Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Wednesday honored fallen commanders of Hezbollah and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, calling their deaths a testament to the resistance movement’s struggle against the United States and Israel, as the conflict in West Asia entered its second month.In a series of posts shared on the account purportedly attributed to...
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‘April Fools’ joke’: Iran mocks Trump’s new regime claim, calls ceasefire remark ‘false & baseless’
NEW DELHI: Iran on Wednesday mocked US President Donald Trump’s claim of “new regime” in Tehran as an “April Fools'” joke and denied his remarks that Tehran had sought a ceasefire, calling it “false and baseless.““On April Fools’ Day, it’s almost poetic that Donald #Trump still manages to outdo the jokes; talking about a “new”...
Intel responds after IRGC threatens attacks on 18 US firms in Middle East
Intel has become the first major American technology company to respond after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) threatened attacks on 18 US firms operating in the Middle Eastern region. The Guards said the US had “ignored our repeated warnings about the need to stop terrorist operations”, and that the companies’ offices are now a...
Census 2027 begins: President Murmu, PM Modi among leaders completing self-enumeration
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday participated in the self-enumeration initiative for the Census 2027 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, according to the President’s Office.Murmu entered her household details on the official portal in the presence of home secretary Govind Mohan, registrar general and census commissioner of India Mritunjay Kumar Narayan and other senior officials, the...
LPG crunch forces Pondicherry University to prepone exams, cut academic days
In a circular, University registrar R Gunasekaran announced the revised academic calendar for the academic year 2025-26, reducing the number of working days to 79 from 90 “due to administrative reasons.” PUDUCHERRY: Pondicherry University has decided to prepone the examinations from May 6 to April 21 and has directed the students to vacate the hostels...
Oracle layoffs email to employees has a ‘reminder’: Tells staff what to do next
Oracle has announced its biggest-ever layoffs, cutting thousands of jobs across its offices worldwide. The company sent layoffs email on March 31 informing Oracle employees that their role has been terminated, effective immediately. The email, sent as early as 6am EST yesterday, asks terminated employees to take “immediate action” to ensure they receive further communication...
Viveck Vaswani slams Aryan Khan’s show, says SRK had a ‘golden spoon’
Aryan Khan’s debut series The Ba***ds of Bollywood has sparked a strong conversation online ever since its release. While the Netflix show has found its fans, it has also drawn criticism for its dark portrayal of the Hindi film industry. One of the sharpest reactions has come from Viveck Vaswani, who shares a long-standing association...
Humans return to the Moon’s doorstep: Just hours to go for Artemis II launch
BENGALURU: In the early hours of Wednesday, while most of India sleeps, four astronauts will ride a column of fire into a chapter of history that has been waiting 53 years to be written.At 3.54am IST on April 2, Nasa’s Artemis II is scheduled to lift off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida — and...
Punjab: Suspect seen throwing grenade-like object outside BJP office before blast – video
NEW DELHI: A blast outside the Punjab unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Chandigarh on Wednesday evening triggered panic in the area, with police confirming that a crude explosive device appears to have been hurled at the site. No casualties were reported.The explosion occurred around 5 pm outside the party office in...
NASA Artemis II Launch LIVE: Teams begin topping phase for interim cryogenic propulsion stage liquid hydrogen tank
The NASA Artemis II mission is scheduled for liftoff at 6:24 p.m. EDT (3:54 a.m.) on Thursday (April 2, 2026). If the lift-off is successful, the giant rocket will send humans to near the moon for the first time in more than half a century. In so doing, it will make an important milestone for...
