Members of the high school graduating class of 1974 in Moore, Oklahoma, had taken their seats in the football stadium under darkening skies. The class president welcomed the crowd. Then the principal, looking out at the clouds, declared all the students graduates and told those in attendance to find shelter immediately. “The sky turned pea…
AGRA: When cousins Shivam and Abhishek cracked the JEE Advanced examination by achieving 2989 and 2372 ranks respectively, it was their fathers — who are siblings and work as painters and earn about Rs 600 a day each — whose joy knew no bounds as they had every single day dreamt of sending their sons…
GUWAHATI: A CID officer and a driver suffered gunshot wounds in an ambush by unidentified gunmen on Manipur CM N Biren Singh’s advance security convoy in Kangpokpi district Monday, hours before he was to travel to adjoining Jiribam that has been grappling with a resurgence of ethnic violence and arson.Biren Singh, who was flying back…
PUNE: NCP (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday yet again targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for calling him ‘bhatakti aatma’ during the Lok Sabha election campaigning.Pawar, referring to Modi’s speech in Pune on April 29, told his supporters in Ahmednagar on Monday, “Even during political criticism, we maintain dignity. But Modi called me ‘bhatakti aatma’…
PUDUCHERRY: A team of surgeons from Mahatma Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences (MGPGIDS), a Puducherry govt institution, saved the life of a 14-year-old boy by performing a surgical procedure to remove a toothbrush stuck near his throat after his brother playfully patted him on the back of his head as he was brushing his…
MUMBAI: NCP president Ajit Pawar on Monday unexpectedly showered praise on his mentor and political rival Sharad Pawar at the foundation day celebrations of the party, saying the senior Pawar had played a crucial role in building it up.“Sharad Pawar set up NCP 25 years ago over the nationality of Congress’s Sonia Gandhi. I am…
NEW DELHI: An aggressive China, along with its expanding military collusiveness with Pakistan in the maritime domain after the land borders, will remain the foremost security threat confronting the Indian defence establishment for the foreseeable future.The new govt should bite the bullet on several fronts to ensure India’s nuclear deterrence capabilities as well as conventional…
NEW DELHI: Spinner Keshav Maharaj narrowly defended 11 runs in the final over, securing a nail-biting four-run victory for South Africa over Bangladesh in another tense low-scoring match at the T20 World Cup on Monday.In a seesaw battle, Bangladesh fought valiantly until the end, propelled by gritty innings from Mahmudullah (20) and Towhid Hridoy (37).However,…
ISLAMABAD: Afghan Taliban has intensified its efforts to open different channels of communication with the regional and neighbouring countries in the wake of its relations with Pakistan constantly declining and growing more hostile post US withdrawal from Afghanistan.In addition to participation in World Economic Forum in St Petersburg, Russia, the Taliban leaders had reached out…
PUNE: The US recently sounded a nuclear “alert”. And this comes from none other than Pranay Vaddi, special assistant to Joe Biden, the US president.Vaddi, of Andhra origin, is senior director for arms control, disarmament, and non-proliferation at the National Security Council of the US.As recent as June 7, he told a meeting of the…
