Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack at a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Oman on Monday, leaving at least nine people dead, including three attackers. This marks a rare security breach in the oil-producing Gulf state, raising fears of the group trying to gain a foothold.Three suicide attackers from the Islamic State targeted a gathering…
A meteor soared over the Statue of Liberty before disintegrating about 30 miles above Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday morning, according to Nasa. The space rock passed through the atmosphere over the Big Apple around 11:15am, coinciding with reports from New Yorkers who saw a flash of fire streak across the sky and felt the ground…
The leader of a neo-Nazi extremist group has been charged with plotting to have an associate dress up as Santa Claus and distribute poisoned candy to Jewish children in New York City, prosecutors revealed on Tuesday.Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 21-year-old from the Republic of Georgia, was indicted on four charges, including soliciting hate crimes and acts…
Kishore Jena, fondly addressed as ‘Jena Babu’ whenever he is throwing spears in and around his home state Odisha, built his javelin career under the shadow of Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra — until his beaming image standing beside his idol, Neeraj, on the Hangzhou Asian Games podium introduced him to the world.The Asiad…
NEW DELHI: Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, and one-time Trump’s rival addressed voters on Tuesday, explaining her reasons for supporting GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump.Haley, who was met with scattered boos at the Republican convention, began her speech by firmly endorsing the former president. Although this wasn’t surprising, as she had previously…
Star batter preferred choice of new coach Gambhir and chief selector Agarkar over PandyaNEW DELHI: Ahead of India’s white-ball tour of Sri Lanka, the national selectors and new head coach Gautam Gambhir are contemplating taking a hard call on appointing the captain for T20Is. TOI understands that the think-tank has to decide between Hardik Pandya…
Six students were killed during protests in Bangladesh against the quota system in government jobs. In response, the government has ordered schools and universities nationwide to close indefinitely.The clashes on Tuesday prompted the education ministry to mandate the shutdown for “the security of the students,” said spokesman M A Khair. The order was extended to…
The team has been instructed to submit its findings within a week BAGESHWAR: Uttarakhand govt on Tuesday formed an investigative panel to probe the unauthorised construction of a temple by a self-styled godman on govt land near Devi Kund on the Sunderdhunga glacier at an altitude of 16,500 feet. Baba Yogi Chaitanya Akash, who built…
CHENNAI: We believe that police firing against anti-Sterlite protesters in 2018, wherein 13 persons were killed, was a predetermined act carried out at the behest of an industrialist,” the Madras HC said Monday, adding “one particular industrialist… wanted to teach the protesters a lesson and the authorities facilitated it.”HC directed Tamil Nadu’s Directorate of Vigilance…
NEW DELHI: A report by India’s G20 taskforce has suggested the creation of a viable financial plan to support the development and ongoing maintenance of digital public infrastructure (DPI) components, ensuring the availability of resources for implementing DPI.“This may include interested countries, organisations managing DPIs, multilateral development banks, DPI-specific funds, project financing mechanisms, investment promotion…
