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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The actual perpetrators of the "cowardly terrorist attack" in Pahalgam as well as the conspirators behind the scenes will soon get a "strong response" for their nefarious act on Indian soil, defence minister Rajnath Singh said Wednesday, in a clear indication that the govt is examining military options in addition to the fresh diplomatic ones announced against Pakistan."Yesterday in Pahalgam, terrorists cowardly targeted innocent civilians on the basis of faith. I would like to reiterate India's firm resolve on the zero-tolerance policy against terrorism... I assure our countrymen that in view of the incident, the govt will take every step that is necessary and appropriate," Singh said, delivering the annual Arjan Singh Memorial lecture here."We will not only trace those who perpetrated this incident, we will also reach those who, sitting behind the scenes, have conspired to […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Constitutional courts fix deadlines for everyone, including the President, but no such limitation applies to them for pronouncing judgments. Four murder convicts moved Supreme Court on Wednesday alleging that Jharkhand HC has not delivered verdicts in their appeals even though decisions were reserved three years ago.Appearing for the four appellants incarcerated for 16 to 11 years, advocate Fauzia Shakil informed a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh that they had filed appeals, one in 2012, two in 2014 and one in 2018, and Jharkhand HC had reserved verdicts in their cases in the months of Jan, April, May and June of 2022. Despite lapse of three years, verdicts are yet to be pronounced, she said.The bench took serious view of the lapse and issued notice to Jharkhand HC registrar general, asking him to furnish […]

[ad_1] Soldiers return after searches around Baisaran meadow on Wednesday NEW DELHI: With parallels being drawn between the terrorist attack at the picnic spot in Pahalgam and the Oct 7 attack carried out by the terror outfit Hamas in Israel, intelligence sources have pointed to multiple visits by senior Hamas functionaries to Pakistan over the past year.A Hamas team recently visited Jaish-e-Muhammed’s headquarters in Bahawalpur besides a Pakistani Army facility, which houses their combat simulation centre, inaugurated by Army chief Asim Munir last month. The area hosts the Bahawalpur Corps, a Pakistani military formation tasked with border defence and rapid deployment due to its strategic proximity to Rajasthan.In Feb, top Lashkar-e-Taiba and JeM cadres gathered in Rawalakote, PoK, on ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ for a speech by senior Hamas functionaries, sources said. The gathering, organized under the banner of Al Aqsa […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: J&K Police may have erred by not undertaking vulnerability mapping of terror-prone areas ahead of US Vice-President J D Vance's visit, in line with the standard practice followed since the Chittisinghpora massacre of 2000, in which 35 Sikhs were gunned down by LeT terrorists during then US President Bill Clinton's visit to India.As per the SOP, every time a top foreign dignitary visits, a vulnerability mapping exercise is undertaken in J&K, as part of which areas prone to attacks - including high-footfall tourist spots - are identified and either temporarily restricted to public or given extra security through establishment of police pickets and deployment of additional manpower for security."No such vulnerability mapping was done for Vance's visit. Had it been done, at least a temporary picket would have been set up in tourist spots like Pahalgam, particularly […]

[ad_1] Securitymen screen commuters near the site of the terror attack at Pahalgam, in Anantnag Wednesday NEW DELHI: In the winter of 2023, four soldiers were killed in action in J&K's Poonch and an unknown outfit named People's Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF) claimed responsibility for the attack. Months later, it claimed responsibility for another attack in Gulmarg that had resulted in four deaths, including two soldiers from Rashtriya Rifles.In the summer of 2020, a fierce gunbattle broke out in Keran, leading to multiple casualties on both sides, and the terrorists claimed to be from The Resistance Front (TRF).Both outfits had not been heard of before, but their emergence failed to fool too many. It did not take long for Indian agencies to figure out they were offshoots of notorious outfits Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which had sought to camouflage their […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: About 11,000 people - mostly peak summer season holidayers - are expected to have flown out of Srinagar on Wednesday, a day after the Pahalgam attack. Airport sources say Srinagar on an average sees 52 aircraft arrivals and as many departures daily with 10,000-12,000 passengers (about half of them arrivals and half departures) in non-peak and 16,000-18,000 in the current peak season, reports Saurabh Sinha.Srinagar Airport, which handles flights from 6 am to 10 pm, on Wednesday saw 9,251 passengers fly out on 47 flights till 7pm. With several more flights in the remaining three hours, this number is expected to swell further by anywhere up to 2,000. Given the exodus, airlines, including Air India, IndiGo and AI Express, operated seven extra flights on Wednesday to fly out people from there. Srinagar-bound flights saw a large number […]

[ad_1] The Trump administration has followed the orders of the US district court (northern district of Georgia) and reinstated the SEVIS records of all 133 students who had filed this lawsuit.As reported by TOI on April 20, the court had issued issued a temporary restraining order, requiring department of homeland Security (DHS) to reinstate plaintiffs’ SEVIS records retroactive to March 31, 2025. US govt agencies were ordered to file a notice of compliance of the reinstatement by Tuesday evening.Charles Kuck, who represented the students, many of them Indians, said: “All students are now reinstated.” They can now continue to study or work under the optional practical training (OPT) programme. The next hearing is slated in the coming days.In some, but not all of the 133 cases, the state department has revoked the student’s visa. The revocation of an F-1 visa […]

[ad_1] Image credits: x/@susko_insider Russian President Vladimir Putin, frequently at the centre of controversies and speculations about his health issues, is once again under scrutiny, this time over reports of a 'secret son'As per various websites on Google, Russian president Vladimir was married to Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Ocheretnaya from 1983 to 2014 with whom he shares two daughters Mariya Putina and Katerina Tikhonova. However, currently a purported image of Putin's 'secret son' is going viral all over the internet. Who is he and why has he never been sighted with his father? Find out all the details below.Who is Ivan Vladimirovich Putin?Image credits: X/@susko_insiderThe photo of Ivan Vladimirovich Putin was reportedly shared by a Russian anti-Kremlin Telegram channel, VChK-OGPU. He is allegedly 10-year-old and as per the Mirror, Putinshares him with former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva. Additionally, he is believed to […]

[ad_1] Trent Boult and Rohit Sharma (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Trent Boult ripped the heart out of Sunrisers Hyderabad, and Rohit Sharma applied the fine gloss as Mumbai Indians cantered to a seven‑wicket win with 26 balls to spare at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on Wednesday night. The result lifts MI back into the top four and leaves a shell‑shocked SRH clinging to mathematical hopes in IPL 2025.Given first use of a hard, straw‑coloured surface, Boult unleashed a left‑arm master‑class: late inswing with the new ball, followed by the trademark wobble‑seam away‑goer. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Travis Head flirted fatally at the first wide one he saw; Abhishek Sharma and Nitish Reddy followed in mirror‑image dismissals, fenced to ring fielders stationed precisely for the miscued poke. Boult’s opening burst read 2-0-8-2; he returned […]