NEW DELHI: Indians remained the third largest applicants for Schengen visas globally in CY 2025, with 11.5 lakh did so with a rejection rate of 15.8%. Chinese were the largest applicants at 18 lakh with a rejection rate of 4.1%, followed by nationals of Turkey (12.5 lakh) with a rejection rate of 14.6%, according to…
Israeli air strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday killed three people and injured six others, raising fresh concerns that the latest escalation could jeopardise ongoing efforts to secure a US-Iran peace deal.The strike targeted the Dahiyeh district of Beirut, a stronghold of Hezbollah. Smoke was seen rising over the Lebanese capital as rescue workers…
Candace Owens has released previously unseen photos from the SUV that transported Charlie Kirk to the hospital after he was fatally shot, claiming they raise new questions about the events following the attack. She pointed to shattered glass, a blood-stained bag, and Kirk’s damaged microphone, while questioning how evidence was handled. Owens also highlighted alleged…
Giving evidence yesterday with the assistance of an interpreter, he told Bolton Crown Court (pictured) he felt ‘uncontrollably sleepy’ at the time of the alleged attack An Afghan migrant has claimed that he was under the influence of ‘Satan’ when he raped two 14-year-old girls after plying them with vodka at his flat in Bolton….
JAMMU: Two workers died after a portion of an under-construction bridge in the Bantalab-Thathar area on the outskirts of Jammu collapsed Friday, prompting a massive rescue operation by multiple agencies, including Army, NDRF and SDRF.A 55-year-old worker, Tarsem Lal, was rescued and admitted to Govt Medical College and Hospital in Jammu with injuries, while two…
Some emotions are felt only at certain moments in life, and for many fathers, the most emotional chapter is their daughter’s wedding. Now a viral social media clip is touching hearts for portraying those emotions in the simplest yet honest way. In an Instagram video (shared by user @_.soulshine), a security guard was asked a…
In Botoșani County, Romania, a team of archaeologists uncovered a monumental mega-structure dating back 6,000 years. This discovery challenges our basic ideas about how human societies developed. According to a study published on PLOS One, the structure, associated with the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture from around 4000 to 3900 BC, covers about 350 square meters. That’s almost…
The event occurred in the house of a resident named Munni Lal in the village of Bishaha when the family members realised the presence of a huge king cobra inside their house. Knowing about the danger presented by one of the largest venomous snakes in the world, the family members immediately ran outside and started…
The United States has now marked its 250th anniversary, but one part of the celebration has only just begun. Beneath the ground in Philadelphia, a specially engineered time capsule has been buried with instructions that it should not be opened for another 250 years. Intended as a message to people living in 2276, it brings…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi strongly condemned the drone attacks on Fujairah in the UAE, which resulted in injuries to three Indian nationals, saying targeting civilians and infrastructure is unacceptable. Like in his past condemnation of attacks on the UAE and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, Modi didn’t name Iran, but said India stood…