AP file photo US president Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran has yet to agree to a deal with Washington aimed at ending the ongoing conflict, attributing the delay to the resolve and pride of the country’s leadership.Trump suggested that Tehran would ultimately have to make concessions despite its reluctance.“They’re strong, they’re proud, there...
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It’s Cong vs Cong over Cauvery as Mekedatu dam splits Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
NEW DELHI: 2026 has been a year of Congress‘ re-emergence in southern India. The party won comfortably in the Kerala assembly elections, entered the Tamil Nadu government by supporting Vijay‘s TVK, and also solved the three-year-long tussle over the chief ministerial post in Karnataka.But, just as it seemed that everything was going Congress’s way, regional...
‘Bizarre!’ Ashwin questions Gambhir-led management’s handling of Kuldeep
India’s Kuldeep Yadav (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) Former India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has questioned the way Kuldeep Yadav has been managed in recent months, describing the left-arm wrist-spinner’s situation as “bizarre” and contrasting it with the backing he received under the previous team management.Speaking on ESPNcricinfo, Ashwin pointed to the difference in approach between the leadership...
No ‘Delhi mein sab nahi chalta hai’: After 21 deaths in Malviya Nagar fire, who is to blame?
Twenty-one lives were tragically lost in a Delhi B&B fire, including twelve foreign nationals. NEW DELHI: Twenty-one people are dead. Thirteen of them were foreign nationals who had come to India seeking medical care, not a grave. And as the smoke clears over the charred shell of Flourish Stay B&B in Hauz Rani, a familiar...
The Annamalai question: Can BJP become a force in Tamil Nadu without him?
Annamalai quits BJP NEW DELHI: The BJP in Tamil Nadu is back at the crossroads. The exit of Annamalai, its former state chief and arguably one of its most recognisable leaders, has once again raised a question the party has been grappling with for years: Can the BJP grow in Tamil Nadu without a strong...
Xi’s war on the Uyghurs: The battle for identity in China’s far West
Generative image China’s latest ethnic unity law has brought renewed attention to the Uyghur question. The legislation, adopted by Beijing and due to take effect next year, seeks to strengthen what authorities call a “shared sense of the Chinese nation” among the country’s 55 officially recognised ethnic minorities.It expands the emphasis on Mandarin-language education from...
Chernobyl fuel facility hit: Nuclear fears resurface, Kyiv says Russian attack ‘deliberate’
File photo A Russian drone struck a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in the Chernobyl exclusion zone on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said, accusing Moscow of once again putting nuclear infrastructure at risk.Authorities said radiation levels remained within normal limits despite damage to the site.According to Reuters, Ukraine’s general staff and state nuclear agency said...
100 days on: Why is Ali Khamenei still unburied?
Ali Ayotallah Khamenei Iran’s longest-serving supreme leader of Iran Ayotallah Ali Khamenei has still not been buried, even after 100 days since his death in a joint US-Israel strike on Iran. The delay that has triggered questions inside and outside the country, while his son Mojtaba took over the position.While several senior military commanders and...
‘Next shot, in your chest’: Bishnoi gang claims Portugal shooting targeting Indians
NEW DELHI: The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed responsibility for two recent shooting incidents targeting Indian nationals residing in Portugal. In a social media post that has rapidly gone viral, an operative identifying himself as Rahul RK Meena, a member of the notorious Sunil Meena Gang, explicitly took credit for the targeted attacks on behalf...
‘Do not send your children to US’: Sister of Indian man shot dead in Philadelphia
A 28-year-old Indian man from Telangana was shot dead in Philadelphia after being lured to a vacant property with a fake pizza delivery order, his family has alleged, with his sister calling it a “trap” meant solely to kill him and urging parents not to send their children to the United States.“It was a trap,...
