BENGALURU: Chief minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar remain on standby for a formal call from Delhi, as the Congress high command prepares to resolve the tussle in Karnataka. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had announced a meeting and Siddaramaiah said he was ready to travel if summoned. Shivakumar echoed him, saying, “The CM and...
Operation Allies Welcome, a federal initiative meant to aid Afghans escaping the Taliban, finds itself in a troubling spotlight following a shooting incident that injured two National Guard members. Investigations reveal that the program has been marred by substantial data inaccuracies and lack of thorough oversight, raising concerns over the vetting process. A federal programme...
Police with CRPF personnel (File photo) JAMMU: J&K Police Thursday arrested a 19-year-old man, supposedly indoctrinated online by handlers of proscribed terrorist organisations, for allegedly planning to execute a terror-related act. Cops seized several digital devices from him and were examining them.Preliminary investigations indicated that the suspect was in regular contact via phone with certain...
Reed Sheppard and Brailey Dizney. Image via: Brailey Dizney/ Instagram Known for his confident shooting and high level defense, Reed Sheppard is becoming one of the most promising young guards in the NBA, making his way with the Houston Rockets. Currently playing for the Houston Rockets, he played at the University of Kentucky, before joining...
NEW DELHI: An Air India flight operating as AI 2939, travelling from Delhi to Ahmedabad, was forced to make an emergency landing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport late Monday night after smoke was detected in the aircraft’s cargo hold. The flight, which had only recently taken off for its scheduled journey to Ahmedabad, declared...
NEW DELHI: Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday clarified that his recent social media post on “word power” was meant to mark Constitution Day and was addressed to the legal fraternity after chief minister Siddaramaiah countered him thorough a social media post amid ongoing debate over leadership and political messaging.Speaking to reporters, Shivakumar...
Representative Image Major Chinese technology companies are reportedly training their large AI models in data centres overseas to get around US restrictions that ban the sale of powerful Nvidia chips to China. In this way, some Chinese tech giants are bypassing US restrictions intended to slow their technological advancement, according to a report. The Financial...
DEHRADUN: India has released a radically updated seismic zonation map under the new Earthquake Design Code, placing the entire Himalayan arc in a newly introduced highest-risk Zone VI for the first time, and reshaping the country’s understanding of earthquake exposure by showing that 61% of India now lies in moderate to high hazard zones, a...
CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: Beed-based NCP (SP) politician and social activist Ram Khade was critically injured when a group of 10 to 15 unidentified assailants attacked him and his associates near the Mandali village, close to the Ahilyanagar-Beed border late on Wednesday night, police said.While the police are still investigating the motive of the attack, Khade’s associate...
Image credit: WPL NEW DELHI: Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma dominated the headlines at the 2026 WPL mega auction, emerging as the most expensive signing of the day. UP Warriorz used their Right to Match (RTM) card to retain her for Rs 3.20 crore, making her the second-highest-paid Indian in WPL history, just behind Smriti Mandhana.Go...
