Category: Events

(Image credits: X @NYCMayor) New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday for a previously unannounced meeting that lasted about an hour, focusing on major new housing investments in the city while also addressing the arrest of a Columbia University student.After the meeting, Mamdani posted on...

The AI battle: Defence secretary Pete Hegseth and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Thursday said the artificial intelligence company “cannot in good conscience accede” to Pentagon demands for unrestricted use of its technology, escalating an unusually public standoff with the Donald Trump administration that could cost the firm its government contract...

NEW DELHI: The tension between India and Bangladesh, which resulted in fewer visas by both sides, resulted in an over 9% fall in foreign tourist arrivals to 90.2 lakh in 2025, with the eastern neighbour slipping from the second largest source to being the fifth biggest.Latest official data estimated tourist arrivals from Bangladesh at 4.7...

NEW DELHI: Airlines will now provide a “look-in option” for a period of 48 hours after booking a ticket during which a passenger can cancel or amend the ticket without any additional charges, except fare difference, if the departure date is at least 7 and 15 days hence for domestic and international flights, respectively. Airlines...

NEW DELHI: Amid uncertainty over tariffs imposed by the US, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal met US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick in the Capital on Thursday, signalling that both sides remain engaged on the issue.The details of what transpired remain unclear. “Engaged in very fruitful discussions to expand our trade and economic partnership,” Goyal...

Pakistan’s defence minister on Friday declared “open war” on the Afghan Taliban government, following renewed clashes along the shared border. “Our patience has reached its limit. Now it is open war between us and you,” Khawaja Asif posted on X.The escalation came after Afghan forces attacked Pakistani troops along the frontier, prompting Islamabad to launch...

Suryakumar Yadav (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: It was a must-win game for India to stay alive in the T20 World Cup semifinal race, and they delivered in emphatic fashion. Defending champions India crushed Zimbabwe by 72 runs in their Super Eights clash at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium, keeping their hopes alive while giving their net...

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram NEW DELHI: In what can potentially speed up the trial of P Chidambaram in the Aircel Maxis and the INX Media money laundering cases, the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday told a special PMLA court here that it had got the necessary nod from the home ministry for the prosecution of...

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday banned the Class 8 social science textbook that had a section on corruption in judiciary, prohibited its circulation in all forms and asked the school education secretary and NCERT chairperson to show cause why contempt proceedings not be initiated against them despite the Centre tendering an unconditional and unqualified...

PUNE: Close to 160 flyers travelling to the city from Indore on an Air India Express flight encountered a scare when the aircraft had a rough touchdown here, following which it took off again and landed back safely after around 25 minutes. The flight (IX-1245) had departed from Indore around 4pm, half-an-hour after its scheduled...