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NEW DELHI: While Canadian police focus on tackling the Bishnoi syndicate, pro-Khalistan elements attempted arson at a cinema theatre in Ontario twice within a week. The theatre has stopped screening Hindi movies since. The attacks were carried out on Oct 2 and Sept 25. In the second incident, the suspects fired gunshots to cause a…

National Medical Commission (NMC) is yet to act against 30 doctors found guilty of accepting a foreign trip funded by pharma company AbbVie as the matter is still “under consideration”. An audit committee of the department of pharmaceuticals had in Dec last year found them guilty, and their names were sent in July to the…

NEW DELHI: IAF destroyed 9-10 Pakistani fighters like US-origin F-16s and Chinese JF- 17s, as well as at least two special aircraft, if the ‘kills’ in the air and ground are both taken into account during Operation Sindoor, Air Chief Marshal A P Singh said on Friday, while rejecting Islamabad’s counter-claims as “manohar kahaniyan (fanciful…

NEW DELHI: Its promoters are based in Russia, technical support in Georgia, its India operations are handled from Dubai and the servers are in Barcelona.Illegal online trading platform OctaFX, which is being investigated by ED for laundering thousands of crores of rupees from India to tax havens over the past few years, has become part…

Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi JAISALMER: Pakistan must stop supporting terrorism if it wants to “remain on the world map”, Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi declared Friday, warning that India will not show the restraint it exercised during Operation Sindoor.Dwivedi’s address to soldiers near the Pakistan border in Anupgarh of Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar district followed a…

Around three-fourth of all prison inmates in India in 2023 were undertrials, according to the latest report released by NCRB. The numbers are staggering: India has 5.3 lakh people in jail; of them, 3.9 lakh are yet to be convicted — they are on trial.But this is actually an improvement over the previous years. The…

MUMBAI: Bombay HC dismissed Friday a writ petition filed by Anil Ambani against SBI, challenging its decision to classify the loan account of Reliance Communications as “fraud”. SBI’s order dated June 13, 2025 said Ambani shall be reported to RBI.Challenging the order, Ambani claimed principles of natural justice were flouted and that he was granted…

PUNE: The season’s first cyclonic storm over the Arabian Sea has intensified into ‘Cyclone Shakti’ on Friday, the IMD stated. Currently centred about 250km west-southwest of Gujarat’s Dwarka, the system is expected to strengthen into a severe cyclonic storm by Saturday. While forecasters said it is unlikely to have a significant impact on the Indian…

MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar recounted on Friday how his 13-year-old daughter, Nitara, dealt with sexual harassment while gaming online.A few months ago, while playing an online game that allowed strangers to interact, she was befriended by someone who initially engaged her with friendly messages.“The person started with polite messages like ‘thank you’, ‘well played’,…

Hamas on Friday announced it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or deceased, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and expressed readiness to immediately enter mediated talks to finalise the details, reported news agency Reuters.The announcement came shortly after Trump issued an ultimatum to Hamas, warning that unless it…