NEW DELHI: Delhi’s air quality worsened again on Saturday after a brief improvement earlier in the week, with several parts of the city recording pollution levels in the ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ categories. Residents across the capital woke up to thick smog, which reduced visibility in many areas. According to data from the Central Pollution...
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Ukraine: Russia launches massive attack on kyiv; comes day before Trump-Zelenskyy meet
Several powerful explosions were heard across Ukraine’s capital on early Saturday after Russian missiles and drones targeted multiple regions, prompting authorities to urge residents to take shelter as air defences were activated.“Explosions in the capital. Air defense forces are operating. Stay in shelters!” Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram, as air raid sirens sounded...
Concert attack in Bangladesh: James show cancelled after bricks hurled; 15–20 students injured
Source: Social media A concert of Bangladeshi rock musician James was called off after what the organisers described as an “attack from the outsiders.” As per BDnews24, the event scheduled at the Faridpur District School turned violent when a group of people tried to force their way into the venue after being denied entry and...
Top 10 extreme weather events cost world more than $122bn in 2025: Report
NEW DELHI: Top 10 extreme weather events such as wildfires, heatwaves, floods and cyclonic storms cost the world more than $122 billion in 2025, said a report – Counting the Cost 2025 – released by a global not-for-profit organisation, Christian Aid.Exceptionally heavy monsoon rainfall experienced by large parts of India and Pakistan from June to...
‘Doesn’t have anything ’: Trump casts himself as arbiter of peace deal; sceptical of Zelenskyy’s plan
File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump has said any peace deal to end the war between Ukraine and Russia will ultimately depend on his approval, casting himself as the final decision-maker ahead of talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Florida.Speaking in an exclusive interview with Politico on...
‘Dhurandhar’ BO collection Day 22: Ranveer Singh starrer storms past 1000cr worldwide
‘Dhurandhar’, directed by Aditya Dhar and starring Ranveer Singh in the lead, has created history at the box office by crossing the Rs 1000 crore mark worldwide, just as it entered its fourth week at the box office. The film that began its box office run on December 5, has emerged as one of the...
Slashed 26 times: Kanpur woman axes husband to death after drunken fight
AI-generated representational image. KANPUR: A woman allegedly slashed her husband 26 times with an axe at their home in a Kanpur village late Wednesday after a drunken brawl. The woman, Veerangana (35), was arrested Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Ravishankar Savita (45) alias Pappu, who worked in a tile and stone laying firm. Police...
On This Day: Ajinkya Rahane’s century that changed Indian cricket
Ajinkya Rahane and Ravindra Jadeja (AP/PTI) On this day in 2020, December 27, Ajinkya Rahane played an innings that quietly altered the course of Indian Test cricket. It did not come wrapped in noise or bravado. It arrived in the aftermath of trauma. India had been bundled out for their lowest-ever total in the previous...
Unnao rape case: CBI moves Supreme Court against Delhi high court order
<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126198261,imgsize-419938,width-400,resizemode-4/untitled-design-5.jpg" alt="Unnao rape case: CBI moves Supreme Court against Delhi high court order" title=" File photo: Kuldip Singh Sengar ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo: Kuldip Singh Sengar NEW DELHI: CBI on Friday filed a special leave petition in Supreme Court against Delhi high court’s recent order suspending the sentence of expelled BJP ex-MLA Kuldeep...
‘Vendetta’: Delhi HC scraps CISF officer’s forced retirement
Delhi HC (File Photo) NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has quashed a 20-year-old official order to compulsorily retire a CISF officer, now 72, over sexual harassment, ruling that the allegations made in 1998 by a woman constable “reek of vengeance rather than genuine harassment”. HC also found that even after being cleared three times,...
