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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah Thursday said terrorists are mistaken if they believe that by killing innocent civilians in Pahalgam, they have won the war, as he publicly vowed a targeted response against each and every one involved in the atrocity and pledged to uproot every act of terrorism from Indian soil. He added that those responsible for the attack will be held accountable and given appropriate response."Today, they should not think that by killing 27 citizens, they have won the war. I want to tell all the perpetrators of terrorism that this is not the end of the fight but only a turning point... ek makam hai, har vyakti ko chun-chun kar jawab milega, jawab bhi liya jayega (each one involved will be given a fitting response and will be held accountable too)," Shah said in his […]

[ad_1] ATTARI: Pakistan refused Thursday to open the gates at Wagah border post across Punjab's Attari, leaving dozens of its people and those deported from India stranded in the no-man's-land of diplomatic deadlock.No Pakistani nationals were allowed to cross the border, Indian officials said, though Afghan trucks were granted entry into India. Pakistan's foreign ministry cited "brotherly relations" with Afghanistan for the exception, highlighting the selective nature of the border movement.Pakistan had allowed its nationals to return until April 29, but by Thursday, the gates remained closed, deepening a standoff that has left families torn between two countries - forced to bear the consequences of a visa suspension following the April 20 terrorist attack in Pahalgam.Among them were two elderly sisters, unsure of where they belong - or where they'll be allowed to go. For Saeeda Sagir Fatima and Saeeda […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: More than 32 years after a man sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl, the long arm of the law finally caught up with him as Supreme Court overturned a trial court verdict acquitting the then 21-year-old, who is now 54, and ordered him to undergo a 10-year sentence."We would like to know who this daredevil sessions judge is who acquitted the man despite forensic science laboratory report, and statements of doctors and duty magistrate corroborating the girl's version of sexual assault," SC said while upholding a Gujarat HC decision to set aside the trial court verdict.A year after the incident, the additional sessions judge, Ahmedabad (rural), in Oct 1994 acquitted the man, who was charged with sexually assaulting the girl in an agricultural field. The injured girl was taken to hospital and the relatives waited for the sarpanch […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s Olympic javelin champion Arshad Nadeem’s Instagram account was blocked in India on Wednesday evening, just days after a terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, that claimed the lives of 26 Indian tourists.Visitors to Arshad’s Instagram profile were met with a blank page.“Account not available in India. This is because we complied with a legal request to restrict this content,“ the message on the page read when opened Nadeem's account. However, Instagram accounts of several Pakistani cricketers — including Babar Azam, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, and Shaheen Shah Afridi — remain accessible in India.“Those behind this heinous act will be brought to justice,” the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said in a post on X (formerly Twitter). “Our resolve to fight terrorism is unshakable and it will get even stronger,” he had said. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Apparently, it is a great time to be a CEO but not so much for anyone else as average CEOs' pay skyrockets to new heights while employees are left grappling with rising costs of living.A recent report by Oxfam released on International Workers’ Day on 1 May revealed that the average global CEO now earns $4.3 million a year, which is a staggering 50% real-term increase from $2.9 million, in just 6 years from 2019 (the figures are adjusted for inflation). In stark contrast, the average worker’s wage has risen by just 0.9% over the same period in countries where CEO pay data is available.These figures, taken from almost 2,000 companies across 35 countries show how CEO’s pay, aided with a bouquet of bonuses and shares, is growing much faster than what workers earn or what things cost.“Year after […]

[ad_1] Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: After his record-breaking heroics in the previous game, Rajasthan Royals' teenage sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi had a forgettable outing against Mumbai Indians in their IPL 2025 clash at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday.The 14-year-old from Samastipur, Bihar — who took the cricketing world by storm with a blistering 101 off 28 balls against Gujarat Titans — was dismissed for a two-ball duck. Attempting an ambitious stroke off Deepak Chahar’s full delivery, Vaibhav mistimed his shot and offered a simple catch to Will Jacks at mid-on. A stunned silence fell over the stadium following his early exit.Rajasthan Royals’ head coach Rahul Dravid, who had celebrated Vaibhav’s century in the last match by rising from his wheelchair, looked visibly dejected in the dugout.Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians made the most of favorable batting conditions. […]

[ad_1] BHUBANESWAR: A Nepalese student's body was found hanging in her hostel room at a private university in Bhubaneswar on Thursday.Ruling out any foul play, police confirmed it as a case of suicide, noting this incident occurred about two and a half months after another Nepalese computer science third-year student's reported suicide at the same institution on February 16.Police commissioner S Dev Datta Singh confirmed to TOI about the fresh suicide. “The girl student from Nepal died by suicide within her campus hostel. We are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding her death,” the police commissioner stated.The consecutive deaths of two Nepalese students on university campus have caused distress and shock among students and faculty alike. The February incident triggered national controversy after revelations that the student allegedly took her life following sexual abuse by a fellow student.The previous incident resulted […]

[ad_1] TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump is firing his National Security Adviser Michael Waltz and some other senior staffers, several media outlets including Fox News reported on Thursday as the MAGA supremo's quixotic style spilled over into his second term that has just completed 100 days.Waltz has been on the chopping block ever since he organized a group chat on the commercial messaging app Signal, accidentally including a journalist in a discussion on military operation in Yemen. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was also in on the chat, and he appears to have survived the purge for now, although his job is also on the line for other contretemps. While Waltz is the first cabinet casualty in Trump's second term, the US President wheeled through six National Security Advisors in his first term, besides four Defense Secretaries and […]

[ad_1] Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: From hero to heartbreak — social media exploded with memes and mixed reactions after teenage cricket sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi was dismissed for a two-ball duck in Rajasthan Royals' IPL 2025 match against Mumbai Indians on Thursday.Just days after creating history with a whirlwind 101 off 28 balls against Gujarat Titans, the 14-year-old prodigy from Bihar found himself walking back to the pavilion without scoring a run. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The hype around Vaibhav’s innings had built immense anticipation, but fans were left stunned when he mistimed a lofted drive off Deepak Chahar and was caught at mid-on by Will Jacks.The crowd at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, packed with fans hoping for another masterclass, fell eerily silent. Even Rajasthan Royals head coach Rahul Dravid, who had been visibly emotional […]

[ad_1] Mike Waltz forced out of White House after SignalGate. National security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, will be leaving their posts, CBS News reported Thursday, citing multiple sources. Mike was the central figure of the Signal Gate scandal, in which Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a Signal group where defense secretary Pete Hegseth shared the Yemen war plan. For days, the Donald Trump administration played down the leak, saying there was no war plan in those messages -- but now, with the news of Mike Waltz being out of his role, it seems the administration has decided to make Waltz responsible for the leak.Speculations were rife about whether Waltz should resign as he added Goldberg to the Signal group which had several of Trump's cabinet members, including vice president JD Vance. Waltz never offered […]