Category: Events

INS Sudarshini arrives in Lisbon, strengthens India-Portugal naval ties during Lokayan 26 expedition The port call of the Indian Navy’s sail training ship INS Sudarshini at Lisbon as part of the Lokayan 26 transoceanic expedition will further strengthen the India-Portugal naval partnership.The defence ministry, in a statement said, the port call will see the ship’s...

‘Unpredictable’ Trump behind no press conference after PM Modi meeting, govt says NEW DELHI: Govt justified its decision not to have a news conference after PM Modi’s meeting with President Donald Trump on the margins of the G7 summit in France, with official sources citing Trump’s “unpredictable behaviour” at media events that have followed his...

SIA reopens 1998 Wandhama massacre probe, steps up investigation into Kashmiri Pandit killings SRINAGAR: J&K State Investigation Agency (SIA) has reopened the investigation into the 1998 Wandhama massacre of 23 people as part of a wider push to probe the killings of Kashmiri Pandits during the peak of militancy in the Valley.According to sources, SIA...

Omar Abdullah flags fresh threats targeting Kashmiri Pandit employees SRINAGAR: A new poster issued by the little-known United Liberation Council (ULC) threatening Kashmiri Pandits led community members working in the Kashmir Valley under the PM Package for Kashmiri Migrants and Non-Migrant Kashmiri Pandits to write to J&K chief secretary Atal Dulloo seeking enhanced security. Chief...

Hyderabad youth dies by suicide in US after struggling to find job following master’s degree HYDERABAD: Depressed over his inability to secure a job despite a master’s degree from a US university, a Hyderabad youth allegedly died by suicide in San Antonio, Texas, on Aug 21.According to family members and social media posts by the...

Sugar prices jump 29% in a month, industry blames ‘speculative behaviour’ for artificial tightness NEW DELHI: Sugar industry’s apex body ISMA on Monday said that there is no shortage of the sweetener while admitting that the spike in prices is “not natural” and is being fuelled by stocking by bulk consumers and “speculative behaviour”. The...

The higher costs of sponsoring an H-1B worker may dent hiring and could also impact the dreams of those aspiring to work in the US The Trump administration has proposed a new $103,265 fee for cap-subject H-1B petitions, as the earlier $100,000 payment imposed through a presidential proclamation in Sept 2025 has run into legal...

Shashi with husband Kulbhushan (L) NEW DELHI: An elderly woman was killed and her husband injured after an SUV hit several vehicles before ramming the pedestrian couple near Kailash Colony metro station in Greater Kailash-1 at 6.45pm Sunday.The SUV driver, Tapan Ahir (59), was arrested on the spot. Police are examining whether any mechanical problem...

A West Sussex widow turned a wasteland into her dream mini-farm, but a planning battle could force her to tear it down. (Photo: Daily Mail) When Tara Dexter bought a neglected patch of land in Sidlesham, West Sussex, for £57,000, it was far from the countryside dream she had imagined. The site was reportedly filled...

Carr remained determined to defend what she believed was hers (Photo: NPS) In the early 1900s, an Indiana widow spent more than two decades fighting to defend her claim to 120 acres along Lake Michigan. Drusilla Carr had lived on the land for decades before it became valuable. As the city of Gary, Indiana, grew...