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The trail continued into India as Narayani becomes Gandak downstream. SSB teams recovered bodies of two women and a man in Maharajganj. NEW DELHI: Barely seven minutes separated the seismic signal generated by Wednesday’s Himalayan collapse from the destructive surge reaching Rasuwagadhi at the Nepal-Tibet border, but the flood’s trail stretched nearly 200km downstream. Bodies...

Raksha Bandhan travel caused significant traffic delays across Noida and Ghaziabad. NOIDA: Raksha Bandhan rush brought traffic across Noida and Ghaziabad to a crawl on Thursday, with commuters facing delays of two to three hours on several major roads and expressways. The congestion intensified in the evening, with long queues also reported on the Delhi-Meerut...

Nepal flash floods. The death toll from the devastating flash floods along Nepal’s border with Tibet has risen to 469, Nepal Police said on Friday, as rescue teams continue searching for people missing after a torrent of water, mud and debris swept through the region earlier this week.Massive landslides and flooding struck the mountainous border...

Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha plays a shot during the fifth day of the second Test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (PTI) Sonal Dinusha finished the two-Test series against India with another century and a new Test record, scoring 176 runs through sweep shots, the most by any batter in...

(L) Arjun Sharma his former girlfriend, Nikitha Godishala (R) AGRA/HYDERABAD: A fugitive software engineer wanted by US authorities for allegedly murdering his former girlfriend in Maryland over a monetary dispute was arrested from Agra, where he had been hiding in an apartment.Arjun Sharma, 27, was produced before the court of additional chief metropolitan magistrate Animesh...

A tourist bus carrying wedding guests overturned near a petrol pump in Kakkoor KOOTHATTUKULAM: A tourist bus carrying around 35 members of a wedding party overturned after crashing into the premises of a petrol pump at Kakkoor on the Koothattukulam-Piravom Road on Thursday morning.According to police, the accident occurred around 10.25am when the bus was...

Apple‘s iPhone 17 has emerged as the world’s best-selling smartphone in 2026 so far, but its successor may not arrive during the company’s usual September launch event. According to Counterpoint Research, the standard iPhone 17 captured 6% of global smartphone sales in the April-June quarter. The iPhone 17 Pro Max and iPhone 17 Pro, on...

PM Modi will begin the trip in Tashkent and will then travel to Bishkek to attend the 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a four-day visit to Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic from August 29 to September 1, with Central Asia’s strategic and economic importance high...

Rezaei claimed Netanyahu’s actions had brought the “end of the Zionist regime’s existence near” Iran has issued a fresh warning to Israel and the United States, with its security chief threatening a severe confrontation if Washington continues its blockade and vowing to target US economic interests in the region.Iran’s Secretary of the Supreme National Security...

Imran Khan (PTI Photo) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reportedly raised an objection with Sky Sports after former England captain Michael Atherton interviewed the two sons of Imran Khan during the lunch break on the opening day of the Test at Lord’s.According to Cricinfo, the PCB complained to the broadcaster over the decision to...