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(Photo credit: ANI) The ministry of external affairs on Tuesday strongly rejected references to Jammu and Kashmir in a joint statement issued by the European Union and Pakistan, calling them unwarranted.Responding to media queries, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India “categorically rejects” any mention of Jammu and Kashmir in the joint press communiqué. He reiterated...

CBSE headquarters (Image used only for representation) NEW DELHI: Hours after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) launched its much-anticipated verification and re-evaluation portal for Class 12 students on Tuesday, the board reported a series of “cyber threats” targeting the platform.According to CBSE, at one point, the portal received nearly 15 lakh hits within...

Image credit: ANI NEW DELHI: Former district judge and accused Giribala Singh on Tuesday alleged before a Bhopal court that Twisha Sharma’s lawyer, Anurag Srivastava, had physically assaulted her son, Samarth Singh, during a hearing at the Jabalpur court in the dowry death case.The allegation surfaced after the Central Bureau of Investigation produced Samarth Singh...

Representative Image. In pic: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Meta recently laid off 8,000 employees to push for a broader AI-focused restructuring. Meanwhile, the company has reassigned around 7,000 workers to new AI teams as CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeks to strengthen Meta’s position in the AI sector. According to an internal memo reviewed by Business Insider...

Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and more stars could be heading to their final World Cup stage. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is expected to deliver plenty of firsts. It will be the largest tournament in history, featuring 48 teams and taking place across the United States, Canada and Mexico. Yet beyond the expanded format and the...

Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai met with party leaders in Delhi CHENNAI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Tuesday met BJP national president Nitin Nabin and the party’s national general secretary (organisation), BL Santhosh, in New Delhi and submitted a five-page resignation letter, sources told TOI.The meetings come amid intense speculation...

NEW DELHI: TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday led a sit-in protest in Kolkata over alleged attacks on party leaders, including nephew Abhishek Banerjee. This comes a day after police denied permission to the West Bengal opposition party to hold any protest.Addressing the people, Mamata accused the BJP of “rigging counting in 177 of 294...

NEW DELHI: India is learning to live with a hotter future. From Delhi to Mumbai, temperatures are regularly crossing 45 degrees Celsius, heatwaves are lasting longer and cities are becoming giant heat traps due to rapid urbanisation and the growing urban heat island effect.But if there is one thing Indians are famous for, it is...

NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Tuesday firmly rejected speculation over the induction of former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders into the BJP, asserting that the party would not admit “tainted” individuals and that “trinamoolisation of BJP would never happen.”Emphasising that the BJP’s rise in West Bengal had been driven by grassroots workers...

Govt issues advisory for travellers from Ebola-affected countries showing symptoms (Image credit: AP) NEW DELHI: The union ministry of health and family welfare on Tuesday issued a precautionary advisory for travellers arriving from Ebola-affected countries. The ministry said no cases of Ebola disease have been reported in India so far.In a statement, the ministry urged...