Spread the love Defence minister Rajnath Singh addressing the 13th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) NEW DELHI: India’s extensive expertise in counter-terrorism is not theoretical classroom knowledge but it is an experience hard-earned on the ground through decades of directly confronting complex, cross-border security challenges, defence minister Rajnath Singh said in the Philippines on Thursday.Addressing the 13th ASEAN Defence Ministers’...
India ready to share its battle-tested expertise with Asean partners: Rajnath Singh
Spread the love Defence minister Rajnath Singh addressing the 13th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) NEW DELHI: India’s extensive expertise in counter-terrorism is not theoretical classroom knowledge but it is an experience hard-earned on the ground through decades of directly confronting complex, cross-border security challenges, defence minister Rajnath Singh said in the Philippines on Thursday.Addressing the 13th ASEAN Defence Ministers’...
Gandhi grandson’s 30-acre US land reclaimed after 20-month legal battle
Spread the love Desai said he first visited the Virginia property in 2024 and commissioned a survey at a cost of $4,500. SURAT: A US court has ordered a Virginia resident to remove his encroachment from land owned by the late Kanu Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson, and his wife Shiva Gandhi, after a 20-month legal battle led by Parimal Desai...
Helicopter crash in Bosnia: At least 4 killed, 11 injured as Italian Chinook crashes
Spread the love File photo: The site of the crash of a ICH-47 Chinook helicopter belonging to the Italian contingent of the European Union Force (EUFOR) Althea mission, near the village of Gorice, in Brcko District, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 29, 2026. A helicopter operated by the European Union peacekeeping force in Bosnia and Herzegovina crashed during a routine training...
Map that symbolises America’s divide over slavery auctioned for nearly $1 million
Spread the love File photo: This photo provided by Brunk Auctions shows the original, hand-drawn survey of the Mason-Dixon Line at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, N.C., Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. A hand-drawn map of the Mason-Dixon Line, which became a symbol of the divide between free and slave states in the United States, sold for $950,000 at an auction in...
New Zealand island’s ground beetles surge 40-fold after invasive mice removed
Spread the love Representative image When conservation teams confirmed in 2018 that invasive house mice had been removed from Antipodes Island, it marked the end of one of New Zealand’s most ambitious island restoration efforts. The remote subantarctic island had carried mice for more than a century, and their appetite for insects, seeds, plants and occasionally bird eggs had quietly...
Texas approves $15m plan to save 1925 sugar factory vacant for over 20 years
Spread the love Texas’s historic Imperial Sugar Char HousePhoto: Google Maps Street View After more than two decades of vacancy, failed redevelopment plans and gradual deterioration, Sugar Land’s historic Imperial Sugar Char House is finally set to receive the rescue many residents have waited years to see. The Sugar Land City Council approved a $15 million preservation project on October...
SIR deadlines extended in 5 states, Delhi; EC sets new dates for final rolls
Spread the love File photo: Election Commision of India NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India has revised the schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Haryana, Telangana, Nagaland, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Delhi, extending the deadline for final publication of voter lists.According to separate letters issued by the commission on October 29, the final electoral...
Israel election: Netanyahu’s bloc wins 53 seats, falls short of majority as coalition talks loom
Spread the love The final tally, which included the remaining double-envelope ballots, confirmed Likud’s position as the largest party with 27 seats The counting of votes in Israel’s election has confirmed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud as the largest party in the next Knesset, but left his right-wing bloc short of a parliamentary majority.According to official figures released by Israel’s...
Bhutan lake outburst triggers flash flood alert along Sankosh river in Bengal
Spread the love Shintaphu Lake, located below Wakila Mountain in Lungo, Laya Gewog, Gasa, experienced an outburst on Thursday evening, according to local reports. KOLKATA: Bengal forest minister Manoj Oraon late Thursday alerted residents living along the Sankosh river in Alipurduar’s Kumargram area after reports of an outburst from Shintaphu Lake in Bhutan’s Gasa district.The lake lies in the Mo...
