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[ad_1] In Guree village, the family home of Adil Hussain Thoker, a suspect in the Pahalgam attack, was demolished by security forces after they claimed he had recently visited. His family denies contact since 2018, when he purportedly left for studies. BIJBEHARA: Before security forces levelled her home with controlled explosives, Shahzada Bano was shown the spot where her son Adil Hussain Thoker had returned to eat a meal.Hours later, around 12.30am, soldiers demolished the family's house in Guree village near Bijbehara of J&K's Anantnag district, after escorting Bano to a relative's place in a neighbouring village. The Army, accompanied by sniffer dogs, later swept the ruins for any unexploded ordnance.Adil, once a promising student, is now among the chief suspects in Tuesday's attack in Pahalgam that left 26 people dead. His whereabouts had been unknown for years, and his […]

[ad_1] At what was to be a somber goodbye for Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square on Saturday, a style controversy hijacked part of the attention and it involved President Donald Trump, Prince William, and an ocean of blue suit-wearing men.Trump, who prides himself on his own personal style, wore a blue suit, a light blue tie, and his obligatory American flag lapel pin to the Vatican. His color choice was less than pleasing to some of the viewers.Any reason Donald Trump is wearing a blue suit instead of traditional black to a funeral?" one posted on X, setting off a flurry of controversy over funeral dress, religious decorum, and individual faith.Joining Trump in bending the Vatican’s strict dress code was Prince William, representing King Charles III. While the prince's dark suit and tie were praised for appearing suitably formal, […]

[ad_1] Pakistani minister Hanif Abbasi (Screengrab from Pakistani news channel's X video) In an ongoing tension between India and Pakistan after the Pahalgam attack, Islamabad minister Hanif Abbasi openly threatened New Delhi with nuclear retaliation and said that 130 missiles, including Shaheen, and Ghaznavi, were kept for India. "Those Shaheen (missiles), Ghaznavi (missiles), which we have kept arranged in our bases, we have kept them for Hindustan (India). The 130 weapons we possess are not just kept as models — and you have no idea in which parts of Pakistan we have positioned them," Abbasi said in a presser. His remarks came after India implemented diplomatic actions on Wednesday, including expelling Pakistani military attaches, halting the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, and closing the Attari land-transit post, citing cross-border connections to the Pahalgam attack.He also claimed that India knew where […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Authorities have demolished the houses of three more active terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the total number of such actions to nine since the deadly Pahalgam attack on April 22. Security officials told PTI on Sunday that properties in Bandipora, Pulwama and Shopian districts had been razed as part of the ongoing crackdown on the terror ecosystem.Follow live updatesIn Shopian district, the house of Adnan Shafi, who had joined terrorist ranks last year, was demolished on Saturday night in Wandina village. Meanwhile, in Pulwama, authorities took down the residence of active terrorist Amir Nazir. In Bandipora, security forces destroyed the home of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Jameel Ahmad Shergojri, who has been involved in terror activities since 2016.The demolitions are part of intensified security measures following the Pahalgam terror attack, where gunmen opened fire on tourists in […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: For the third consecutive night, Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire agreement by resorting to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. Officials told PTI on Sunday that Indian Army soldiers "responded effectively" to the latest provocation. "On the intervening night of April 26-27, Pakistan Army posts initiated unprovoked small arms fire across the LoC in areas opposite the Tutmari Gali and the Rampur sectors," the officials said. They confirmed that Indian troops "responded effectively with appropriate small arms fire".The latest breach follows similar incidents reported on the nights of April 24-25 and 25-26, when Pakistani forces opened unprovoked fire across multiple locations along the LoC. Defence officials said no casualties have been reported so far and added that Indian troops continue to exercise firm control along the border.The repeated ceasefire violations come […]

[ad_1] BENGALURU: In a bizarre discovery, a double-door refrigerator was fished out of Madiwala Lake during a de-weeding operation Friday evening. A Jaldost team, operating under the banner of National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), stumbled upon the unexpected ‘catch' while clearing overgrown water weeds.The refrigerator wasn't alone in its watery grave. Among the other items retrieved were heaps of plastic bags, milk packets, mugs, books, pens, and even steel vessels, turning the lake into what locals call a ‘miniature junkyard'.While the Jaldost — the de-weeding machine — is adept at removing weeds and debris from water, NAL officials and residents pointed out that the responsibility of waste disposal lies with Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). "Each scoop can lift objects as tall as 6-7ft and weighing up to 3-4 tonnes," said T Karthikeyan, senior principal scientist at NAL. "So far, we've […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has added a new dimension to its actions — its recent searches on FIITJEE were prompted not just by financial irregularities, but also by the institute’s failure to deliver “quality educational services” promised to students.The anti-money laundering agency has always been confined to probing financial frauds, tracking money trail of proceeds of crime and attachment of assets. But, of late, it has shifted its focus to immediate restitution of attached assets: be it to banks or individuals who have been scammed by fraudsters.As an outcome of its searches earlier this week, ED on Saturday said the probe revealed FIIT-JEE collected Rs 250 crore from 15,000 students and siphoned off the proceeds in buying personal properties by di rectors and other top executives of the coaching company. At least 32 coaching centres at Ghaziabad, Lucknow, […]

[ad_1] Microsoft co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates seems to be ‘happy’ about not having to fund her daughter Phoebe Gates’s new shopping app. In a recent interview, the billionaire philanthropist opened up about being wary of investing in his and ex-wife Melinda Gates' youngest child’s new business venture. Gates admitted he deliberately chose not to fund his daughter Phoebe’s AI-powered shopping app, Phia, explaining that otherwise he’d have ended up supervising the business too closely. Instead of serving as an investor, he provided Phoebe with guidance on personnel issues and left the funding to others. Last month on Raj Shamani’s podcast, Gates also revealed that he gave his children “less than 1 per cent” of his total wealth, which is still multimillions, to encourage them to carve their paths. What Bill Gates said about funding his daughter’s appIn an […]

[ad_1] Fire breaks out at ED's Mumbai office, no injuries reported NEW DELHI: A fire broke out at the Kaiser-I-Hind building, which houses ED's Mumbai office in Ballard Pier, around 2.30 am on Sunday. Till now, no one has been injured in the incident, civic officials saidAccording to the Mumbai fire department, at 3:30 am, the fire brigade control room confirmed the escalation to Level-II status, indicating a significant fire emergency.A municipal authority confirmed that the blaze was contained to the fourth storey of the five-level structure.The authority stated that the emergency response included eight fire engines, six jumbo tankers, one aerial water tower tender, one breathing apparatus van, one rescue van, one quick response vehicle, and a 108 service ambulance at the location.The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, the official added.This is a developing story […]

[ad_1] For the first time, Russia admitted that there were North Korean military personnel fighting alongside its forces against Ukraine, proving Zelenskyy and South Korea's claims. "I would like to separately note the participation ... of military personnel of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea," Valery Gerasimov, the Russian chief of general staff, informed Russian President Vladimir Putin during a report on Saturday.Gerasimov noted that North Korean soldiers provided substantial support to Russian forces in defeating Ukrainian troops, operating under a comprehensive strategic alliance between the two nations, according to NBC news.In a Kremlin statement on Saturday, Putin praised his military forces, stating that "the full defeat of the enemy in the Kursk border region creates conditions for further successful actions by our forces on other important parts of the front."Earlier this year, South Korean media outlets reported that over […]