US defence secretary Pete Hegseth US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the creation of a Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs (ORA), marking the latest in a series of faith-related reforms at the Department of Defence headquarters.Also Read: Pete Hegseth to cut generals & admirals in US military by 20%; Pentagon to create new drone…
The house where the incident took place LUCKNOW: A 17-year-old allegedly killed his 42-year-old mother after a dispute over his desire to undergo gender-affirming surgery at their apartment in Lucknow’s Rajendra Nagar area on Thursday, police said.According to police, the minor had been living and presenting as a female and wanted to undergo surgery to…
Delhi’s recent opening of the Barapullah Phase III corridor has resulted in significant traffic congestion for commuters. NEW DELHI: Twelve years after work began and barely two days after Barapullah Phase III corridor opened, Delhi is back at the drawing board.The traffic chaos on the new stretch has prompted Delhi Traffic Police to examine not…
India’s Kumkum Anil Mohod and Dhiraj Bommadevara. (Reuters Photo) NEW DELHI: Kumkum Mohod and Dhiraj Bommadevara signed off with a silver medal in the mixed team recurve event after China’s Jingyi Zhu and Mengqi Li prevailed 5-3 in a closely fought gold-medal match at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Friday.The Indian pair had to…
Ronaldo’s $30M Cascais Mansion and the Madeira Home He Came From (Getty Images) Cristiano Ronaldo was born in 1985 in Funchal, the youngest of four children in a small Madeira home where space was always short. Decades later, he spent more than three years building a mansion in Cascais, Portugal, with Atlantic views, eight bedrooms…
Calcutta High Court has rejected a woman’s request concerning her husband’s potential deportation over absent identification documents KOLKATA: Calcutta HC Thursday dismissed the plea of a Murshidabad woman seeking to restrain authorities from deporting her husband whose name was allegedly deleted in SIR. “Prove that you (the husband) are an Indian,” the HC said, adding…
If you’ve ever wrapped your arms into Garudasana, or Eagle Pose, expecting a gentle little stretch and instead felt your shoulders practically scream, you’re not imagining things. According to NIH News in Health, a publication from the National Institutes of Health, slumped, hunched posture from things like constant gadget use and long hours at a…
Stock market holiday today Investors will have a break from domestic equity trading on Friday as the stock market remains closed for Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. October 2, 2026, is listed as a full trading holiday in the 2026 market calendar, with both the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) shut for regular…
India’s Akash air defence missile system India’s indigenous Akash air defence missile system has expanded its footprint into Central Asia, with Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh confirming that the system has been exported to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, in addition to Armenia.Speaking to ANI, Rajesh Kumar Singh said Armenia was the first foreign customer for Akash…
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Friday warned of unspecified “additional actions” against Ukraine unless Kyiv acknowledges what Seoul describes as a “confidentiality agreement” concerning the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers and issues an apology.Also Read: South Korea accuses Ukraine of breaching secrecy over North Korean POW transfer“If the refusal to acknowledge…
