Category: Events

PM Modi-Pezeshkian meeting NEW DELHI: After calling for expanding and diversifying India’s trade basket with Iran, PM Narendra Modi doubled down on ties with Tehran as he discussed with President Masoud Pezeshkian India-Iran “friendship” and agreed the two countries should move forward with a “long-term and win-win strategy”.The leaders met for the second time in...

Representative image A 20-year-old carpenter from Bristol has achieved debt-free homeownership after spending three years building a bespoke 12.5-square-metre mobile home using reclaimed materials and timber offcuts. Tom Lear started the self-build project at the age of 17 while working as a carpentry apprentice on a low training wage. Working with a tight budget, Lear...

The incident, which was captured on a CCTV camera installed at the house, shows the woman waving the pistol. GHAZIABAD: An FIR has been registered against a woman for allegedly pointing a pistol at her father’s chest in Sahibabad after he refused to help with a car loan verification.In a police complaint, Hitesh Tomar said...

This will be Xi Jinping’s first India visit since 2016 NEW DELHI: From establishing temporary no-fly zones over his hotel to conducting checks for potential so-called CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) threats, President Xi Jinping’s security during his 24-hour visit to India is expected to reach an unprecedented scale.The security measures are attributed mainly...

Pakistan’s Razaullah (AP) Pakistan produced a remarkable fightback on Day 3 of the third Test at Edgbaston, turning what looked like a straightforward innings defeat into a potentially tricky chase for England.After being bowled out for just 133 in their first innings and conceding a 320-run lead, Pakistan were expected to fold quickly in their...

PM Modi and Xi Jinping last met in China’s Tianjin in September 2025 NEW DELHI: Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s arrival in New Delhi for the ongoing Brics Summit, Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong said on Friday that China will work with India to ensure the two countries remain “friends enjoying good-neighbourliness and...

During Putin’s three-day stay, Russia is going to have wide-ranging defence talks about these defence proposals NEW DELHI: With Russian President Vladimir Putin landing in New Delhi on Friday, Moscow has come up with a list of defence proposals for India, including joint production of Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jets and over $11-billion upgrade of the...

A Manipuri musician suffered extensive injuries, including multiple rib fractures NEW DELHI: Manipuri musician Chongtham Vikram Singh, who was allegedly beaten to death by eight people outside his home in Delhi, had suffered extensive injuries, including fractures to at least 15 ribs, his postmortem report revealed.Singh, a resident of Kilokari Ashram in southeast Delhi, was...

NEW DELHI: Protests at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), including the one over the Nirbhaya incident in 2012 and against a professor accused of sexual harassment in 2018, have traditionally brought classes to a standstill, kept senior administrators confined to their offices and dominated national headlines for days.Against that record, the response of the JNU campus...

Russian strike on Ukraine. Photo credit: Reuters Russian jet-powered drone attacks on Kyiv petrol stations killed two people and injured 12 on Friday, as Moscow and Kyiv exchanged fresh strikes on civilian and economic infrastructure.The attacks came amid an intensifying aerial campaign, with both sides reporting strikes on energy, logistics and other critical infrastructure as...