United Nations experts have expressed concerns over reports of human rights violations against members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Pakistan and urged authorities to ensure their protection.According to an official release, the experts said, “We are deeply concerned by persistent reports that members of the Ahmadiyya community continue to face harassment, criminal prosecution, violence,…
SC rejects panel’s plea for 6 more months to define Aravali hills & ranges NEW DELHI: “Why don’t you simply say that the matter be heard after my retirement,” asked an exasperated CJI Surya Kant as a bench led by him outrightly declined a request from the high-powered committee for six more months’ time to…
Trump threatens to stop sale of Canada’s Bombardier jets US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to bar Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier from selling its jets in the United States unless the company moves its manufacturing operations to American soil, escalating trade tensions between Washington and Ottawa.In a post on Truth Social, MAGA supremo Trump…
India was among the 164 countries that voted in favour of UN General Assembly’s Sept 4 resolution, “Correct the Map: Rebalancing Global Cartographic Representation and Promoting Equitable Representation of the World’s Regions, Particularly Africa”.MEA said the resolution’s purpose is to encourage the use of equal-area map projections that preserve the relative sizes of continental landmasses,…
NEW DELHI: Taking note of another instance of a Shiv Sena politician in Maharashtra assaulting doctors, Supreme Court Monday said the situation in the state had worsened and favoured strict action against politicians to send a message that such behaviour against a medical practitioner would not be tolerated.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep…
Bangladesh and India plan to resume train ops by October DHAKA: Bangladesh and India plan to resume cross-border train operations through the Maitree, Mitali and Bandhan Express trains by Oct and the annual meeting of railway authorities of the two countries beginning Tuesday will work in that direction, officials have said.Since the fall of Sheikh…
Passive smoking deaths up 50% since 1990: Lancet NEW DELHI: Deaths linked to second-hand smoke in India have soared, surging almost 50% since 1990 and claiming 325,600 lives in 2023 alone. According to a study published in The Lancet Public Health Monday, India had the world’s second-highest number of people exposed to second-hand smoke in…
Suspicious movement prompts search ops in Poonch’s frontier villages JAMMU: Security forces launched joint cordon-and-search operations in frontier villages in J&K’s Poonch district on Monday based on inputs about the alleged movement of terror suspects in the area, officials said.“The searches commenced around 12.30pm. Multiple teams are combing the forested upper reaches spanning Jhotian Wali,…
GTA 6 could release earlier on PC (Image via Rockstar Games) GTA 6 is locked in for November 19, 2026 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, but Rockstar Games has still said nothing official about a PC version. Into that silence, fresh speculation has emerged suggesting the wait for PC players might not be…
AfD co-chairwoman Alice Weidel watches at an election party of the “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) after the Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Since Sunday night in Magdeburg, when the Alternative für Deutschland took 43.9 per cent of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt against 17.2 for a Christian…
