SRINAGAR: A large crowd gathered outside the district jail in Leh on Saturday to welcome the release of former Congress councillor Smanla Dorje Nurboo (36) and former Congress J&K MLA Deldan Namgail (47) after the Jammu and Kashmir high court granted them bail.Police had arrested Namgail on Sept 26, 2025, and Nurboo a day later,…
US president Trump, Iran’s president Pezeshkian (File photos) The TOI correspondent from Washington: The US-Iran standoff in the Hormuz Strait remains unresolved 72-hours before the end of a two-week ceasefire after Tehran, angered by US president Donald Trump’s social media grandstanding portraying it as having caved in completely to his demands including surrendering its uranium…
Abdul Majeed Hakeem Ilahi LUCKNOW: Abdul Majeed Hakeem Ilahi, special representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader in India, on Saturday said that recent efforts to advance Iran-US peace talks have failed after Washington allegedly deviated from a mutually accepted framework.Speaking at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow while en route to Delhi, Ilahi said Iran…
NEW DELHI: Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday in connection with a 30-year-old case linked to violence in Srinagar. He was produced before Delhi’s Patiala House court the same evening, where a special judge granted the agency three days’ transit remand to take him to…
Stand-up comedian Samay Raina has once again spoken about the deep scars left by the Kashmiri Pandit exodus, this time offering a more personal and detailed account of how it impacted his family across generations. Recalling the fear that gripped his family, Raina revealed how his maternal grandfather was directly under threat. Amid the violence,…
At least five killed and ten others were injured after a gunman opened fire inside a supermarket in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. The gunman was also killed during the efforts to arrest him, Ukraine’s interior ministry said.“The gunman was killed during his arrest in Kyiv,” Ukrainian interior minister Ihor Klymenko said on social media, adding that…
Operation Sindoor and the conflict in West Asia have shown the importance of missiles in modern conflict. India, too, is expanding its impressive arsenal of long-range weapons. At the same time, lessons from these conflicts also demonstrate the importance of defence against these very systems.To improve both the defences against this system and to improve…
PM Narendra Modi addressing the nation NEW DELHI: In an address to the nation on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the opposition, a day after a bill to implement women’s reservation in legislatures was defeated in the Lok Sabha.Apologising to “all mothers and sisters” in the country, PM Modi said he was “startled” to…
The weight problem in India is getting younger. More than half of those under 30 are now overweight or obese, according to a latest health report. Excess weight gained early increases the risk of metabolic diseases at a much younger age.Government surveys and hospital data across India also show a steady rise in weight, metabolic…
Tristan Stubbs, David Miller NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals completed a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) after a late push from David Miller, who hit two sixes in the final over following contributions from KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs in their IPL 2026 match on Saturday.Chasing 176 on a slow Chinnaswamy pitch, DC reached…