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NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday sought the Centre’s response to a petition seeking restoration of statehood to Jammu & Kashmir, but said such a decision could not be taken without considering prevailing gro-und situation and incidents like Pahalgam, where terrorists had killed 26 people in cold blood on April 22.Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing…

A deadly botulism outbreak in southern Italy has claimed two lives and left more than a dozen people hospitalised, but one 24-year-old student says she is “lucky” to be alive after eating one of the contaminated sandwiches.Authorities say the outbreak has been traced to a food truck operating on the seafront in Diamante, Calabria, whose…

JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Flash flooding within moments of a cloudburst Thursday wrought tragic devastation on a pilgrimage pit stop at Chishoti in J&K’s Kishtwar district, killing at least 46 people – most of them pilgrims on the return leg of the Shri Machail Mata Yatra – and injuring over 100.Scores of pilgrims were reported missing as Army,…

NEW DELHI: Heavy rains wreaked havoc in the national capital on Thursday, claiming three lives within 12 hours and leaving parts of the city paralysed by waterlogging, fallen trees and traffic chaos.In southwest Delhi’s Vasant Vihar, two boys died after a wall collapsed on them in Basant Nagar near Hanuman Mandir around 4.40 pm. Police…

In a bone-chilling turn of events, a 24-year-old woman from Tilak Nagar in Delhi was allegedly raped by a group of people, including a woman.She told officers the incident took place on Sunday night after a friend invited her to a house in North Delhi’s Civil Lines.Upon arrival, she found four men present at the…

File Pic: Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar NEW DELHI: Former India opener Virender Sehwag has revealed that he came close to retiring from ODI cricket in 2007-08, only to be convinced otherwise by batting legend Sachin Tendulkar.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Speaking on Padamjeet Sehrawat’s podcast, Sehwag recalled the turbulent phase…

File Pic: Chris Woakes of England shakes hands with Ben Stokes. (Getty Images) England pacer Chris Woakes has provided a promising update on his recovery from a dislocated shoulder, raising hopes of his participation in the Ashes later this year.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The 35-year-old sustained the injury while fielding…

These days, the internet is bursting with wellness advice, much of it served up by self-proclaimed “health gurus.” They promise simple, almost magical solutions for better health, with no heavy lifting required. Somewhere in this online ecosystem, the idea of raisin water took root.Its champions claim it’s a miracle drink—loaded with antioxidants, rich in iron,…

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that any deal to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would be reached at a second, three-way meeting involving Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Vladimir Putin, and himself, and not at Friday’s Alaska summit with only the Russian President.“The second meeting is going to be very, very important, because that’s…