Cairo/Jerusalem,11/8: Israel’s military said it killed a Hamas cell leader posing as an Al Jazeera journalist in a Gaza airstrike on Sunday, but rights advocates said he had been targeted for his frontline reporting on the Gaza war and Israel’s claim lacked evidence. Anas Al Sharif, 28, was among a group of four Al Jazeera…
Gariaband, 11/8: A man in nondescript Madagaon village in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband district is in seventh heaven after receiving calls from cricket legends Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers, all thanks to a SIM card once used by India cricketer Rajat Patidar coming alive some time after it was reactivated by the service provider. Twenty-something Manish…
New Delhi, 11/8: Pakistan Army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, not only boasted of his country’s nuclear arsenal during a visit to the United States but also threatened to destroy the dams to be built by India on the Indus. What may also raise the hackles in New Delhi is a statement issued by the…
Lucknow, 10/8: It’s a case where both the father and the daughter acted professionally, unbothered by its possible fallout on familial bonds. Toufique Ahmed, a GRP constable in Bareilly, was dismissed from service by the then Inspector General of police Rakesh Singh after being found guilty of molestation in a departmental inquiry
Perth, 10/8: For all its claims of being a democracy that adheres to international law and the rules of war, Israel’s global reputation is in tatters. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest plan for a full military takeover of Gaza, along with the expanding starvation crisis in the strip and Israel’s repressive measures in the West…
New Delhi, 10/8: The Karnataka chief electoral officer on Sunday issued a notice to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, asking him to share documents based on which he had alleged that a woman voted twice. The state’s top poll officer told Gandhi that the documents will help his office carry out a detailed inquiry. Gandhi had…
New Delhi,10/8: It’s that time of the year when speculation is rife about the impending ODI future of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, but if one goes by the decision makers in the Indian cricket board, there is no tearing hurry to take an immediate call on two maestro. With the Bangladesh series scheduled in…
Bengaluru, 10/8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off three Vande Bharat Express trains here on Sunday, including the 11th from Karnataka. The trains connect Bengaluru to Belagavi, Ajni (Nagpur) to Pune and Amritsar to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra. Modi physically flagged off the Belagavi-Bengaluru-Belagavi Vande Bharat Express, while the other two trains were given…
Chennai, 10/8: Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi asserted that Operation Sindoor was unlike any conventional mission and that it was akin to playing a game of chess as “we did not know” what would be the enemy’s next move. In his address at a function at IIT-Madras, he recalled the intricacies of India’s decisive military…
New Delhi, 10/8: ICICI Bank has raised the minimum balance requirement for its new savings bank accounts opened on or after August 1 by five times to Rs 50,000. The minimum monthly average balance (MAB) for savings bank accounts till July 31, 2025 for ICICI Bank customers was Rs 10,000. Similarly, MAB for semi-urban locations…
