Category: Events

Tahir Hussain’s political fall in IB officer Ankit Sharma murder case NEW DELHI: Former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain on Friday said he would challenge his conviction and life sentence in the Delhi High Court after a Delhi court sentenced him and four others to life imprisonment for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit...

Pakistan interior minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday declared that the country’s governance system had “collapsed”, calling for the creation of new administrative units or provinces and urging political parties to reach a consensus on sweeping constitutional and governance reforms. He warned that without structural changes, Pakistan would remain trapped in recurring political and economic crises.Addressing...

Dramatic footage from the Spain-Morocco border has captured scenes of chaos as thousands of migrants attempted to swim into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, with authorities saying the death toll from the crossings has risen to 34.Videos circulating online showed large numbers of people entering the sea and swimming around the border fence separating Morocco...

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has joined UEFA and CONCACAF in opposing FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s proposal to allow private investors to acquire minority stakes in the commercial rights of the FIFA World Cup and other global tournaments, significantly escalating resistance to one of the governing body’s most ambitious commercial plans.In a strongly worded statement...

Samudra Manthan is projected to help add more than 600 million metric tons of oil Equivalent (MMTOE) to India’s reserves. Samudra Manthan scheme: Amid the ongoing Middle East crisis, India has announced a Rs 84,084 crore scheme for oil and gas exploration. PM Narendra Modi-led Union Cabinet approved the ‘Samudra Manthan’ National Offshore Exploration Scheme...

The Karkardooma court had convicted Tahir Hussain (left) and four others in the case earlier this month. NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday sentenced former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and four others to life imprisonment for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) official Ankit Sharma during the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots.The Karkardooma court had...

Representiative image The US government is reportedly weighing $100,000 fee on foreign students who want to work after graduating. For a generation of Indian engineers already impacted by September’s H-1B hike, the American dream appears to be slipping further away. For years, the promise was simple: get into a good American university, work hard, land...

The screening of Tamil films, including Tamil Nadu CM Vijay’s ‘Jana Nayagan’ has been stopped across Karnataka. MANDYA: The screening of Tamil films, including Chief Minister Vijay’s ‘Jana Nayagan’, has been suspended across Karnataka until further notice after protests over the Cauvery water-sharing dispute.The Karnataka Film Exhibitors Association announced the statewide suspension on Friday, a...

Hamid Mondal (face covered) had been staying in the flat for the past two to three months, allegedly to evade detection by law enforcement agencies. BURDWAN: A suspected member of the banned terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) has been arrested in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district, news agency PTI reported on Friday.The Special Task Force (STF)...

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal (File Photo) NEW DELHI: AAP Delhi chief Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday offered protection to students who participated in the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP)-led protest at Jantar Mantar, saying the party would stand by those facing threats. In a post on X addressed to “Delhi GenZ”, Bharadwaj said: “If any student...