Watch: Outrage over half-naked men waving hookahs in Sonmarg; dancing to ‘Jaata Ka Chhora’

Spread the love       SRINAGAR: A video showing bare-chested youths dancing to the peppy Haryanvi song ‘Jaata Ka Chhora’, waving hookahs amid the snow-covered, picturesque landscape of Sonmarg, has triggered widespread outrage across the Valley. The visuals, which quickly went viral on social media, have drawn sharp criticism from political leaders and civil society, who termed the act provocative, insensitive and...

Civic polls: Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena gets ‘helping hand’ from MNS in Kalyan-Dombivli

Spread the love       MNS chief Raj Thackeray with Shiv Sena chief and deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde. (File Photo) THANE: In a significant post-poll development in the Kalyan–Dombivli Municipal Corporation, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has extended support to the Shiv Sena despite the two being rival political factions. Former MNS MLA Pramod (Raju) Patil announced the decision on behalf...

‘Will hunt you down’: TMC’s Manirul Islam threatens EC to ‘teach a lesson’ over SIR

Spread the love       <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126958014,imgsize-160434,width-400,resizemode-4/tmc-leader.jpg" alt="'Will hunt you down': TMC's Manirul Islam browbeats EC over SIR; threatens to 'teach a lesson'" title=" Photo: Screengrab ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Photo: Screengrab NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress leader Manirul Islam on Wednesday said the Election Commission will be “hunted down from the netherworld” and “taught a lesson” as the impasse continues between the Mamata...

Since 2021, rule by rule: How the Taliban have erased women from public life

Spread the love       When the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, it did not simply change the flag over Kabul. It altered the everyday world of Afghan women in a way that is now hard to comprehend from outside the country. As Afghanistan approaches five years under Taliban rule, directives issued by the de facto authorities have steadily turned...

Shubman Gill wants Test regulars to play Ranji Trophy; firms up ODI WC plans – exclusive

Spread the love       Indore: India’s captain Shubman Gill during a training session ahead of the third ODI cricket match between India and New Zealand, at Holkar Cricket Stadium, in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav)(PTI01_17_2026_000290A) NEW DELHI: India will not play red-ball cricket again until August, when they tour Sri Lanka for a two-match away series in the ongoing 2025–27...

Satellite data show India’s major deltas sinking due to human activity

Spread the love      An international research team has found a systemic drop in land elevation across India’s river deltas driven mostly by human activities. The researchers were motivated by the lack of high-resolution data of river deltas’ subsidence worldwide even though they support more than 340 million people. They used interferometric synthetic aperture radar data from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-1...

‘Air power did the trick’: IAF chief says attacked Pakistan within hours

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh on Wednesday emphasising the central role of air power in modern warfare, said the IAF has repeatedly demonstrated its ability to deliver swift and decisive outcomes – including the capability to strike multiple targets in Pakistan within hours – and called for greater focus on strengthening this arm...

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