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Visuals from the funeral Image source: Iran International Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new Supreme Leader, was conspicuously absent from the funeral of his wife Zahra Hadad-Adel, who was killed in the February 28 US-Israeli strike on Ali Khamenei’s residence.The funeral was held on Wednesday at Farhang High School in Tehran and attended by her father, Gholam-Ali...

The proposal comes at a time when Europe is reassessing its strategic dependence on Washington. Donald Trump’s repeated criticism of NATO allies, alongside growing uncertainty over future US commitments to European security. Canada is seeking to unveil a new multinational defence lender at next week’s NATO summit in Turkey, in what could become one of...

Screen grab from Hong Kong’s now deleted anti-drug campaign Hong Kong’s prison service has withdrawn an anti-drug video featuring AI-generated virtual K-pop idols after social media users said it, on the contrary, resembled a promotion campaign for illegal substances.The Correctional Services Department uploaded the controversial video, titled “Obsession: The Sugar-Coated Trap,” to its social media...

TOI correspondant from Washington: Some two centuries after Tipu Sultan’s Mysore projectiles, parlayed by the British into Congreve missiles, led Francis Scott Key to note the “rocket’s red glare” in the Star Spangled Banner, the US capital is about to discover that fireworks, no matter where they come from, are no fun on a fiendishly...

A 17-year-old boy has been detained for allegedly murdering his 20-year-old wife in Prayagraj PRAYAGRAJ: A 17-year-old boy has been detained for allegedly murdering his 20-year-old wife and, with the help of his father, dumping her body near an underpass on the National Highway in Fatehpur district on June 12. Police said the father allegedly...

NEW DELHI: The Centre has widened its scrutiny of messaging platforms with username-based communication, with the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) issuing notices to Telegram and Signal days after directing WhatsApp to justify its proposed username feature and pause its rollout in India.According to sources quoted by PTI, the notices to Telegram and...

Stone-pelting on Indian trains is a growing menace, with thousands of incidents reported annually. A passenger is injured after a stone crashes through a train window. An alert loco pilot spots an iron pipe on the tracks seconds before disaster. A low-intensity blast damages a freight corridor, triggering a multi-agency investigation.Different states. Different methods. But...

Election Commission of India NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday directed rival factions of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to submit their claims and counterclaims over the party’s authorised signatories and organisational elections.According to officials in the EC, letters have been sent to both Mamata Banerjee and rebel faction leader Ritabrata Banerjee, asking them...

Aliya Mohammad Sajid Chandiwala (in picture) came into contact with electricity that had leaked into the waterlogged area near the building’s iron gate. THANE: A 17-year-old girl died after suffering electric shock in a waterlogged area outside her residential building in Mumbra on Wednesday night. Police have registered an FIR against officials of Torrent Power...

The defining questions today are no longer limited to surname, caste or community. They are about emotional maturity, career ambitions, financial compatibility, family expectations, mental health, parenting, equality and shared life goals. For generations, the first question in an arranged marriage was rarely about personality, ambitions or emotional compatibility.It was, “which community?”Caste, sub-caste, religion, family...