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NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a fiery counterattack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him and his party of politicising national security and undermining the opposition amid the backdrop of ‘Operation Sindoor‘ and the recent Pahalgam terror attack. Banerjee also claimed the Centre named India’s armed forces action on…

Alex Foster (via X @Alex Levine) Baylor University football player Alex Foster has passed away following multiple gunshot injuries in Greenville, Mississippi, a somber incident contributing to a series of violent crimes that have been afflicting the city. The 18-year-old defensive lineman was discovered in a vehicle at an early hour on Wednesday and subsequently…

NEW DELHI: A day after India said that three Indian citizens who have been reported missing after travelling to Iran, the Iranian Embassy in India has strongly advised Indians not to be deceived by travel agents.The Indian embassy in Iran on Wednesday informed that they have strongly take up the issue of reportedly missing persons,…

Credit: TimesContent.com Image (BCCL) BENGALURU: The simmering turf war between chief minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar spilled into the open once again on Wednesday, this time over the transfer of five senior engineers marking the latest flashpoint in a growing series of power tussles between the state’s two most powerful leaders. It has…

NEW DELHI: At the CII Annual Business Summit 2025, defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday reiterated India’s hardened position on Pakistan while sending a pointed message of solidarity to the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), describing them as an integral part of India.“We have recalibrated our engagement and scope of dialogue with Pakistan. Now, whenever…

NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday claimed that the 1988 nuclear agreement between India and Pakistan was signed under pressure from the United States, during the tenure of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Sharing what he described as a declassified letter on X, Dubey alleged that then US President Ronald Reagan had dictated…

MUMBAI: A minor fight between drivers of two aggregator cabs snowballed into a dangerous stunt as one driver jumped onto the bonnet of the other’s cab at the domestic terminal of the city airport Wednesday midnight.To avoid being attacked, the driver who was in the cab, Bhimprasad Mahanto (34), accelerated while with the other, Justin…

AIMIM supremo Asaduddin Owaisi, part of the all-party delegation led by BJP MP Baijayant Panda, on Wednesday called for Pakistan to be put back on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list to curb terror financing.Speaking during an interaction in Riyadh, Owaisi accused Pakistan of training terrorist organisations aimed at destabilising India.“…Pakistan must be…

Udit Raj (L), Shashi Tharoor (C) and Kiren Rijiju (R) NEW DELHI: Amid rising tensions within the Congress party, the BJP has rallied around opposition MP Shashi Tharoor, who is facing criticism from his own colleagues over remarks made during an international delegation visit. Tharoor’s statements lauding India’s recent counterterror strikes have sparked sharp reactions…

Elon Musk on Wednesday night (Local time) announced that he is stepping down from his role as a top adviser to US President Donald Trump, concluding his tenure as a special government employee tasked with leading a high-profile push to streamline federal bureaucracy.‘My scheduled time comes to an end’Taking to X, he wrote, “As my…