Chennai: India hit nine terror targets crisscrossing Pakistan with precision and missed none of them during Operation Sindoor, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said on Friday, taking pride in India’s capability and technological abilities in neutralising the threats from across the border. The precision was to the point where India knew who was where and the…
New Delhi: A 46-year-old man died after a three-storey building collapsed in the Bada Hindu Rao area in the early hours of Friday, a fire services official said. The body of Manoj Sharma was found in the debris, he said, adding a call about the collapse was received at 1.56 am. The building housed multiple…
Lahore: In yet another attack, insurgents shot and killed nine passengers from Punjab after offloading them from a passenger bus in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Friday, according to authorities. The incident was reported on the national highway in the Zhob area of the province, said Assistant Commissioner Zhob Naveed Alam. The armed insurgents checked…
Washington: President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the United States would apply a 35% tariff to all imports from Canada beginning next month, reviving tensions with a major trade partner that had largely dissipated in recent weeks. “Instead of working with the United States, Canada retaliated with its Tariffs,” Trump wrote in the letter shared…
Gorakhpur (UP): Asserting that Shri Ram, Shri Krishna, Lord Shankar and the epics associated with them are not just stories, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said they are symbols of our faith, heritage and the highest ideals of a civilised culture. Citing the views of eminent socialist leader Dr Ram Manohar Lohia,…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra legislative assembly on Thursday passed the `Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill’, which seeks to prevent unlawful activities of Left Wing Extremist organisations with a focus on urban Naxalism and “passive militancy”. While tabling the bill, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis — who holds the Home portfolio — said the government was not against…
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday disapproved of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign visits, terming his comments “irresponsible”. Without naming Mann, it said the government of India “dissociates” itself from the “unwarranted” comments made by a “high state authority” that undermined India’s ties with…
Lords: Joe Root stitched together a dogged unbeaten 99 as England shed their usual aggressive ways, resorting to classical long-format batting amid sustained pressure from the Indian bowlers to reach 251 for four on day one of the Lord’s Test in London on Thursday. At stumps, Root was one run shy of his 37th Test…
The Case of Dr. U.C. Banerjee, Abuse of Process and Power in NIPER Mohali In an alarming case of institutional betrayal, Dr. Uttam Chand Banerjee—former Dean at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali, and a scientist facing serious plagiarism allegations—was shockingly regularised as a permanent employee through what appears to be…
In the deep abodes of Rasātala, where shadows stretched long and the bloodlines of daityas ran proud, there reigned three brothers born of Sukesha and Devavati—Mali, Sumāli, and the wise and battle-seasoned Malyavantha. Of these, only one now walked among the living, the venerable Malyavantha, a towering remnant of a bygone age. More than an…
