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AI generated image for representation NEW DELHI: Pakistan on Thursday announced it was expelling an Indian high commission staff member. This came a day after India expelled a Pakistani official from its high commission in New Delhi for alleged involvement in spying, making it the second such expulsion in a week.The ministry of external affairs…

The Queen has arrived at the Cannes Film Festival 2025, with a look that simply turned heads and demanded attention. Did Aishwarya Rai Bachchan laud ‘Operation Sindoor‘? Aishwarya Rai Bachchan stunned the red carpet in a royal white saree with golden details, and striking red jewellery that added just the pop effect needed for the…

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar (File Image) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in his first press conference since December, has hinted that Israel probably had killed Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar. Addressing a Jerusalem press conference, Netanyahu claimed that 20 hostages remain alive in Gaza, while “up to 38” have perished and assured…

Paul Stirling (Pic credit: Cricket Ireland) Paul Stirling etched his name into Irish cricket history on Wednesday, becoming the first Ireland batter to surpass 10,000 international runs during a dominant 124-run victory over the West Indies in the opening ODI in Dublin. Stirling’s composed knock of 54 off 64 balls took his career tally to…

UAE team after the historic series win. (Pic credit: UAE Cricket) The United Arab Emirates created history on Wednesday at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, sealing their first-ever T20I bilateral series triumph over Bangladesh with a convincing seven-wicket win in the final match of the three-game series. The victory gave UAE a 2-1 series result, marking…

NEW DELHI: Chief Justice B R Gavai Wednesday said lawyers don’t want to work during vacation but the judiciary is blamed for the backlog of cases.A bench of CJI B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih got miffed when a lawyer urged listing of a petition after summer vacation. “The first five judges are…

NEW DELHI: After countering the Muslim side’s argument that non-Muslims could theoretically form a majority in the Central Waqf Council and Auqaf Boards, Centre told Supreme Court Wednesday that an ill-founded attempt was made to project discrimination of Muslims by comparing composition of waqf bodies with religious endowment boards of Hindus, Sikhs and Christians.Solicitor general…

NEW DELHI: The govt has identified 100 districts reporting high number of road crashes and has rolled out ‘Data Driven Hyperlocal Intervention (DDHI)’ to undertake measures to curb crashes and deaths. The districts are spread across 18 states — the highest (19) is in Maharashtra, followed by 18 in Uttar Pradesh and 11 in Karnataka…

President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a tense meeting at the White House on Wednesday, playing videos and presenting documents he claimed showed evidence of a so-called “white genocide” in South Africa.The unannounced display unfolded in the Oval Office, dimmed for effect as Trump ordered aides to play a nearly five-minute…

NEW DELHI: For several times in the last few months we have heard the Congress “distance” itself from Shashi Tharoor‘s remarks. But now, in an interesting turn of events, it appears that Shashi Tharoor is “distancing” himself from the Congress. The gap between Congress and Tharoor, that first appeared on the surface in February this…