NEW DELHI: Cancelling confirmed tickets of newly launched Vande Bharat Sleeper trains will be costlier for passengers, according to new norms notified by the Railways. While a 25% deduction will apply if a ticket booked in this premium train is cancelled anytime after purchasing, a 50% charge will be levied if cancellation is done between…
JAMMU: Seven security personnel have reportedly been injured in a gunbattle with terrorists that broke out in the remote forested area in the upper reaches of Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday and three of them have been airlifted, officials said.“Acting on a tip-off about the presence of two to three terrorists in…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned that any attack on the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would amount to a declaration of war against Iran, as tensions with the United States intensify amid deadly nationwide protests.In a post on X on Sunday, Pezeshkian said Iran’s economic hardships were largely the result of “long-standing hostility…
India’s Virat Kohli (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) Virat Kohli once again proved why he remains the heartbeat of India’s ODI batting, producing a majestic century against New Zealand in the third and final match of the series on Sunday. In a chase that looked to be slipping away early, Kohli stood tall, registering his record-extending 54th…
Donald Trump and Maria Corina Machado The Nobel Foundation on Sunday reiterated that Nobel Prizes cannot be passed on—even symbolically—days after clarifying that a laureate cannot share the prize with others or transfer it once it has been announced.Also Read | ‘Laureates can give away medal but…’: Nobel Committee reacts to Machado handing peace prize…
AI image (Picture credit: Google Gemini) French President Emmanuel Macron will ask the European Union to activate its powerful anti-coercion instrument if the United States goes ahead with imposing tariffs on European countries amid the standoff over Greenland, according to officials and media reports.Macron’s office said on Sunday that the French president would request the…
NEW DELHI: Two labourers were killed and 11 others sustained injuries after a speeding car ploughed into them in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur on Sunday, police said.The incident took place around 2 pm near Ekta Chowk, outside Sigma Colony, within the jurisdiction of Barela police station. The victims were taking a lunch break while working on…
Indian-origin Keshav Poddar was recently sworn in as Jersey City’s deputy mayor for housing and economic development.Poddar took the oath on the Bhagwat Gita.“I promised Jersey City a government that puts residents first, and Keshav is exactly the person to help deliver on that promise. He has spent his career building affordable housing and fighting…
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis with his deputy Eknath Shinde (File photo) NEW DELHI: Even as the BJP–Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena combine enjoys a numerical edge in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), clarity on power-sharing remains elusive, fuelling speculation that the post-election churn in Mumbai is far from over. Adding to the uncertainty, the Shinde faction…
Anti-ICE crowd chase off pro-ICE demonstrators from Minneapolis streets (AP photo) A January 6 rioter pardoned by US President Donald Trump led a small pro-ICE rally in Minneapolis on Saturday, but was quickly swamped by a much larger counter-protest against Trump’s immigration crackdown and the surge of federal agents in the city.Jake Lang, one of…