Category: Events

Texas governor Greg Abbott has ordered an immediate freeze on new H-1B visa hiring across the state agencies and public universities. The announcement comes at a time when Elon Musk is urging businesses and encouraging professionals to move to Austin, Texas. Musk has already moved Tesla’s headquarters to Austin and has been a vocal supporter...

NEW DELHI: With a career spanning over three decades, National Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar was a towering figure in the politics of Maharashtra. His political competence can be judged from the fact that he was elected MLA from Baramati for a record straight eight terms and held the office of deputy chief minister under...

FBI director Kash Patel and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem sit in a pink Cadillac made of LEGO blocks before the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix auto race, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Kristi Noem did not mean to start a civil war inside the American right....

NEW DELHI: Veteran Maharashtra leader and NCP chief Ajit Pawar‘s uncle Sharad Pawar on Wednesday ruled out conspiracy theory over the death of his nephew, who died in a fatal plane crash earlier in the day.In a first reaction to Ajit Pawar’s death, the NCP(SP) chief said that Ajit Pawar’s death was just an accident...

Nagesh Gupta, Amanjot Kaur (l), and Nagesh Gupta, Kashvee Gautam (r). (Photo credit: Nagesh Gupta Instagram handle) NEW DELHI: Chandigarh has had a rich history of producing world-class all-rounders.Kapil Dev, the captain of the 1983 World Cup-winning team, changed the trajectory of cricket in India. Then came Yuvraj Singh, who played a pivotal role in...

Ajit Pawar with Devendra Fadnavais NEW DELHI: As the nation mourns the death of Maharashtra deputy chief minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar in a tragic plane crash, a video of his last aviation-related anecdote has resurfaced on social media.Pawar (66) was killed on Wednesday morning when a Learjet aircraft carrying him and four others...

AI image (Picture credit: Google Gemini) Dark war clouds gather once more over the deserts of the Middle East.As President Donald Trump’s “American Armada” — the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group — slices through the Arabian Sea toward Iran’s coast, tremors ripple straight to Rawalpindi’s military headquarters in Pakistan.With Tehran’s crackdown death toll surpassing...

Kobe Bryant and Munich air disaster (Photos by AP and Getty News) NEW DELHI: “Bone-chilling” feels like the only word that fits when the late risers of India woke up on Wednesday to the devastating news of Ajit Pawar’s tragic demise. The sudden loss of the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief in a...

US President Donald Trump once again warned Iran to “come to the table” to negotiate an “equitable” deal, clarifying “no nuclear weapons”, or be ready for an attack far “worse” than the Operation Midnight Hammer. Tehran rejected talks with the States saying that negotiations were not possible in an “atmosphere of threats”.Repeating his “Armada” fleet...

Modern wars are no longer decided only by tanks rolling across borders or fighter jets dominating the skies. Increasingly, outcomes are shaped long before the first missile is launched — in data centres analysing satellite feeds, in cyber units probing adversary networks, and in electronic warfare suites quietly blinding sensors and scrambling communications. For India,...