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NEW DELHI: The tension between India and Bangladesh, which resulted in fewer visas by both sides, resulted in an over 9% fall in foreign tourist arrivals to 90.2 lakh in 2025, with the eastern neighbour slipping from the second largest source to being the fifth biggest.Latest official data estimated tourist arrivals from Bangladesh at 4.7…
Pakistan’s defence minister on Friday declared “open war” on the Afghan Taliban government, following renewed clashes along the shared border. “Our patience has reached its limit. Now it is open war between us and you,” Khawaja Asif posted on X.The escalation came after Afghan forces attacked Pakistani troops along the frontier, prompting Islamabad to launch…
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has insisted she “never knew Jeffrey Epstein” after a tense, six-hour closed-door deposition before Congress, saying she answered “every one of their questions as fully as I could”.Speaking to reporters after the session in Chappaqua, New York, Clinton said: “I never met Jeffrey Epstein, never had any connection…
Tensions flared at Jawaharlal Nehru University on Thursday after a student protest escalated into clashes with police, leading to the detention of 51 students and injuries on both sides, as reported by news agency PTI.The unrest began when the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) organised a “Long March” from the campus to the Ministry…
Pakistan has launched Operation Ghazab Lil Haq against the Afghan Taliban regime after Kabul claimed its forces killed 55 Pakistani soldiers in cross-border strikes, sharply escalating tensions along the volatile Durand Line.State broadcaster PTV News said the operation was initiated in response to what it called “unprovoked aggression” from Afghanistan. According to the channel, 58…
PM Narendra Modi in Israel on Thursday said, “The Gaza Peace Plan has opened a pathway towards peace. India has extended its full support to these efforts. In the future as well, we will continue to engage in dialogue and cooperation with all countries.”In a joint statement, PM Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu…
JAISALMER: BSF and Rajasthan Police Thursday seized an arms cache allegedly dropped by a drone from Pakistan in the Khajuwala area of Bikaner district, recovering five China-made pistols, 325 cartridges and a drone weighing about 70 kg. The joint operation took place at Chak 24 KND in Gram Panchayat 14 BD under Khajuwala police station,…
CHENNAI: Three-time chief minister and expelled AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam, 75, is likely to join DMK on Friday, multiple sources told TOI. DMK may give him a seat, probably Bodinayakkanur in Theni, which he won in 2021, to contest in the coming assembly election.OPS, who has been fighting long — and so far unsuccessful —…
Afghanistan’s military authorities have said they have begun carrying out strikes against Pakistan in response to recent Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan territory.In a statement issued by the media office of a military corps in eastern Afghanistan, officials said “heavy clashes” broke out on Thursday night. Pakistan Strikes Afghanistan; Massive Civilian Casualties Reported In Overnight Air…
This sea creature survived for over 500 years beneath the Atlantic Ocean (Image Source – Museum Wales) Cold Atlantic waters do not often produce headlines, yet one clam drawn from the seabed near Iceland shifted scientific records. In 2006, researchers collected a specimen later named Ming. At first, growth rings on its shell suggested an…
