Purja, who died five days after his 43rd birthday, had been attempting to become the first mountaineer to climb all 14 eight-thousanders twice without supplemental oxygen Nepal-born British mountaineer Nirmal ‘Nimsdai’ Purja, 43, died with nine other climbers after an avalanche struck the 8,047m Broad Peak in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on July 30, only nine days after he...
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Fear stalks Kashmir’s brick kilns after terrorists kill 2 migrant workers
KULGAM: Panic. Shuttered doors. Phones ringing with anxious calls from home. Brick kilns across south Kashmir ground to a halt Saturday as migrant labourers stayed indoors, rattled by the killing of two co-workers barely 2km away and wondering if they should leave — or stay and earn.Around 11am, Sunil Kumar, 34, and fellow labourer Renku...
‘Screams, sudden death’: 16-year-old girl’s body exhumed 52 days after burial in UP
ALIGARH: The body of a 16-year-old girl was exhumed from a grave in Aligarh on Saturday, 52 days after she was buried, after suspicions were raised over the circumstances of her death, news agency PTI said on Saturday.The exhumation was carried out at Shah Jamal graveyard under the Kotwali police station area in the presence...
‘Prepare to depart’: US embassies issue alert across Middle East amid Iran tensions
File photo: Middle East security situation US embassies across several Middle Eastern countries on Saturday urged American citizens to consider leaving the region or be prepared to depart at short notice, warning of the possibility of an “unforeseen escalation” in the conflict involving Iran.The security alert was issued by US embassies in Bahrain, Iraq, Israel,...
NEET-PG 2026 gets major overhaul: Centres closer to home, single-shift exam, fewer questions
Representative image NEW DELHI: The Centre has announced a series of changes for the NEET-PG exam to be held later in the month, including expanding the choice of test locations, giving candidates more time to plan travel, and increasing the time available per question.The reforms are aimed at making the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduate...
RTI activist inquiry into Dipke’s father’s finances; flags Rs 1 cr CJP defence fund
SURAT: A Surat-based RTI activist on Saturday said he had sought an inquiry into the finances of CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke’s father, a retired government employee who had funded his son’s education abroad.Activist Amit Tiwari also said he had written to the Election Commission of India and the Central GST authorities regarding the legal defence...
Gold rush: Arundhati Choudhary wins India’s fifth boxing gold at CWG 2026
Arundhati Choudhary India continued its strong run in boxing at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Saturday, winning five gold medals, with Arundhati Choudhary completing the tally after beating England’s Chantelle Reid in the women’s 70kg final.Arundhati defeated Reid by a unanimous 5-0 decision to give India its fifth boxing gold of the competition.Earlier in...
‘Girls’ clothes torn, heads broken’: CJP demands PM’s apology over police action
Dipke responds to PM Modi NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has once again responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to forgive students accused of abusing him during a protest at Jantar Mantar.In a new video posted on X, Dipke referred to PM Modi’s video message in which the he said...
Spain’s 48-hour response: How authorities returned thousands of illegal migrants to Morocco
Authorities used water cannons, tear gas and warning shots to repel some crossings. Several migrants drowned or were killed in a stampede during the attempt Spain has sent tens of thousands of illegal migrants back to Morocco within 48 hours after an unprecedented surge of crossings into the North African enclave of Ceuta. The mass...
Meet Roy Kim, 13, who turns air moisture into water for farms
“Do what you can do tomorrow, today,” says Roy Kim, a 13-year-old Oregon student who has solved the water crisis for numerous farmers in the region. The teenager developed a device that turns moisture in the air into water, helping farmers access a sustainable and reliable source of water in drought-prone areas, as per a...
