Sonam Wangchuk’s health visibly worsens as he completes 16 days of hunger strike NEW DELHI: Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s health has worsened significantly on the 16th day of his indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, with his blood glucose level dropping to 67 mg/dL and weight loss reaching 8.2 kg, the Cockroach Janta…
NEW DELHI: Six of the seven emerging cyber threats predicted for banks and financial institutions barely a year ago have already reached full-scale realisation, with artificial intelligence, stolen identities and manipulated payment workflows enabling attacks that increasingly resemble legitimate activity, India’s second Digital Threat Report for the BFSI sector has warned.The Digital Threat Report 2025-26,…
Army seeks to add organic pulses to troops’ diet NEW DELHI: In a move towards sustainable nutrition, the Indian Army has made its first-ever request to the consumer affairs department — responsible for creating and maintaining the country’s buffer stock of pulses — for the supply of organic pulses for its personnel.Organic pulses, grown without…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday convicted former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and several others in the 2020 murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the North East Delhi riots.The Karkardooma court convicted Hussain of murder and other offences related to rioting. However, it dropped the charge of criminal…
IED blast in Nagaland: 1 Assam Rifles personnel killed, four injureD (Representative image) One Assam Rifles personnel was killed and four others were injured in a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) blast near Sukhovi in Nagaland on Monday, officials said.According to the Defence Public Relations Officer (PRO), Kohima, the blast targeted Assam Rifles vehicles.“A suspected…
Mamata Banerjee cries foul over EC’s ‘stoic silence’, opposes more time for rebel camp NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee has written to the Election Commission (EC), urging it not to grant any further time to the rival faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee in the dispute over the “real” TMC.In her letter, Mamata…
NEW DELHI: Amid the alleged Ram Temple donation embezzlement row, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has invited applications from eligible candidates for the post of chief executive officer (CEO) of the temple. The successful applicant will head the Ram temple’s administrative management and oversee its day-to-day operations.According to the Trust’s notification, applications must be…
NEW DELHI: The Kerala high court on Monday allowed BJP councillor Sugathan R, who is under preventive detention under the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act (KAAPA), to take his oath of office inside prison on July 14 at 11 am, Bar and Bench reported.Justice PV Kunhikrishnan observed that the democratic mandate of the electorate could…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Monday stepped up its attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, demanding that he explain his recent foreign trip while also accusing him and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of neglecting the constituency after a landslide in Kerala’s Wayanad claimed eight lives.The landslide occurred on July 7 at the site of the Anakkampoyil-Meppadi twin-tube…
The Madras high court in May imposed a blanket ban on the slaughter of cows and calves during Bakrid. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday stayed Madras high court order that directed Tamil Nadu government to ensure no cow or calf is is slaughtered on the eve of Bakrid or on any other day. A…
