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Mexico’s Raul Jimenez celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal during the World Cup Group A soccer match between Mexico and South Africa in Mexico City, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) The 2026 FIFA World Cup got off to a dramatic start in Mexico City as co-hosts Mexico defeated South Africa 2-0 in...

Rajya Sabha (File Photo) Rajya Sabha contests in Maharashtra, MP, Karnataka and Rajasthan ended without a vote on Thursday. NCP’s Rajendra Jain was elected in the bypoll to the seat vacated by deputy CM Sunetra Pawar in the state (), while BJP swept 3 seats in MP. Three Congress candidates and one BJP neta were...

NEW DELHI: Heed investor feedback and focus on easing the compliance burden as tax benefits and free land alone are not sufficient to attract investment. This was the strong message from PM Narendra Modi to states during the governing council meeting of Niti Aayog on Thursday as he sought to position India as an attractive...

NEW DELHI: Three merchant ships with Indian crew members have come under attack from the US Navy off the Oman coast in the last four days, resulting in the death of three Indians, said govt, which lodged a strong protest with US and asserted attacks should stop. The number of Indian seafarers killed has increased...

FILE – Representative Image. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, file) Sam Altman‘s OpenAI has banned two clusters of ChatGPT accounts that it says are operating from China. In a blog post, the company said that these ChatGPT accounts used its models for covert influence campaigns targeting US tech and policy debates, including one called “Data Center Bandwagon,”...

Britain’s PM Keir Starmer (AP) LONDON: British Indian Tory peer Lord Ranger has challenged the revocation of his CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the high court here. It is the first time anyone has ever taken the UK govt to court over their chivalric honour being revoked.The multi-millionaire businessman, founder...

File photo JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir govt has extended the deadline for central assistance schemes providing one-time financial support to families displaced from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in 1947, those displaced from Chhamb sector during the 1965 and 1971 wars, and West Pakistani Refugees (WPRs).The extensions were approved by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah (@PMOIndia X/ANI Photo) SRINAGAR: J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah Thursday met PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi and discussed restoration of statehood, among other issues.Informing about the meeting, Omar wrote on X that they also held discussions on the state of economy and...

RSS cheif Mohan Bhagwat (right) LUCKNOW: A window pane of the Shatabdi Express (12003) was damaged after a stone struck the train near Firozabad while RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat was traveling from Kanpur to Delhi.The incident took place near the Firozabad outer area around 8 pm, where the stone hit Coach E1, in which Bhagwat...

File photo NEW DELHI: Parts of Delhi-NCR witnessed rain and gusty winds on Thursday night as weather conditions changed abruptly across the region, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue a red alert for the national capital over the next few hours.The weather department warned of thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, dust-raising winds and intense...