Spread the love       File photo NEW DELHI: The air quality in Delhi sharply deteriorated to the ‘severe’ category on Saturday as a toxic greyish haze blanketed the city. The 24-hour average overall AQI released at 4pm was 431, as opposed to 349 a day earlier. However, the AQI subsequently slipped into the ‘severe plus’ category for the first time this...

Spread the love       PANAJI: A CBI team of sleuths landed in Phuket, Thailand, on Saturday to complete the process to deport Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, owners of Birch by Romeo Lane at Arpora, where 25 people died in a fire last weekend.The Indian embassy in Thailand will issue an emergency certificate—a one-way travel document—to the Luthras since their Indian passport...

Spread the love       Ahmedabad: A couple from a Mehsana village and their three-year-old daughter were allegedly taken hostage in Libya for a ransom of Rs 2 crore while trying to migrate to Portugal, officials said on Saturday.Kismatsinh Chavda, his wife Heenaben, and daughter Devanshi were kidnapped in the North African nation, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, en route to Portugal, where...

Spread the love       VIPs Surround Stars, Block View From Stands KOLKATA: Frenzy at dawn. Fury by noon. Chaos by afternoon. Lionel Messi’s much-hyped Kolkata appearance collapsed into bedlam at Salt Lake stadium Saturday after tens of thousands of fans who paid steep prices for a glimpse of the football icon saw him for barely minutes – if at all –...

Spread the love       Representational photo JAMMU: Security forces launched an extensive joint search operation along forward villages in Akhnoor and adjoining areas in J&K after BSF foiled an infiltration bid and arrested a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist armed with an M-5 rifle and ammunition on Friday.Searches were also conducted in the nearby Phambla area of Reasi district in Jammu on Saturday.Official sources...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: West Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose on Saturday evening said he was denied entry into Salt Lake stadium when he attempted to visit the venue hours after chaos erupted during an event featuring football legend Lionel Messi.Describing the incident as an affront to the constitutional office of the Governor, Bose sought an explanation from...

Spread the love       Representative image Railways is implementing focused cost-cutting initiatives across maintenance, procurement and energy sectors to fortify its financial position before dealing with increased wage expenses anticipated from the Eighth Pay Commission recommendations.Established in January 2024, the Eighth Pay Commission must submit its recommendations within an 18-month timeframe.The previous Seventh Pay Commission led to wage increases of 14-26%...

Spread the love       Two US service members and one American civilian were killed, and three other US troops injured, in an ambush by an Islamic State (IS) gunman in central Syria on Saturday, US Central Command said.In a post on X, CENTCOM, an American military arm that looks after operations in the Middle East, said the Americans were targeted during...

Spread the love       At least six people were killed after a strike hit a United Nations facility in Sudan’s southern Kordofan region, a medical source told news agency AFP on Saturday.“Six people were killed in a bombing of the UN headquarters while they were inside the building,” the medical source at Kadugli’s hospital said. Witnesses said that the victims were...

Spread the love       Argentine footballer and 2022 FIFA World Cup winning captain Lionel Messi, his Inter Miami teammates Rodrigo De Paul, and Luis Suarez during the second leg of ‘GOAT India Tour 2025’, in Hyderabad. (Left), and Lionel Messi playing football (Photo/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Lionel Messi’s programme in Hyderabad on Saturday offered a clear contrast to the disorder seen earlier...