Month: May 2025

[ad_1] Vikings ignore Rodgers rumors as J J McCarthy takes spotlight (Image Source: Getty Images) Recent news indicates Aaron Rodgers might still fantasize about joining the Minnesota Vikings. This came as a shock to most fans, but the team appears to have already come to a decision.The Vikings are completely committed to their young quarterback, J.J. McCarthy. Although Rodgers is one of the more popular names in football, the Vikings are more concerned about the future. And the future is McCarthy's. The team has filled him with talent around him, and they feel he can deliver.J.J. McCarthy's comeback is big story of this season J.J. McCarthy did not play last year due to a preseason knee injury. That meant he did not experience a true rookie year and was able to demonstrate what he could do. While he was recuperating, […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Indian astronaut-designate Shubhanshu Shukla and three other crew members are headed into quarantine as launch preparations begin for the Axiom Mission-4 (Ax-4), which is scheduled to be launched on June 8 for the journey to the International Space Station.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Axiom-4 mission crew aboard a Dragon spacecraft to the ISS from the Kennedy Space Center in the US.The critical phase of quarantine ensures the four astronauts remain in optimal health, free from any infections that could jeopardise the mission.Before heading into isolation, Axiom Space employees gathered to celebrate the crew’s send-off, Shukla, who will pilot the Axiom-4 mission to the ISS, was oozing with confidence. While thanking Axiom-4 ground staff and technical team, astronaut-designate Shukla said, “Thank you so much for your contribution, I may not know you personally but I […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Pakistan considers India an "existential threat" and will continue to pursue efforts to modernise its military and develop its battlefield or tactical nuclear weapons to offset New Delhi's conventional military advantage, the US Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) has said.In its 'World Threat Assessment' report, which notes India's Operation Sindoor to strike terror hubs in Pakistan and the subsequent escalation in hostilities, the DIA says PM Modi's defence priorities will "probably focus" on demonstrating global leadership, countering China, and enhancing India's military power. "India views China as primary adversary and Pakistan more as an ancillary security problem to be managed, despite cross-border attacks in mid-May by both militaries," the report said.China has played a big role in facilitating a proliferation nexus to help Pakistan and North Korea to steadily boost their nuclear and ballistic missile arsenals over the […]

[ad_1] Southwest monsoon arrived in Goa Sunday, two weeks ahead of its usual onset date of June 5, report Nida Sayed & Newton Sequeira. "This is the earliest monsoon onset in past 20 years in Goa.We can look forward to an increase in rainfall activity in the coming weeks," IMD director Nahush Kulkarni told TOI. In 2006, the monsoon had arrived in Goa on May 28. As of Saturday, IMD recorded 436.1mm rainfall since March 1 - third highest in 64 years. The highest pre-monsoon total was 662.2mm in the summer of 1961, followed by 591.9mm in 2006.M R Ramesh Kumar, meteorologist and retired chief scientist of National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, attributed this year's early monsoon to both large-scale and local ocean-atmosphere parameters.IMD has issued an orange alert from May 26 to 29, forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: CBI arrested alleged economic offender Angad Singh Chandok from Delhi airport after he was deported from the US. He was wanted for crimes in both countries and was taken into custody upon arrival.Chandok, a 34-year-old resident of California, was convicted in the US for operating a large-scale money laundering scheme and was sentenced to six years in federal prison in March 2022 after pleading guilty. He was convicted for criminal operations tied to international tech-support and travel scams targeting elderly Americans.US investigators found that Chandok's operations were crucial in moving stolen money out of the US to overseas accounts. Chandok, who had at least five others working at his direction, was in direct contact with high-ranking international members of the scheme.Detailing Chandok's role in money laundering, the US justice department said he was instrumental in laundering over […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday allowed National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take custody of a CRPF jawan arrested on espionage charges for leaking sensitive information to Pakistan's intelligence officers in exchange for money.Special judge (NIA) Chanderjit Singh of Patiala House Courts said, "The allegations affect national security as well as the lives of those visiting India and Indian citizens."The court granted the NIA 15-day custody to gather further details regarding the information passed on by the jawan and his links across the border. The accused will be produced before the court on June 6.The order followed the arrest of the CRPF jawan by NIA on May 21 as part of the agency's nationwide crackdown following the Pahalgam terror attack. The case is being probed by NIA. The accused was booked under Sections 15 (pertaining to terror act), […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is expected to travel to India next month, as India and Russia look to firm up the agenda for President Vladimir Putin's visit later this year for the annual India-Russia summit.While the date hasn't been finalised yet, the visit by Lavrov may take place in the third week of June.PM Narendra Modi had reiterated India's invite to Putin for the summit when the leaders spoke after the Pahalgam terrorist attack and the latter had again accepted the invitation. During that conversation, Putin had agreed with Modi on the need for an "uncompromising" fight against terrorism and also stressed that the perpetrators and their backers had to be brought to justice.NSA Ajit Doval is also expected to visit Moscow for the 13th international meeting of high representatives for security issues on May 27-29 […]

[ad_1] INDORE: A 45-year-old tribal mother of two died after being allegedly gangraped and brutalised in a village of Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa, leaving her so badly injured that her intestines were protruding when she was found Saturday afternoon bleeding and unconscious.Two men last seen with the victim have been arrested, DIG Siddharth Bahuguna said.The savage assault, reminiscent of 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder, took place in a village around 170km from Indore after the woman returned from a wedding late Friday with one of the suspects, identified as Hari Palvi."After the wedding, she and Hari escorted a woman relative till her village. When she didn't return home that night, her family assumed she had stayed back. We suspect the woman went to Hari's house, where they had some drinks with another suspect, Sunil Korku," said ASP Rajesh Raghuwanshi.Investigators quoted Hari's […]