The crescent moon was sighted on the evening of March 19 over Mecca, and by midnight the messages had already begun moving. From palace communications offices and city hall press rooms, from foreign ministries and mosque podiums, the words went out in Arabic and English and Turkish and Urdu: Eid Mubarak. Blessed festival. The month…
A fire broke out at a US diplomatic facility near Baghdad airport in Iraq, according to security sources quoted by Reuters. A pro-Iranian militant group, Ashab al-Kahf, later claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement. Visuals shared online showed a large and intense blaze, with thick black smoke rising into the night sky.Earlier, the…
An Indian‑origin couple was sentenced in the United Kingdom after they continued to run companies for more than five years despite being legally barred from doing so. 71‑year‑old Bharat Jogia, from the West Midlands region of England, was disqualified as a company director for 13 years in 2014. He accepted a disqualification undertaking after admitting…
Chennai Super Kings were 52 for two after the fifth over and Eshan Malinga came to bowl the last over of the powerplay. CSK needed to accelerate to put pressure on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and they needed their captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, who was on 5 off 7 balls to shift gears. Instead, Gaikwad slowed things…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday rejected exit poll predictions for the state, declaring that the Trinamool Congress will form a “government of Maa, Maati, Manush.”Her reaction came after multiple pollsters released projections indicating a neck-and-neck contest between the ruling TMC and the main opposition, BJP. Watch ‘First Time Moving Booth-To-Booth’:…
BENGALURU: Bengaluru Police on Wednesday introduced an AI-powered multilingual feature in its Namma 112 emergency helpline (police control room), becoming the first police unit in the country to deploy such a system.The new initiative removes language barriers by supporting over 10 Indian and foreign languages, including Bengali, Malayalam, Gujarati, Odia, Manipuri, Assamese, Kashmiri, Nepali, as…
US judge found that USCIS’s indefinite pause on applications from immigrants from travel-ban countries was unlawful A US federal judge has ruled that immigration authorities cannot indefinitely pause green card applications from immigrants linked to countries under travel restrictions, calling the policy unlawful and ordering the government to resume processing certain cases.In a 39-page decision,…
Two more Indian-flagged LPG tankers have safely crossed the conflict-hit Strait of Hormuz and are headed towards Indian ports, even as 16 vessels remain stranded in the Persian Gulf, officials said on Monday, according to PTI.LPG vessel Green Sanvi, carrying 46,650 tonnes of cargo, is scheduled to reach an Indian port on April 7, while…
Mangaluru: Even as preparations began for the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the second phase of the Mahatma Gandhi Nagar Vikas Yojana (MGNVY 2.0) worth Rs 165 crore, local vigilance squads will be formed in all the wards of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC), where various works will be taken up. MLC Ivan D’Souza said that development…
‘Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge’ showed good growth at the box office as it completed its fourth weekend on a high. The film ended its fourth Sunday (Day 25) with an early estimated collection of Rs 14.75 crore net and a gross total haul of Rs 17.68 crore, according to a report on Sacnilk.Dhurandhar 2 ReviewThe…
