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Egypt’s newly-inaugurated State Strategic Command headquarters, popular as “Octagon” for its octagon shape, spanning roughly 22,000 acres, has replaced US’s Pentagon (29 acres) as the world’s largest defence headquarters in the world.President Abdel Fattah El Sisi officially inaugurated State Strategic Command Headquarters in Egypt’s new administrative capital on Saturday, as he signed the founding charter…

Seaplane with 8 onboard crashes into New York’s East River (Picture from X) A seaplane carrying eight people crashed into New York City’s East River on Sunday, triggering a major emergency response, the New York Post reported.Videos from the scene showed the aircraft floating in the river with one wing submerged as rescue teams rushed…

NEW DELHI: For the second time in the past 11 months, country’s automobile majors have come to back govt’s mandatory 20% blending of ethanol in petrol (E20) — amid some genuine concerns and some misinformation surrounding the adverse impact of E20 on vehicles that were manufactured before April 2023. TOI looks at why the controversy…

The comments come ahead of Netanyahu’s visit to Washington, where he is set to meet Trump at the White House. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday pushed back against US Vice-President JD Vance‘s assertion that the United States is Israel’s “only” powerful ally, pointing instead to India as one of the country’s strongest international…

Congress slams VHP letter seeking Opposition summons in Ayodhya donation theft row NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday hit back at the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) after its international president Alok Kumar wrote to the investigating officer in the Ayodhya Ram Temple donation theft case, urging the police to summon Opposition leaders who have publicly…

The coffins of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family are displayed on a platform at the start of the dayslong funeral ceremonies at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) The United States reportedly carried out a diplomatic campaign…

Police have launched an investigation and are collecting evidence (Representative image) A Pakistan air force group captain was shot dead after intervening to rescue a woman from an alleged abduction attempt in Islamabad, according to Pakistan’s Samaa TV.The incident took place at Shaheen Chowk, within the jurisdiction of the Margalla Police Station. The deceased officer,…

Uddhav targets BJP over Ayodhya donation row, seeks impartial probe NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the Centre over the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya, claiming that ‘those looting Hindus are in power’ and demanding an impartial investigation into…

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee (ANI) NEW DELHI: Amid infighting in the Trinamool Congress (TMC), West Bengal BJP leader Rahul Sinha on Sunday accused TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee of reducing her party’s elected representatives to “mere servants.”Sinha referred to TMC rebel faction leader Ritabrata Banerjee’s claim that, after the party’s electoral defeat, its MLAs were asked…

The ministry of petroleum and natural gas (MoPNG) on Sunday dismissed reports claiming that Bhutan had refused to import India’s E20 petrol, stating that no such offer had ever been made by the country’s oil marketing companies (OMCs). Calling the claims incorrect, the ministry said there is no proposal to export E20 petrol to Bhutan.In…