NEW DELHI: The Union govt is set to introduce a sports governance Bill in the Parliament session starting Monday. It has been drafted as part of India’s preparations to strengthen its bid for Olympic Games 2036.The proposed bill, prepared by the sports ministry, has been approved by the Cabinet, which has asked it to come…
NEW DELHI: The Union govt has informed SC that it plans to set up Artificial Intelligence-based facial recognition systems at seven major railway stations, including Mumbai CST and New Delhi, to curb crimes against women. The number of sexual offenders recorded in the National Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO) has crossed the 20-lakh mark, it…
J&K CM Omar Abdullah (File photo) JAMMU: J&K CM Omar Abdullah urged Sunday the external affairs ministry (MEA) to intervene urgently in securing the release of Ranjeet Singh, a resident of Ramban district, who was allegedly abducted by terrorists in Niger following an attack on July 15.Abdullah tagged external affairs minister S Jaishankar on X…
New student loan rules and funding changes begin under Trump’s OBBB. (AI Image) The US Department of Education has announced the immediate implementation of higher education provisions within the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB). The move follows the signing of the legislation into law by President Trump, delivering wide-ranging changes aimed at federal student…
18th batch leaves from Jammu base camp to Kashmir JAMMU: The 18 batch of pilgrims on Shri Amarnath Yatra comprising 4,388 devotees left for the holy cave shrine situated in the Himalayas in south Kashmir on Sunday morning from two base camps in Jammu.“A batch of 1,573 left for Baltal in a fleet of 64…
Stop snoring with these 15 remedies Snoring isn’t just background noise. It breaks up deep sleep, irritates partners, and sometimes hints at blocked airways that could signal bigger trouble. A long list of over-the-counter gadgets promises relief, but most people see progress only after they pair a device with basic habit changes. Drawing on recent…
JAMMU: A gunfight broke out Sunday between security forces and terrorists following a cordon-and-search operation launched on specific intelligence in Dachhan area of J&K’s Kishtwar district. At least three terrorists, suspected to be affiliated with Pakistan-backed banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad, are believed to be trapped.“Security forces came under intense fire during the search, triggering a gunfight,”…
NEW DELHI: A 43-year-old man from Mumbai has been arrested after his pet pit bull attacked and injured an 11-year-old boy in Mankhurd. According to the FIR filed by the boy’s father, the child was playing inside a stationary auto-rickshaw on Thursday night when Sohail Hasan Khan allegedly set the dog loose on the boy,…
NEW DELHI: The Punjab Police has issued a clarification after facing backlash over a controversial post that appeared on its official X handle on Thursday night. The now-deleted post showed an AI-generated graphic image of a light-skinned police officer with the Indian flag over his face pinning down a dark-skinned man marked with a Pakistani…
Senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan on Sunday launched a scathing attack against fellow party MP Shashi Tharoor, declaring that the Thiruvananthapuram parliamentarian will not be invited to any Congress events in the state capital until he changes his position on national security matters.Muraleedharan, a prominent figure in the…
