India’s passport ranking slips NEW DELHI: India has slipped to 125th in the Global Passport Index 2026, remaining outside the top 100 despite a marginal improvement last year. After climbing to 124th in 2025 from 127th between 2021 and 2023, the country has once again lost ground and now offers visa-free access to just 26…
Kim ordered officials to complete the remaining trials and commission the warship into active service within two months North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen weapons tests of a nuclear-capable cruise missile and other systems aboard a newly repaired 5,000-ton destroyer, as part of Pyongyang’s continued push to expand its naval nuclear capabilities, state…
HYDERABAD: Six months after the alleged murder of Hyderabad student Nikita Godishala — a case that sparked global outrage and online campaigns demanding justice — there has been little progress. The prime accused, Arjun Sharma, remains absconding, while Nikita’s family in Tarnaka continues to wait for answers.Though the family lodged a complaint at Lalaguda police…
Mojtaba Khamenei absent from father’s funeral Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has yet to make a public appearance as thousands of mourners gather in Tehran for the funeral ceremonies of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, raising fresh questions over his whereabouts, health and who is leading the country. The ceremonies entered their second day…
Prime Minister paid tribute to the Padma Vibhushan awardee NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed deep grief over the passing of renowned Pandavani singer Teejan Bai, describing her death as an “irreplaceable loss to the world of art and culture.”In a post on X, the Prime Minister paid tribute to the Padma…
The grandfather of Ketan Agarwal, the Pune realtor whose death at Lohagad Fort is being investigated as an alleged murder, has died weeks after the incident. PUNE: The grandfather of Ketan Agarwal, the Pune realtor whose death at Lohagad Fort is being investigated as an alleged murder, has died weeks after the incident, the family…
Trump offers to help end Ukraine war in call with Putin, says Zelenskyy also discussed peace ahead of Nato summit US President Donald Trump has offered to help find a solution to the war in Ukraine during a nearly 90-minute phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said, as diplomatic efforts gathered pace…
Monsoon in central India (PTI) NEW DELHI: A well-marked low-pressure area that has developed over northwest Bay of Bengal will help monsoon continue in “active phase” over central parts of the country over the next 4-5 days, IMD said on Saturday, when the cumulative (June 1-July 4) rainfall deficit dropped to nearly 27% from 40%…
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla (ANI file photo) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Saturday that the report of the three-member committee that probed corruption charges against Justice Yashwant Varma will be tabled in Lok Sabha in the monsoon session beginning July 20, keeping open the possibility of Parliament taking up the motion for…
Smoke rises from an oil terminal near St Petersburg after a Ukrainian drone strike. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared the video on X. Ukrainian drones struck an oil terminal in Russia’s second-largest city of St Petersburg and targeted military infrastructure near the Baltic coast overnight, Russian and Ukrainian officials said on Saturday, as Kyiv stepped…
