Spread the love INS Sudarshini arrives in Lisbon, strengthens India-Portugal naval ties during Lokayan 26 expedition The port call of the Indian Navy’s sail training ship INS Sudarshini at Lisbon as part of the Lokayan 26 transoceanic expedition will further strengthen the India-Portugal naval partnership.The defence ministry, in a statement said, the port call will see the ship’s crew and...
Donald Trump’s volatility may have made India decline G7 presser
Spread the love ‘Unpredictable’ Trump behind no press conference after PM Modi meeting, govt says NEW DELHI: Govt justified its decision not to have a news conference after PM Modi’s meeting with President Donald Trump on the margins of the G7 summit in France, with official sources citing Trump’s “unpredictable behaviour” at media events that have followed his meetings with...
28 years later, J&K reopens probe into Ganderbal massacre of 23 Pandits
Spread the love SIA reopens 1998 Wandhama massacre probe, steps up investigation into Kashmiri Pandit killings SRINAGAR: J&K State Investigation Agency (SIA) has reopened the investigation into the 1998 Wandhama massacre of 23 people as part of a wider push to probe the killings of Kashmiri Pandits during the peak of militancy in the Valley.According to sources, SIA has also...
J&K CM asks police to take poster threatening Kashmir Pandit employees seriously
Spread the love Omar Abdullah flags fresh threats targeting Kashmiri Pandit employees SRINAGAR: A new poster issued by the little-known United Liberation Council (ULC) threatening Kashmiri Pandits led community members working in the Kashmir Valley under the PM Package for Kashmiri Migrants and Non-Migrant Kashmiri Pandits to write to J&K chief secretary Atal Dulloo seeking enhanced security. Chief minister Omar...
Unable to find job after US master’s, Hyderabad youth dies by suicide
Spread the love Hyderabad youth dies by suicide in US after struggling to find job following master’s degree HYDERABAD: Depressed over his inability to secure a job despite a master’s degree from a US university, a Hyderabad youth allegedly died by suicide in San Antonio, Texas, on Aug 21.According to family members and social media posts by the Indian community...
Government lifts ban on wheat exports, cites farmers’ interests amid depressed local prices
Spread the love The government on Monday (August 24, 2026) lifted the export ban on wheat and wheat products with immediate effect and said the decision is aimed at boosting farmers’ income amid depressed domestic prices. Early this year, the government had allowed the export of 50 lakh tonnes of wheat and 10 lakh tonnes of wheat products. India, the world’s...
Stocking, speculation behind ‘unnatural’ sugar price surge: ISMA
Spread the love Sugar prices jump 29% in a month, industry blames ‘speculative behaviour’ for artificial tightness NEW DELHI: Sugar industry’s apex body ISMA on Monday said that there is no shortage of the sweetener while admitting that the spike in prices is “not natural” and is being fuelled by stocking by bulk consumers and “speculative behaviour”. The industry body...
US proposes $103,265 H-1B fee: Hiring set to become more costly
Spread the love The higher costs of sponsoring an H-1B worker may dent hiring and could also impact the dreams of those aspiring to work in the US The Trump administration has proposed a new $103,265 fee for cap-subject H-1B petitions, as the earlier $100,000 payment imposed through a presidential proclamation in Sept 2025 has run into legal challenges and...
SUV on rampage kills 71-year-old woman in Delhi; hits several vehicles
Spread the love Shashi with husband Kulbhushan (L) NEW DELHI: An elderly woman was killed and her husband injured after an SUV hit several vehicles before ramming the pedestrian couple near Kailash Colony metro station in Greater Kailash-1 at 6.45pm Sunday.The SUV driver, Tapan Ahir (59), was arrested on the spot. Police are examining whether any mechanical problem in the...
Widow ordered to tear down dream mini-farm built on £57k fly-tipped wasteland
Spread the love A West Sussex widow turned a wasteland into her dream mini-farm, but a planning battle could force her to tear it down. (Photo: Daily Mail) When Tara Dexter bought a neglected patch of land in Sidlesham, West Sussex, for £57,000, it was far from the countryside dream she had imagined. The site was reportedly filled with rubbish,...
