Category: Events

Raj is accused of publishing social media posts offering advice to foreign nationals on fraudulent visa and asylum applications LONDON: An Indian migrant has become the first person in the UK to be charged under a new law aimed at tackling illegal immigration.Hem Raj (24), an Indian national who lives in Smethwick, in the West...

Pic credit: Realtor.com One of the Tampa Bay area’s most expensive homes, once owned by former baseball star Derek Jeter, has become a puzzle. Derek Jeter’s estate at 58 Bahama Circle stands exactly as it did when Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen vacated it five years ago, except now it is owned by a cryptocurrency...

A street vendor sells walnuts on the occasion of the Sayar festival, in Mandi on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) KOKERNAG: In Gohan village, around 100km south of Srinagar, Shabir Ahmad was among many harvesting walnuts from a towering tree. The work has become increasingly difficult. “My back aches now,” Ahmad said. J&K produces 3.5 lakh tonnes...

Spread across 40 acres at Choglamsar and Stakna, the gardens house more than 25 lakh high-value flowers, JAMMU/SRINAGAR: On Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 76th birthday, Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena inaugurated the world’s highest and India’s largest twin flower fields in Leh, at an altitude of 10,600ft, on Thursday as part of the administration’s...

An Army-CRPF-J&K police team launched the operation in Brattal bordering Kathua district JAMMU: Two Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists were shot dead and a suspected overground worker was detained Thursday after security forces tracked down a hideout in rain-soaked forests of Udhampur district in J&K’s Jammu division, seizing assault rifles, a pistol and grenades.An Army-CRPF-J&K police team launched...

Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman extends birthday greetings to PM Modi, wishes him good health and high spirit NEW DELHI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 76th birthday on Thursday, as Dhaka seeks to reset ties with New Delhi.“Warmest birthday wishes to Prime Minister @narendramodi. Wishing you many happy returns...

The 700-plus gold coins, found in a cornfield in Kentucky, date to between 1840 and 1863 (Source: GovMint.com) A Kentucky farmer working in his field has uncovered an extraordinary collection of Civil War-era coins. He found more than 800 gold and silver coins, which later sold for more than $3 million (£2.36 million) through private...

Javis Sims inherited his childhood home in Boynton Beach after his mother died in 2009. (Photo: WPTV) A Boynton Beach, Florida, man who inherited his childhood home in 2009 says he is running out of time to save the property after the city moved forward with the demolition process.Javis Sims says he was caught off...

Poland has sought a bigger allied military presence on NATO’s eastern flank since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. US President Donald Trump on Thursday said the United States was making progress towards establishing a permanent Army base in Poland, signalling a potentially significant expansion of the American military presence on NATO’s eastern flank.Trump attributed the...

In photo: Accused GST officer taking the bride BENGALURU: Lokayukta police Thursday trapped a Central GST official while accepting a bribe of Rs 8 lakh through a middleman.GST superintendent Mohit Pratap Singh (south division-4, A-range, south commissionerate), had demanded Rs 20 lakh from a businessman dealing with iron materials to close a case registered against...