Category: Events

NEW DELHI: “Mila nahin kuch bhi pal bhar mein, ek daur isi mein bita hai, baadal bahut samete hain humne, tab dariya banna seekha hai ((Nothing is achieved in a moment; an entire phase of life passed in this struggle. We have gathered countless clouds and only then learned how to become a river).”The poem...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell called the heads of America’s biggest banks to an urgent, short-notice meeting at the Treasury Department on Tuesday. The agenda wasn’t interest rates or tariffs—it was Anthropic’s newest AI model and the cybersecurity risks it poses to the financial system.The CEOs of Bank of...

Shreyas Iyer with his sister Shresta Iyer (Pic credit: Shresta Iyer’s Instagram post) NEW DELHI: Shresta Iyer, sister of Punjab Kings skipper and India ODI vice-captain Shreyas Iyer, has deleted her viral social media video after receiving threat messages, saying what was meant as “light-hearted banter” was widely misunderstood.The controversy erupted after Punjab Kings’ IPL...

Justice Yashwant Varma NEW DELHI: Justice Yashwant Varma on Friday submitted his resignation to the President amid cash recovery row and impeachment process.This follows the controversy over the alleged discovery of unaccounted cash and the impeachment proceedings initiated against him in Parliament, ANI reported. Justice Varma of the Allahabad high court was earlier transferred from...

UP electoral rolls updated after SIR LUCKNOW: A little over 2 crore voters — a shed less than the population of Sri Lanka — have been removed after 166-day special intensive revision (SIR) campaign in Uttar Pradesh as per the final roll released by UP’s chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa on Friday. However, the final...

Priyanka and Devkrishna INDORE: In a case that has all the elements of a dark crime drama, the killing of a man in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district has unravelled into a story of alleged betrayal, humiliation and a planned conspiracy.Family members revealed that Devkrishna’s marriage had long been troubled. His sister Jyoti alleged that Priyanka,...

NEW DELHI: A US Navy MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone, estimated to cost over $200 million per aircraft, disappeared from tracking systems after declaring an in-flight emergency over the Strait of Hormuz, raising questions about its fate amid heightened regional tensions.According to data from Flightradar24, the unmanned aircraft had completed nearly three hours of surveillance over...

Image Used For Representational Purpose Only NEW DELHI: In a major blow to cross-border intelligence networks, the Delhi Police special cell has busted an espionage module backed by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and arrested at least 10 operative. The high-stakes operation was led by additional commissioner of police (special cell) Pramod Kushwaha. The operatives were...

Strait of Hormuz (AP image) The Strait of Hormuz, which links the Gulf of Oman with the Persian Gulf, has become the focal point of global energy tensions since the war began on February 28.Ever since Iran and the US announced a two-week ceasefire, traffic through the critical waterway has remained severely restricted, with as...

Khwaja Asif, Netanyahu (File photos) A row erupted between Israel and Pakistan after defence Minister Khawaja Asif posted remarks targeting Israel for its military op in Lebanon, which he later deleted amid strong backlash.Israel on Thursday sharply criticised the comments, questioning Pakistan’s credibility as a neutral player in ongoing regional diplomacy. The Israeli Prime Minister’s...