Bradford, UK (ANI photo) Unrest continues in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as a crackdown by Pakistani authorities has triggered growing anger among residents. On Wednesday, members of the British Kashmiri diaspora held a protest in UK’s Bradford, expressing solidarity with the people of PoJK and backing the demands of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC).The protest...
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US to reject incomplete visa, green card applications under new rules
US tightens immigration rules, allows USCIS to deny incomplete visa and green card applications. (Representative image – AP photo) The United States has tightened its immigration benefit processing rules, allowing immigration officers to reject incomplete or insufficiently documented applications for visas, green cards, citizenship and other immigration benefits without first asking applicants to submit additional...
Six of family, including two infants, killed as century-old house collapses in UP
Six family members perished when their old house roof collapsed early Thursday. PRAYAGRAJ: At least six members of a family, including two infants, were killed after the roof of their dilapidated house collapsed amid heavy rainfall in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh district early on Thursday. The lone survivor, a 28-year-old man, sustained serious injuries.The incident occurred...
JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon makes one request to AI-hungry CEOs
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is reaching out to top executives in America, urging them to join an industry coalition to address the growing risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) and critical infrastructure threats. At a time when tech companies race to adopt generative AI tools, the head of the largest US bank has contacted...
What stopped ‘biggest attack since World War II’ on Iran? Trump reveals
Trump maintained that while he remains open to diplomacy US President Donald Trump said that the United States was on the verge of launching what he described as the “biggest attack since World War II” on Iran before Tehran reached out to seek talks. He claimed that the prospect of a massive military strike pushed...
BCCI to standardise Bronco, 2K fitness tests after England tour debacle
Nitish Kumar Reddy and Harshit Rana NEW DELHI: Flustered by the frequent injury breakdowns of players in the Indian team, the medical team at the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru is looking to resurrect its fitness programme. TOI understands that the CoE is finally working on standardising base fitness parameters after it emerged that...
Cabinet secretary and home secretary get one-year extensions
All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules have a provision to extend the services of certain secretaries beyond the retirement age of 60 years NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday gave a one-year extension in service to cabinet secretary TV Somanathan and home secretary Govind Mohan. This is the first such extension for the two key...
Jana Nayagan day 14: Thalapathy Vijay film drops 14.3%, India net at Rs 183.35 crore
‘Jana Nayagan’ box office collections day 14: Thalapathy Vijay’s film drops 14.3%; India net reaches Rs 183.35 crore Thalapathy Vijay‘s ‘Jana Nayagan’ continued its theatrical run with a further slowdown at the box office on its second Wednesday. The film witnessed another drop in daily collections.Jana Nayagan Movie ReviewAccording to Sacnilk, the action drama collected...
Supreme Court acquits man after 22 years in jail for wrongful conviction
The high court had refused to hear him on the technical ground and prolonged his stay in jail by 10 more years NEW DELHI: A trial court’s failure to evaluate the evidence properly and the Odisha High Court remaining a mute spectator resulted in 22 years being erased from a person’s life as he was...
‘Respect senior players’: Rahane warns Gambhir amid India’s Test struggles
Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli (left), and Gautam Gambhir Former India batter Ajinkya Rahane has said the Indian Test team needs to bring back the fight and patience that once defined its success, as he reflected on the team’s recent struggles in the longest format.Rahane, who recently retired from international cricket, made the comments during his...
