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NEW DELHI: At least 30 people lost their lives after heavy rains triggered a landslide near the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir.Heavy rain and flashfloods also wreaked havoc in Kashmir Valley causing severe damage to infrastructure. This comes days after flashfloods triggered by a cloudburst struck Kishtwar district’s Chisoti, the last motorable village…

For Iga Swiatek, the engagement news was as thrilling as her own record-breaking performance. World No. 2 Iga Swiatek stormed into the second round of the US Open on Tuesday with a commanding 6-1, 6-2 victory over Colombia’s Emiliana Arango — but it was Taylor Swift’s engagement to NFL star Travis Kelce that dominated her…

Rajinikanth’s latest release ‘Coolie’ arrived in cinemas around Independence Day with sky-high hopes. Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, the film promised a solid gangster drama with the superstar in the lead and a star-studded cast to back him up.Coolie Movie ReviewThe hype was justified as ‘Coolie’ stormed through its first week, racing past the Rs 200…

PANAJI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is in danger of being suspended for the second time in three years if it fails to get its constitution ratified by October 30, according to a letter from FIFA, the governing body for world football, and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).FIFA and AFC jointly sent a letter…

New Delhi: At 21% above normal, north India has so far recorded its wettest monsoon since 2013, the year of the cataclysmic Kedarnath flash flood. Worryingly, in Aug, the region has experienced by far the highest number of ‘extremely heavy’ rain events since the India Meteorological Department (IMD) began collating this data in 2021.Till Aug…

NEW DELHI: Nearly one in three school students in India now takes private coaching, with the practice far more common in urban areas, according to latest Comprehensive Modular Survey (CMS) on education released by govt. The findings sketch a system where government schools remain central in rural India while urban families increasingly prefer private schools…

Nagpur: The Army’s recruitment rally at Kamptee Cantonment, 20km off Nagpur, next month will include religious teachers — pandits, maulvis, granthis, priests and Buddhist monks — alongside Agniveers. The clerics will compete in physical tests including a one-mile race, followed by religious proficiency assessments in Delhi. Those selected will be inducted as Religious Teachers-Junior Commissioned…

US President Donald Trump opened a marathon Cabinet meeting at the White House with an awkward riff about attorney general Pam Bondi’s looks, before launching into a three-hour-and-16-minute stream of consciousness that lurched from tariffs to artificial intelligence.“I look at Pam. I would never say she’s beautiful, because that’s gonna be the end of my…

Mumbai: Enterprise retailers may soon find themselves in breach of India’s new data-protection regime. At present, many ask shoppers to recite mobile numbers at billing counters to enrol them in loyalty schemes or send digital receipts. Though customers may consent, the act of speaking such details aloud in a public setting exposes personal data, falling…

Rescue operations underway NEW DELHI: A section of the Ramabai Apartment in Virar East collapsed during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, potentially trapping around 15-20 people under the debris, eyewitnesses say.Rescue teams from the police, fire brigade, and national disaster response force (NDRF), along with ambulances, arrived at the scene immediately after the…