SRINAGAR: Does Congress want more Kashmiris to be jailed?” J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah retorted on Thursday, a day after ally Congress criticised him for the rendition of all six stanzas of Vande Mataram at the inaugural ceremony of International Film Festival of Jammu & Kashmir (IFFJK) on Monday.“It is a statutory obligation. The entire…
The red kite, once pushed close to extinction in Britain because of human persecution, has made one of the country’s most successful wildlife recoveries. After centuries of hunting and egg collecting reduced the UK population to fewer than 10 breeding pairs in remote Welsh valleys, a reintroduction programme launched in 1989 brought birds from Spain…
A photograph showing an adult male seahorse with two tiny newborn juveniles in the shallow waters of Mo’orea, French Polynesia, has won the grand prize at the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026 awards. French underwater photographer Julien Anton spent countless hours searching through underwater seaweed beds with local naturalists before finding the trio. He…
Nick Nolte, 85, returned to the red carpet after four years at the Venice Film Festival to promote Casey Affleck’s Company. (Photo: Getty Images) Nick Nolte has made his first red carpet appearance in four years, stepping out at the Venice Film Festival to promote his new gothic anthology film Company. The 85-year-old three-time Oscar…
NEW DELHI: A senior Indian space scientist on Thursday said that the orbiter of the Chandrayaan-2 mission, which was said to be a failed mission after its lander crashlanded on the south pole region of Moon, is still alive and is helping in planning and executing subsequent Indian lunar missions.During the AEDEX conference at Yashobhoomi…
IShowSpeed turned Apple’s new iPhone Duo event into a viral moment after deciding to perform a backflip while holding the company’s first foldable iPhone. The 21-year-old streamer was standing in front of new Apple CEO John Ternus when he suddenly said he wanted to be the first person to do a backflip with the device….
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu govt has made it mandatory for all govt employees, barring All India Service officers, to submit their annual statements of assets and liabilities online through the Integrated Financial and Human Resources Management System (IFHRMS).The move follows an amendment to Rule 7(3) of Tamil Nadu Government Servants’ Conduct Rules made in Jan 2026…
DHS said Mr Singh is a specific person, Harjinder Singh, the Indian truck driver behind the fatal crash in Florida in 2025. The Department of Homeland Security removed the controversial post vilifying Sikh truck drivers but said that the criticisms were nonsensical drivel. New York Post cited a statement by the DHS amid the major…
CHENNAI/NEW DELHI: As about 1,800 of the more than 4,000 super-specialty medical seats are lying vacant even after two rounds of counselling, Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Union govt to consider lowering the NEET-SS 2025 qualifying cutoff marks.“Having examined the matter from different perspectives, we are of the opinion that it may be necessary…
When Daniel Zhang was nine, cancer was something he could not understand. His grandmother had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and the months that followed were filled with hospital visits, treatments and questions that were difficult for a child to process. Years later, that experience would inspire the San Diego teenager to create something designed…