Poland has sought a bigger allied military presence on NATO’s eastern flank since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. US President Donald Trump on Thursday said the United States was making progress towards establishing a permanent Army base in Poland, signalling a potentially significant expansion of the American military presence on NATO’s eastern flank.Trump attributed the…
A Rhode Island pilot is demonstrating how fibreglass boat recycling could provide an alternative to sending old and derelict vessels to landfill. The programme shredded fibreglass hulls and sent the material to a cement manufacturer for use in cement production. According to a Rhode Island Marine Trade Association Foundation report, the pilot recycled 80 short…
Local residents gather at a mobile polling station during early voting in Russia’s parliamentary election Russians began voting on Friday in a three-day parliamentary election that will determine all 450 seats in the State Duma (lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia), the first such election since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine…
A street vendor sells walnuts on the occasion of the Sayar festival, in Mandi on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) KOKERNAG: In Gohan village, around 100km south of Srinagar, Shabir Ahmad was among many harvesting walnuts from a towering tree. The work has become increasingly difficult. “My back aches now,” Ahmad said. J&K produces 3.5 lakh tonnes…
The US department of homeland security is considering the elimination of a 60-day grace period for specific visa holders A Redditor claimed that his girlfriend, who was in the US on a valid F-1 visa, was detained by ICE in Atlanta after her OPT application was denied. The Redditor said the OPT application was denied…
NIA alleged that Khalid and Saifullah had worked as LeT commanders in Kashmir before moving to Pakistan JAMMU: A special NIA court in Jammu has issued non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against two Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commanders for evading arrest in terror cases.Justice Prem Sagar passed separate orders on Sept 8 against the duo — Khalid alias…
What started as a simple dessert fundraiser organised by a teenager two years ago has grown into a student-led volunteer project that has rescued more than 300,000 pounds of food for families across Northern Virginia. Dhevesh Mahes started his sweet treats project to raise money for charity, but the effort soon grew after he connected…
One of the Tampa Bay area’s most expensive homes, once owned by former baseball star Derek Jeter, has become a puzzle. Derek Jeter’s estate at 58 Bahama Circle stands exactly as it did when Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen vacated it five years ago, except now it is owned by a cryptocurrency trust and no…
Spread across 40 acres at Choglamsar and Stakna, the gardens house more than 25 lakh high-value flowers, JAMMU/SRINAGAR: On Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 76th birthday, Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena inaugurated the world’s highest and India’s largest twin flower fields in Leh, at an altitude of 10,600ft, on Thursday as part of the administration’s…
An Army-CRPF-J&K police team launched the operation in Brattal bordering Kathua district JAMMU: Two Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists were shot dead and a suspected overground worker was detained Thursday after security forces tracked down a hideout in rain-soaked forests of Udhampur district in J&K’s Jammu division, seizing assault rifles, a pistol and grenades.An Army-CRPF-J&K police team launched…