The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has told a special court in Jammu that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Muhammad Saeed is currently in Pakistan and is allegedly continuing to support terrorist activities targeting Jammu and Kashmir. Acting on the agency’s application, the court has issued a non-bailable warrant against the Pakistan-based terrorist. The latest warrant is...
Former Pakistan captain and legendary fast bowler Wasim Akram has raised serious questions about the Pakistan Super League’s ability to develop elite batting talent, using India’s teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi as an example of the kind of player Pakistan’s domestic system should be producing. Akram’s comments come amid growing concern over Pakistan cricket’s broader talent-development...
Nani-starrer The Paradise is taking an unusual promotional route ahead of its theatrical release, with the makers deciding not to release a conventional trailer before the film reaches cinemas. Nani confirmed the decision during a recent media interaction, explaining that the team has chosen to devote its remaining time and resources to completing the film...
Al-Qaeda has released a new propaganda video featuring Hamza bin Laden, the son of the terror group’s founder Osama bin Laden, on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The release has revived questions about Hamza’s reported death in 2019 and highlighted the continued symbolic importance of the Bin Laden family within the organisation’s propaganda....
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized more than ₹3 crore in cash and collected documents related to alleged overseas investments following searches at 18 properties linked to Karnataka Public Works Department Minister Satish Jarkiholi, his family members and associates. The searches, which continued for nearly 37 hours, were conducted across Bengaluru, Belagavi and Goa as...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, marking a significant moment in India-China relations after years of heightened tensions. Xi’s visit is his first to India in seven years and comes as both countries attempt to cautiously rebuild bilateral...
Senior Congress leader and socialist thinker Ratnakar Mahajan died in Pune at the age of 80, bringing an end to a political career that spanned several decades and major phases of Maharashtra’s political history. Mahajan died late on Friday, and his final rites are scheduled to be conducted at the Vaikunth crematorium in Pune on...
Former Uttarakhand chief minister and senior Congress leader Harish Rawat has stepped down from two organisational positions in the party following an Enforcement Directorate search at the residence of his personal assistant, Chandan Singh Jeena, in connection with alleged irregularities in a 2016 recruitment examination in Uttarakhand. Rawat announced that he was resigning as a...
Seven people, including two prison personnel, have been booked in connection with the alleged supply of a mobile phone and SIM card to former MP Prajwal Revanna, who is serving a life sentence in a rape case at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bengaluru. The investigation has raised concerns over the alleged movement of prohibited...
Congress leader and Punjab party in-charge Sachin Pilot has challenged the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) to apply the same standards while assessing government schools in Punjab that it has used while examining schools in other states. Pilot’s remarks came after a CJP delegation visited government schools in Punjab as part of its “School Thik Karo”...