Category: Events

Security agencies busted the ISI-backed Shahzad Bhatti Network (SBN) active in the country. NEW DELHI: During a major crackdown on terror ahead of Independence Day, security agencies busted the ISI-backed Shahzad Bhatti Network (SBN) active in the country, arresting 253 operatives in over 80 FIRs registered across 14 states, and pre-empting the network’s plans to...

NEW DELHI: In another expression of solidarity with Afghanistan, India participated in the fifth anniversary of the Taliban Victory Day that marks the return of Taliban to Kabul in August 2021, following the return of US-led forces.MEA joint secretary Anand Prakash – who handles the Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran (PAI) division of the Ministry of...

Student leader Mahto ended his fast in Ranchi in the presence of state ministers Dipika Pandey Singh and Irfan Ansari. NEW DELHI: Student leader Devendra Nath Mahto on Monday late night ended his 16-day hunger strike after the Jharkhand government announced the cancellation of the JSSC-CGL examination and all examinations conducted by TDPL, calling the...

The MQ-9B Sea Guardian is equipped with advanced systems, state-of-the-art sensors and sophisticated payloads. NEW DELHI: In a move aimed at boosting the country’s maritime surveillance, the defence ministry on Monday signed a contract valued at Rs 1,943 crore with US-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems for leasing two MQ-9B Sea Guardian high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) remotely...

Two mountaineers made history by paragliding directly to a roadhead in Ladakh. (Representative image) JAMMU/LEH: From a towering 5,921-metre summit, two Indian mountaineers made history by paragliding directly to a roadhead in Ladakh, combining a high-altitude ascent with a pioneering aerial descent, the Army said Monday.Colonel Hem Chandra Singh, principal of Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering...

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti SRINAGAR: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s X post calling herself a “dimagi Naxal”, citing her support for Article 370 of the Constitution that granted special status to Jammu & Kashmir, prompted a jibe from governing NC, which blamed PDP-BJP coalition govt for its abrogation.“I support Article 370. I’m a...

A piece of Santa Barbara history is up for sale: Fess Parker’s former home and Julia Child’s filming location is asking $21.95 million. (Photo: Blake Bronstad for Sotheby’s International Realty) The historic Santa Barbara estate where legendary chef Julia Child filmed her 1980s PBS cooking series Dinner at Julia’s and where beloved actor Fess Parker...

Students protested teacher shortages and poor school amenities on Monday. LUCKNOW: Around 250 Gen Z and Gen Alpha students of Jai Prakash Narayan Sarvodaya Vidyalaya for Girls, Mohan Road, walked about 2.5km from their campus to the Dubagga-Kanpur bypass to protest against teachers shortage and basic amenities at their school on Monday.The high school and...

The event was held on occasion of Nag Panchami VARANASI: A political rivalry took an unexpected turn on Monday when Samajwadi Party functionary Aman Yadav and BJP councillor’s husband Ram Singh Kallu traded electoral battles for wrestling moves, facing off in a bout at the Bachau Veer Akhara on the Banaras Hindu University campus during...

Jordan’s Queen Rania and King Abdullah II cradle newborn twin granddaughters Talia and Rania in their arms after Princess Iman welcomes daughters. Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Queen Rania are celebrating the newest additions to their family after their daughter, Princess Iman, welcomed twin girls with her husband, Jameel Thermiotis. The Jordanian royal family shared...