Category: Events

NEW DELHI: Heavy overnight rain triggered flash floods and landslides across Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district early Sunday, leaving at least eleven people dead and several others missing. Rescue teams have fanned out across the worst-hit areas as authorities step up efforts to trace the missing and assist affected residents.At least four deaths were reported...

Lamine Yamal and Lionel Messi (Image credit: Agencies) The FIFA World Cup 2026 final between Argentina and Spain will create history even before kick-off at the New York New Jersey Stadium on Sunday.It will be the first FIFA World Cup match featuring the world’s top two ranked teams since the FIFA rankings were introduced in...

“Your silence now in the face of such crime is unacceptable,” the letter read. NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge Saturday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling his silence over the theft of Ram Mandir donations “unacceptable” and former Temple general secretary Champat Rai a “disgrace”.‘Your silence...

Chinese President Xi Jinping used China’s biggest tech stage to draw a sharp line between how Beijing and Washington think about artificial intelligence—and the difference comes down to one word: openness. Speaking at the opening of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Friday, Xi urged countries to grab the “historic opportunity” of open-source...

Sonam Wangchuk, shifted to Safdarjung Hospital, and CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, who has taken over the indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar. NEW DELHI: A day after activist Sonam Wangchuk was shifted to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital from the Jantar Mantar protest site, he appealed to supporters to make the proposed July 20 march to Parliament...

Safdarjung Hospital issues Sonam Wangchuk health update NEW DELHI: Activist Sonam Wangchuk remains in stable condition but continues to need sustained medical intervention and continuous monitoring after his prolonged hunger strike, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital said on Sunday, while sharing his health update.Wangchuk was shifted to Safdarjung Hospital on Saturday after Delhi Police removed him...

Gurinderjit Singh Nagra (File Photo) JALANDHAR: Punjab Police have arrested inspector Gurinderjit Singh Nagra , former Tanda police station SHO, who has been accused by the US justice dept of being part of an international extortion racket that targeted an Indian-origin family in the US.An FIR was registered at the same station that Nagra once...

The flooding followed continuous heavy rain that began on Saturday evening. (PTI) Heavy overnight rain triggered flash floods in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district early on Sunday, forcing hundreds of residents to move to safer places after rivers overflowed and flooded low-lying areas.Officials said floodwaters entered several parts of Rajouri town, including the new bus...

Lionel Messi In celebrated Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges’ short story “El Aleph”, the eponymous character is a mystical point in space that contains all other points in the universe, allowing whoever looks into it to see every place on Earth from every angle simultaneously without distortion.According to the giant of Latin American literature who...

Facebook-parent Meta Platforms can reportedly go ahead with its planned layoffs of 26 employees who have sued the company, a US judge has ruled. According to a report by the news agency Reuters, the decision comes after the Meta employees had asked the court to block the layoffs, alleging that the company selected them for...