 32 on Tuesday evening, ANI reported.The incident occurred in the Begampur area, where local residents alerted emergency services after the man slipped into the uncovered drain. A...
‘From 150 members to 12’: Uttarakhand gym owner counts cost of becoming ‘Mohammad Deepak’
NEW DELHI: A gym in Uttarakhand’s Kotdwara that once drew more than 150 members has seen its clientele shrink to barely a dozen after its owner became embroiled in a controversy after he confronted Bajrag Dal members last month.Deepak Kumar, 42, who runs the ‘Hulk’ gym said his business has suffered since he confronted Bajrang...
