<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-128375540,imgsize-1021661,width-400,resizemode-4/article-2.jpg" alt="US, Israel plan to pressure Iran on oil sales to China: Report" title=" Trump and Netanyahu (File photo) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Trump and Netanyahu (File photo) US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at the White House on Wednesday to reportedly discuss plans for reducing Iran’s oil sales to...
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‘White-collar’ terror probe: Doctors formed ‘Ansar Interim’ to carry out attacks
NEW DELHI: The “white-collar” terror module recently uncovered by J&K Police, in which several doctors were arrested, revealed that after being radicalised in 2016 they formed a new terror outfit called “Ansar Interim” to carry out subversive activities in the Union Territory and beyond, officials said on Sunday. The case is now being investigated by...
Sooryavanshi not to appear for Class 10 board exams – here’s why
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi of India (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images) India’s 14-year-old cricket prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will not appear for the CBSE Class 10 board exams this year. The young star, who recently impressed the world with his batting in the Under-19 World Cup, has decided to skip the exams because of his packed cricket schedule,...
‘If the opposition doesn’t allow the House to function, we will go for the guillotine’: Rijiju
NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said that the debate and subsequent vote over no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be taken up on March 9.Rijiju said that the second part of the Budget session, scheduled from March 9 to April 2, will be “interesting” as several “important”...
China’s secret nuclear expansion: New warhead facilities detected in Sichuan mountains
(AI image generated using ChatGPT) In the mist-covered valleys of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, satellite imagery is revealing a rapid expansion of the country’s nuclear weapons infrastructure, part of what experts say is a broader effort to strengthen China’s position in an era of intensifying superpower rivalry.These secretive nuclear-related sites, including facilities near Zitong and...
‘Time to end Islamic republic’: Reza Pahlavi urges Trump to help Iranian people
Reza Pahlavi, exiled son of Iran’s last shah, on Saturday called on US President Donald Trump to help the Iranian people, saying it was “time to end the Islamic republic.”Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Pahlavi said, “It is time to end the Islamic republic.” “This is the demand echoing from the bloodshed of my...
15-year relationship, one WhatsApp text: What led to Noida’s Valentine’s Day car murder
Noida’s Valentine’s Day murder NOIDA: A WhatsApp message purportedly typed by Sumit hours before he was found dead alongside his girlfriend has emerged as a key element in the probe into Noida’s Valentine’s Day deaths, even as grieving family members allege the couple may have been murdered.The bodies of Sumit (32), a resident of Trilokpuri...
Kanpur Lamborghini crash: No need to question tobacco baron’s son Shivam Mishra anymore, says IO
Police investigating the high-profile Lamborghini crash on VIP Road in Kanpur have said there is no need for further interrogation of the accused, Shivam Kumar Mishra. KANPUR: Police investigating the high-profile Lamborghini crash on VIP Road in Kanpur have said there is no need for further interrogation of the accused, Shivam Kumar Mishra.“Whatever questioning was...
The Sunday call where Steve Jobs told Google their logo was ‘just wrong’
Back in January 2008, Steve Jobs called Google’s Vic Gundotra on a Sunday morning—while Gundotra was in church—to complain that the second ‘O’ in Google’s iPhone icon had the wrong yellow gradient. Jobs had already assigned an Apple engineer to fix it by Monday. It was a Sunday morning in January 2008. Vic Gundotra, then...
West Bengal voter list may shrink by 68 lakh from 2024 Lok Sabha polls
KOLKATA: Bengal’s voter count is likely to shrink by at least 68 lakh, or about 9%, from what it was in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The final list after special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls is scheduled to be published on Feb 28.The state’s draft SIR list, published on Dec 16, had...
