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Asif Merchant, a 47‑year‑old Pakistani businessman, is on trial in Brooklyn federal court, claiming that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forced him into an alleged plot involving the assassination of US President Donald Trump and other political figures.Merchant faces charges of terrorism and murder‑for‑hire. Prosecutors say he tried to recruit people in the United…
KOCHI: Days before the sinking of IRIS Dena by a US submarine south of Sri Lanka, India was approached by Iran to take in another Iranian ship, IRIS Lavan, which was also in the region for the International Fleet Review. According to govt sources, India gave permission to the ship to safely dock at the…
LUCKNOW: Lucknow boy Piyush Kapoor , 32, who secured 402nd rank in Civil Services exam on Friday, had one foot each in two continents for years. While he worked for Google in Mountain View, California, during the day, he prepared for India’s most prestigious exam at night.Preparing from abroad can be isolating, especially after setbacks,…
A Bengaluru man, initially reported to have died of a heart attack, was actually smothered to death BENGALURU: Carrying out an autopsy on the exhumed body of a 50-year-old daily wage worker, who, according to his wife, had died of a heart attack, revealed that the victim was smothered to death. Police arrested his wife,…
NEW DELHI: Two days after 26-year-old Tarun was beaten to death in southwest Delhi’s Uttam Nagar following a dispute that arose during a Holi celebration, a car and a bike, allegedly belonging to a relative of one of the accused, were torched. This has made the communally tense neighbourhood more worried.The area has heavy security…
AHMEDABAD: A young woman married for two years called the Abhayam women’s helpline, saying she could no longer live in peace in her own home — not because of financial hardship or marital conflict, but because her mother-in-law had made having a grandchild a round-the-clock project. The mother-in-law was tracking her menstrual cycle, demanding details…
As tensions escalated across parts of West Asia and flight operations in the region faced disruptions, actor couple Ram Kapoor and Gautami Kapoor found themselves in Dubai — a city they know well, but one that suddenly felt unusually still. While news alerts, rumours and worried calls from loved ones poured in, the two say…
Man who slapped Kanhaiya held in molestation case in Ghaziabad GHAZIABAD: A man who had slapped Congress functionary Kanhaiya Kumar two years ago was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly molesting a woman.Ghaziabad resident Daksh Chaudhary, who molested the 34-year-old woman during Holi in Ankur Vihar, was nabbed along with an associate, Akku Pandit. The duo…
LUCKNOW: A harrowing scene unfolds as a distraught woman exclaims, “Bahut dar lag raha hai!” amidst the cacophony of missile sirens and her four-year-old daughter’s desperate tears. A family from Lucknow, stranded in Qatar, has shared a chilling video with loved ones back home, conveying the terror of being caught in a conflict zone.The woman’s…
United States’ multi-million radar system was destroyed after Iran struck Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan in the opening days of the war, news agency Bloomberg reported.RTX Corp. AN/TPY-2 radar and support equipment — used by US THAAD missile defence systems — is crucial to directing US missile defence batteries.According to the report, data compiled…
