Teen’s death in Kishtwar after forced abortion attempt leads to five arrests, including a teacher and hospital staff. JAMMU: J&K Police have arrested three more suspects in connection with the death of a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Kishtwar district on Aug 20 following an alleged forced abortion bid, taking the total number of arrests in the…
Congress rejects NC’s offer to join J&K cabinet, citing principled stand to stay out until statehood is restored. SRINAGAR: Congress Thursday turned down a proposal by National Conference (NC) to join the Omar Abdullah govt in J&K, saying the party would not deviate from its stand to stay away from the ministry until statehood was…
India and US discuss strengthening civil nuclear ties as India prepares for private sector participation and 100 GW capacity by 2047. MUMBAI: Atomic Energy Commission chairperson, A K Mohanty, and the US secretary of the department of energy Chris Wright, held discussions to explore opportunities to further strengthen Indo-US nuclear ties for mutual benefit at…
In 1776, a Gettysburg minister built his stone home Gettysburg’s oldest surviving building, the 1776 Dobbin House, marked its 250th anniversary on Wednesday, 26 August 2026, celebrating two and a half centuries since Irish-born Presbyterian minister Reverend Alexander Dobbin completed the stone home. The anniversary was marked with a public reenactment of Dobbin’s original 1776…
“We’re still just stuck waiting for other people to make decisions about our future,” leaseholder Sarah Williams says [BBC] Former residents of a London apartment block destroyed in a major fire are still paying monthly mortgages on homes that were reduced to rubble two years ago. The fire at the seven-storey Spectrum Building on Freshwater…
Centre picks 160 district hospitals for 50% boost in emergency, trauma care capacity by 2027 NEW DELHI: The Centre has identified 160 district hospitals for the first phase of a programme to increase emergency and trauma care capacity by 50%, with the facilities targeted for strengthening by March 2027, as the government moves to implement…
Sumit Nagal of India. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images for BMW) India’s Sumit Nagal’s US Open campaign ended in the qualifying round after he lost in straight sets to France’s Arthur Gea in New York.The top-seeded Frenchman won 6-3, 7-6(4) to move into the second round, while Nagal’s wait for another Grand Slam main-draw appearance…
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) A California judge has suspended criminal proceedings against a former US Marine who was arrested near President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course with a loaded gun and ammunition, ordering him to undergo…
Australian man Michael thought he found his soulmate in Melanie and transferred money. But it was a deepfake. A retired psychologist in his 70s has been scammed out of $180,000 while he believed he had found his soulmate online. Queensland’s Michael continued his long-distance courtship with Melanie, a nurse in South Africa, until she turned…
T V Somanathan has directed all central ministries, state govts and UT administrations to prepare time-bound implementation plans NEW DELHI: In the Centre’s first formal push to enforce compliance with Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act across the govt, Cabinet Secretary T V Somanathan has directed all central ministries, state govts and UT administrations to…