District collector of Tamil Nadu’s Mayiladuthurai A P Mahabharathi TRICHY: The district collector of Tamil Nadu‘s Mayiladuthurai caused outrage Friday by allegedly suggesting that a three-year-old survivor of an attempted sexual assault may have “provoked” the actions of the suspect, a 16-year-old boy. The remark led the state to transfer A P Mahabharathi and appoint…
ISLAMABAD: At least five people were killed and 20 injured in a suicide blast at a mosque of an Islamic religious school known as the “university of jihad” in Nowshera district of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province on Friday.Among the dead were Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani, head of Dar-ul-Uloom Haqqania school, the seminary in Nowshera’s…
LONDON: Defence middleman Sanjay Bhandari has won his appeal against extradition to India from London on the grounds that he would be at real risk of extortion, torture or violence in Tihar jail and at risk of a flagrant denial of justice at trial.Bhandari had appealed the Nov 7, 2022 decision of district judge Snow…
JAMMU: Incessant rains continued to lash Jammu for the third straight day on Friday, leading to the deaths of a mother-son duo and halting traffic on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar National highway due to piles of snow, landslides, slush and boulders. The rains had caused three deaths on Thursday, taking the total to five in the…
PM Narendra Modi with EU leader Ursula von der Leyen PM Narendra Modi joined EU leader Ursula von der Leyen in expressing support – in a leaders’ statement after their meeting Friday – for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine that’s based on respect for international law, principles of the UN Charter and territorial…
Zelenskyy leaves White House Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was instructed to leave from the White House prematurely following a verbal spat with with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, as confirmed by an unauthorised White House staff member speaking off the record, quoted by AP.During the White House meeting on Friday, tensions escalated…
Pope sends thoughts to slain Israeli hostage’s mother Pope Francis, currently hospitalised with pneumonia, suffered a breathing crisis on Friday, causing him to vomit,. However, he was quickly administered oxygen and responded well to treatment, according to AFP report.The 88-year-old pontiff, who has been receiving treatment at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for the past two weeks,…
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Police seized immovable properties of five Hizbul Mujahideen operatives from Gool area of Ramban district, an official spokesperson said Friday.The five terrorists — Saraj Din (48) of Sangaldan, Reyaz Ahmed (45) of Dalwah, Farooq Ahmed (46) of Banj Bhimdassa, and Mohd Ashraf (50), and Mushtaq Ahmed (47) of Moila — have…
Donald Trump praises ‘all dressed up’ Ukranian President Zelenskyy at White House (AP) US President Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, remarking, “Oh look, he’s all dressed up today!” as Zelenskyy, dressed in a black sweater, shook hands with him on Friday.Turning to reporters, the US President said: “Oh look,…
Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump openly clashed in the White House on Friday at a meeting where they were due to sign a deal on sharing Ukraine’s mineral riches and discuss a peace deal with Russia. US President gave an ultimatum saying, “make a deal or we are out.”“Your people are very brave,…
