RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said the true spirit of Swadeshi was the nation’s policy to engage internationally by choice and not under pressure.“Self-reliance is the key to everything. Our country must be self-reliant. For self-reliance, priority should be given to the use…
Indian authorities have brought down one of the country’s most advanced darknet drug syndicates, exposing a chilling intersection of technology, global supply chains, and narcotics trafficking. At the centre of the operation was Edison Babu, a former engineer whose alias, “Ketamelon,” had grown into India’s most advanced darknet marketplace vendor, rivalling international cartels in both…
Australia expels Iranian ambassador, accuses Iran of directing antisemitic attacks on its soil. Australia expelled Iran’s ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi, accusing the country of organizing two anti-Semitic attacks last year. The Australian Security Intelligence Organization said Iran was behind arson attacks on the Lewis Continental Kitchen, a kosher food company, in Sydney in October last year…
LONDON: Indian nationals in the UK saw the largest increase in sexual offence convictions here of all foreign nationals in the four years from 2021 to 2024, new data shows.There was a 257% increase in convictions of Indian nationals for sexual offences in Britain over the period, followed by Nigerian nationals who saw an increase…
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma (File photo) NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the state government will scrutinise applications for land transfer between persons of different faiths.According to the SOP, the Special Branch of the Assam Police will examine whether the transfer of land involves any fraudulent or illegal…
NEW DELHI: Days after Nikki Bhati died after being allegedly set ablaze in Sirsa village, fresh claims and counterclaims have emerged with her sister-in-law defending Nikki’s husband and in-laws, while Nikki’s father has strongly denied dowry counter-allegations made against his family.Nikki’s sister-in-law, who is the estranged wife of Nikki’s brother Rohit, said she did not…
BENGALURU: The stench of rotting garbage is not unusual for pourakarmikas on the morning shift. But on Tuesday, as they made their way through the dumpyard in Govinda Shetty Palya, a residential pocket off Electronics City, something out of the ordinary caught their eye: a human skull, its empty sockets staring up from a mound…
From India’s counter to Trump’s tariff war and Rahul Gandhi’s attack on PM Modi, to fresh flood alerts for Pakistan, a big push for the 2030 Commonwealth Games, and Israel’s defence of its hospital strike in Gaza — here are today’s major developments.India’s first counter to Donald Trump’s tariffs TextileIndia, in its first counter to…
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that a fully mature, married woman who consents to sexual relations based on a promise of marriage cannot later claim it was rape.The court stated that such an act is an “act of promiscuity, immorality, and reckless disregard of the institution of marriage, not an inducement…
Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Former Maharashtra CM and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday visited his cousin, MNS supremo Raj Thackeray, at his Mumbai residence to offer prayers on Ganesh Chaturthi.The visit once again highlighted the growing bonhomie between the two cousins, who have had a history of…
