Border Security Force troops detained a Pakistani intruder JAMMU: Border Security Force troops detained a Pakistani intruder along the international border in Jammu’s Kanachak sector on Thursday morning. Officials said the suspect was currently being questioned.Around 8am, personnel of BSF’s 44Bn spotted the suspect in a forward area near a border outpost and took him…
Richard Hammond’s £1.99m Welsh mansion dream hits an unexpected hurdle after eight protected bat species are discovered. (Photo: Getty Images/Savills) Former Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has reportedly suffered an unexpected setback after spending nearly £2 million on a historic mansion in Wales. The television presenter, 56, recently purchased the Georgian property in Llanwenarth, Monmouthshire,…
All seven districts of Ladakh will now have autonomous hill development councils SRINAGAR: All seven districts of Ladakh will now have autonomous hill development councils, with lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena approving a notification to this effect Thursday. The move paves the way for local self-governance in all seven districts of the UT through the…
View of the Ohanapecosh River and predated Northwestern Salamanders (Ambrystoma gracile) eaten by introduced trout. Mount Rainier’s glaciers and snowfields feed a magnificent system of icy streams and mountain lakes. On the surface, these waters look pristine, scattered pools in one of America’s most iconic landscapes. But beneath the surface, scientists are looking at a…
A joint team of the Army’s 58 Rashtriya Rifles and J&K Police’s Special Operations Group launched an anti-terror operation JAMMU: A joint team of security forces discovered a terrorist hideout and seized a cache of arms and ammunition during a search operation in Mahore tehsil in J&K’s Reasi district on Thursday.Based on inputs from the…
US President Donald Trump. The Trump administration has proposed stripping private schools, colleges and other educational institutions of their tax-exempt status if they provide admissions, scholarships or other benefits to students based on race.The proposed rule, announced by the Treasury Department on Thursday, could affect as many as 18,000 institutions and is part of President…
In 2022, Matthew Perry confessed to having feelings for Jennifer Aniston. He revealed it in his memoir.(Picture Credit: Instagram) Hollywood is full of co-star romances, but Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston’s story was different. Before they became Chandler Bing and Rachel Green on ‘Friends’, Perry had already developed a crush on Aniston, one that ended…
An 18-metre concrete dam on Ohio’s Cuyahoga River once stopped migrating fish from reaching important spawning areas for more than a century. Today, aquatic life is quickly returning to the river. Researchers from the US Geological Survey, working with state biological agencies, have released new long-term monitoring data showing a major ecological recovery. After the…
Image: Left/Wikipedia/Right/Gaby Barathiue, Ocean Image Bank The world’s oceans cover most of the planet, yet vast areas remain difficult to protect, monitor and manage. In June 2026, Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropic organisation announced a fresh $260 million commitment to expand the Bloomberg Ocean Initiative, bringing its total support for ocean conservation to $635 million. The investment…
US resumes diversity visa lottery after months-long pause. In a major relief for thousands of immigrants hoping to move to the US through the Diversity Visa programme, the State Department has resumed issuing Diversity Immigrant Visas after a court order ended a months-long pause. The State Department confirmed that it resumed Diversity Visa issuance on…