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NEW DELHI: Veteran Maharashtra leader and NCP chief Ajit Pawar‘s uncle Sharad Pawar on Wednesday ruled out conspiracy theory over the death of his nephew, who died in a fatal plane crash earlier in the day.In a first reaction to Ajit Pawar’s death, the NCP(SP) chief said that Ajit Pawar’s death was just an accident...

Nagesh Gupta, Amanjot Kaur (l), and Nagesh Gupta, Kashvee Gautam (r). (Photo credit: Nagesh Gupta Instagram handle) NEW DELHI: Chandigarh has had a rich history of producing world-class all-rounders.Kapil Dev, the captain of the 1983 World Cup-winning team, changed the trajectory of cricket in India. Then came Yuvraj Singh, who played a pivotal role in...

Ajit Pawar with Devendra Fadnavais NEW DELHI: As the nation mourns the death of Maharashtra deputy chief minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar in a tragic plane crash, a video of his last aviation-related anecdote has resurfaced on social media.Pawar (66) was killed on Wednesday morning when a Learjet aircraft carrying him and four others...

AI image (Picture credit: Google Gemini) Dark war clouds gather once more over the deserts of the Middle East.As President Donald Trump’s “American Armada” — the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group — slices through the Arabian Sea toward Iran’s coast, tremors ripple straight to Rawalpindi’s military headquarters in Pakistan.With Tehran’s crackdown death toll surpassing...

Kobe Bryant and Munich air disaster (Photos by AP and Getty News) NEW DELHI: “Bone-chilling” feels like the only word that fits when the late risers of India woke up on Wednesday to the devastating news of Ajit Pawar’s tragic demise. The sudden loss of the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief in a...

US President Donald Trump once again warned Iran to “come to the table” to negotiate an “equitable” deal, clarifying “no nuclear weapons”, or be ready for an attack far “worse” than the Operation Midnight Hammer. Tehran rejected talks with the States saying that negotiations were not possible in an “atmosphere of threats”.Repeating his “Armada” fleet...

Modern wars are no longer decided only by tanks rolling across borders or fighter jets dominating the skies. Increasingly, outcomes are shaped long before the first missile is launched — in data centres analysing satellite feeds, in cyber units probing adversary networks, and in electronic warfare suites quietly blinding sensors and scrambling communications. For India,...

Amazon is cutting another 16,000 corporate jobs, bringing the total to 30,000, its largest workforce reduction ever. This move, driven by a massive $125 billion investment in AI and a push for greater efficiency, comes despite record profits. The company is also closing its Go and Fresh stores and discontinuing its palm-scanning payment system, signaling...

Washington Sundar during a practice session ahead of the second and final Test cricket match of the series between India and West Indies, in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: In a positive development, India all-rounder Washington Sundar has resumed batting in the nets as part of his rehabilitation at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) in...

Amazon has confirmed that it is laying off around 16,000 people. Hours before the confirmation, the retail giant mistakenly sent an internal email to employees in its cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS), referring to organizational changes and impacted staff, before the message was marked as “canceled.” The email added to uncertainty inside the...