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The Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer speaks after winning the Gorton and Denton by-election, Manchester, England, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super) British politics has entered a dangerous phase for its two dominant parties. The shock victory of the Green Party in the Gorton & Denton by-election is not merely a local upset. It…
Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Allahabad high court on Friday gave relief to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati in the sexual harassment case registered at Jhunsi police station by staying his arrest.The court order grants interim protection from coercive action until the next hearing in the matter.A case was registered against Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati…
The United States has authorised the departure of non-emergency government personnel and their family members from its mission in Israel, citing escalating safety risks amid a volatile security situation, the State Department announced on Friday.The move affects staff under the chief of mission authority and comes as tensions across Israel and the wider region continue…
Harvard University has found itself at the centre of a growing online storm after an artwork featured on its Department of South Asian Studies website drew sharp criticism and allegations of bias. The Coalition of Hindus of North America ignited the debate after calling out the university for what it described as “blatant Hinduphobia” in…
NEW DELHI: A Rouse Avenue Court on Friday discharged former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and 21 others in the Delhi excise policy case, refusing to take cognisance of the CBI’s chargesheet.The order was delivered by Special Judge (PC Act) Jitender Singh of the Rouse Avenue Court. Why Delhi…
Pakistan carried out air strikes on Afghanistan’s major cities overnight, officials in Islamabad and Kabul said on Friday, sharply escalating months of border tensions between the Islamic neighbours.The strikes targeted areas in Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia after days of cross-border fire along the Durand Line. Both sides accused each other of starting the latest round…
President Murmu takes sortie in light combat helicopter ‘Prachand’ NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday undertook a sortie in the indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopter ‘Prachand’ near the India–Pakistan border in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district.The helicopter took off from the Indian Air Force station in Jaisalmer, where the President was briefed by the captain before…
NEW DELHI: The Rouse Avenue court on Friday acquitted former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in 2022 Delhi excise policy case. Special judge Jitendra Singh pronounced the order in the case investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The court observed that the alleged central conspiratorial role could not…
BENGALURU: The Indian Army has completed the installation of Thermal Imaging Fire Control Systems (TIFCS) — an Indo-Israeli technology developed in Bengaluru — on 96 of its T-72 tanks, with the systems clearing firing validation trials before induction.The T-72 remains one of the mainstays of the Army’s armoured fleet. Upgrades such as thermal imaging and…
New GDP series: FAQs answered The Gross Domestic Product or GDP data for the third quarter of the current financial year 2025-26 is set to be released later in the day today. This will be the first GDP data based on the new series that the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has adopted. India…
