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J-K CM Omar Abdullah (File photo) SRINAGAR: Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday tabled the Jammu and Kashmir Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill-2025 in the assembly, becoming the first non-BJP CM to introduce the legislation that seeks to amend certain enactments of the Union Territory of J&K for decriminalising a range of offences and...

The representatives of Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) leave after meeting the home ministry panel under Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, in New Delhi. JAMMU: The crucial talks between the Ladakh leadership and the high-powered home ministry committee ended without any conclusion in New Delhi on Wednesday,...

Representative image JAMMU: University of Kashmir (UoK)’s latest BEd Admission notification, which limits applications to only two private colleges, has led to large-scale de-affiliation of nearly 55 colleges, with far-reaching consequences for employment, private higher education and Kashmir’s ability to attract students from outside Jammu and Kashmir.According to the notification issued by UoK for the...

Representative image LONDON: A student studying at De Montfort University in Leicester was stabbed to death outside the university campus on Tuesday.Whilst there are a large number of Indian students studying at the university, the victim is not believed to be Indian origin.Leicestershire police said that a murder investigation had been launched after a man...

UK communities secretary Steve Reed LONDON: Sikh, Hindu, Christian and Muslim groups have written to UK communities secretary Steve Reed calling for govt’s proposed Islamophobia definition to be “abandoned” as it would stifle free speech.The UK govt established a working group in Feb 2025 to develop a proposed definition of Islamophobia to provide govt with...

Mickey Lolich (Image Source: Getty) Mickey Lolich, the longtime left-handed pitcher who won three All-Star games and then became an even bigger hero for the Detroit Tigers’ 1968 World Series title, has passed away at 85 years old. The Tigers on Wednesday announced that he had died and called him the most reliable and popular...

A sharp selloff in global stock markets wiped out about $285 billion in market value in a single day after Anthropic launched its new AI tool called the ‘SaaSpocalypse’. America’s biggest bank JPMorgan said the fall reflects a deeper shift in how investors view software companies, especially as concerns around artificial intelligence grow. In a...

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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. (Photo/ICC) NEW DELHI: India reached the ICC Under-19 World Cup final after beating Afghanistan by seven wickets on Wednesday in Harare, riding on a century from Aaron George and half-centuries from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre. India will face England in the final on Friday. This will be India’s 10th appearance in an...

Jai Ram Ramesh NEW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday said that the bigger issue was that leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi was not allowed to speak in the Lok Sabha rather than the prime minister not being able to do so, as the PM’s reply depended on questions raised by the LoP, and without them, no...