Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Kashmir’s chief cleric and chairman of Hurriyat Conference (Image Credit: X/@MirwaizKashmir) SRINAGAR: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Kashmir’s chief cleric and chairman of Hurriyat Conference, was placed under house arrest and not allowed to offer Friday prayers at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid.“Every Friday, I am put under arbitrary house arrest,” Mirwaiz said. J&K police had … Read more
JAMMU: The Army on Friday ordered an inquiry after an IGNOU professor accused troops of assaulting him without any provocation during a checking of vehicles in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir late Thursday night.Officials said the professor, Liaqat Ali, allegedly suffered head injuries in the assault that took place near the border village of … Read more
A Hindu community leader Bhabesh Chandra Roy was reportedly kidnapped from his residence and killed in Dinajpur district, northern Bangladesh, according to a Friday media report. Police and family sources confirmed that the body of Roy, 58, from Basudebpur village, located 330 kilometres northwest of Dhaka, was found on Thursday night, as reported by The … Read more
Prof MGK Menon (2nd from left), Prof UR Rao (4th from left), K Kasturirangan (extreme right) and a few others from team Aryabhata Jawahar, Maitri. Remember these two names. We’ll orbit back to them soon. For now, let’s travel back to half a century ago:A chill breeze rustled through the vast Russian steppe as countdown … Read more
A tree falls amid rain and strong winds in Patiala. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Parts of Delhi received light to moderate rainfall on Friday evening, bringing much-needed relief from the scorching heat. Areas including central, south and west Delhi witnessed rain accompanied by gusty winds and thunderstorms.According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), winds blew … Read more
A member of Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya community was beaten to death on Friday after a mob of radical surrounded an Ahmadi place of worship in Karachi’s Saddar neighbourhood.The crowd, having many from the anti blasphemy political groupTehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), forced their way through narrow streets chanting anti-Ahmadi slogans before surrounding the colonial-era worship site. Tensions quickly … Read more
NEW DELHI: An Indian-origin student from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, who was pursuing her master’s degree in the US, died in a hit-and-run incident in Denton City, Texas, her family said on Friday.The victim, identified as V Deepthi, was walking home with her friend Snigdha near the 2300 block of Carril Al Lago Drive on … Read more
TOI correspondent from Washington: US and China are engaged in an all-out propaganda battle to present their narrative of the tariff war and portray the other side as weak and crumbling in the face of adversity.The Chinese have cottoned on skillfully to Artificial Intelligence tools to launch a series of AI-generated videos and memes portraying … Read more
NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal BJP president and senior leader Dilip Ghosh married party colleague Rinku Majumdar in a private ceremony at his New Town residence near Kolkata on Friday. Clad in traditional Bengali attire and a ceremonial ‘topor,’ Ghosh appeared before the media after the rituals and thanked well-wishers, including chief minister Mamata Banerjee.“I … Read more
NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old boy named Kunal was fatally stabbed in north-east Delhi’s New Seelampur on Thursday evening, triggering tensions in the area. According to police, the role of a local woman named Zikra, allegedly known as the “lady don”, is being investigated in connection with the murder. Kunal’s family has alleged that Zikra, who … Read more