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[ad_1] PRAYAGRAJ: Allahabad high court dismissed on Monday the Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid committee's petition challenging a Nov 19, 2024 trial court order directing an advocate commissioner to survey the structure, the subject of a suit claiming that the mosque was built in 1526 after demolishing a temple, reports Rajesh Kumar Pandey.While upholding the trial court's survey order, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal vacated the interim stay on the Hindu plaintiffs' suit. The mosque committee had asked for the suit to be dismissed on the ground that the Hindu side's claim to the site was prima facie barred under the Places of Worship Act, 1991. The legislation prohibits conversion of any place of worship and mandates maintaining the religious character of any such site that existed on Aug 15, 1947.HC: Plaintiffs only seeking right to access to Sambhal site This is […]

[ad_1] Donald Trump and Joe Biden US President Donald Trump on Monday fuelled speculation that Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis was "covered up," saying he was "surprised" the public was not told about his predecessor's condition earlier.Also Read | ‘Crime against the republic’: Ex-Obama adviser slams Joe Biden aides for ‘massive cover-up’ of cancer diagnosis"I'm surprised that the public wasn't notified a long time ago," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked for his reaction to Biden's cancer."It takes a long time to get to that situation, to get to a stage nine," he added, apparently referring to the announcement by the ex-US president's office that the Democrat's cancer had "a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5)."Prostate cancer which looks "very abnormal" is assigned the highest rating, Grade 5, according to the American Cancer Society. The Gleason Score […]

[ad_1] Rishabh Pant (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Captain Rishabh Pant on Monday acknowledged that the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) struggled to fill the gaps left by injured key bowlers, as their six-wicket defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) ended their hopes of making the IPL 2025 playoffs.The defeat marked the end of a challenging campaign for LSG, whose bowling unit remained under pressure throughout the season due to multiple injury setbacks."Definitely it could have been one of our best seasons but coming into the tournament we had a lot of gaps, injuries and as a team we decided to not talk about that, but it became difficult to fill those gaps for us," Pant told the broadcaster after the loss.LSG were plagued by injuries even before the tournament began, with Mohsin Khan, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, and Mayank Yadav sidelined. […]

[ad_1] Following phone calls with US President Donald Trump and several European leaders, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced uncertainty over Russia's readiness to commit to a ceasefire, citing a lack of trust in Moscow’s intentions. "I don't know the principles from the Russian side," Zelenskyy said. "As I understood from our dialogue with US President Trump, the Russian side wants to send us a memo on how they see the principles, and they want to see not only a ceasefire; they want some more principles." Zelenskyy welcomed Trump’s proposal for a full ceasefire without preconditions, saying, "I was very happy when President Trump proposed a full ceasefire without any conditions or preconditions. We've been ready for this. So these are our principles: ceasefire and then other steps, an exchange of prisoners." However, the Ukrainian President stressed that trust remains a […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The IPL 2025 showdown between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) lit up with drama as tensions boiled over between spinner Digvesh Rathi and SRH opener Abhishek Sharma during the eighth over of a pulsating run chase.The flashpoint came when Rathi dismissed a blazing Abhishek, who had hammered 59 off just 20 balls in a ferocious assault on the LSG bowlers. Attempting to launch a wide googly over the off-side, Abhishek mistimed the shot and sliced it to sweeper cover, where Shardul Thakur held onto a sharp running catch.What should have been a moment of triumph quickly turned confrontational.Rathi, known for his flamboyant "book-sign" celebration, unleashed it once more after the crucial breakthrough. However, the gesture didn’t sit well with Abhishek. Visibly agitated, the southpaw exchanged heated words with Rathi, prompting the umpires and teammates […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Trashing Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah's "facade of an apology for the crass comments" aimed at Col Sofiya Qureshi, who briefed the media on Operation Sindoor, Supreme Court on Monday turned the heat on him by constituting an SIT of senior IPS officers, sought a probe status report by May 28, but stayed his arrest.The minister's "if anyone is hurt" conditional apology riled a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh, which referred to the video of his speech and said, "You were about to use some abusive language but could not as the words failed you. We know how to deal with people like you. You cannot say anything and when called out, attempt to wriggle out by tendering a facade of an apology which is akin to shedding crocodile tears."The bench asked the […]

[ad_1] Three people - two from Punjab and one from Haryana - were arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan on Monday.Haryana police's Mewat unit arrested Mohammad Tareef of Kangarka village, and said he "confessed" to sharing sensitive information about military and other agencies with two Pak high commission officials. Police alleged that he got cash and other facilities in exchange for the information. Tareef is the fifth person from Haryana to be held for spying in recent times, and the second from Nuh.The Punjab DGP posted on X that Sukhpreet and Karanbir were apprehended after credible inputs on May 15 revealed that the two were allegedly engaged in sharing classified details related to Op Sindoor, including troop movements and key strategic locationswith ISI. , 18Nuh resident held for spying for Pak, sharing Sirsa airbase details A resident of Nuh was […]

[ad_1] Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri NEW DELHI: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri, during a meeting of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, categorically stated that the call for pause in Indo-Pakistan hostilities was taken after DGMO-to-DGMO talks, rebutting Trump's claims about brokering the end of hostilities on May 10 - the subject making for animated questions from MPs, who questioned why did the govt allow Trump to take centre stage and did not officially contradict his claims.Misri is learnt to have added that Trump made his claims about "ceasefire" on social media, and not through any official channel, where India could have put its point across. At the same time, the top official underlined that Trump had since modified his statement on "mediation" by toning it down to "help". MEA also said no other country has any locus standi to comment […]