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The United States has announced visa restrictions against travel agencies, their owners and leading officials who knowingly facilitated the movement of migrants illegally into America. This was announced in a statement by Tammy Bruce, the US State Department spokesperson, on Monday. She did not share details of the number of identities of people and entities that […]
What started as travel vlogging during a religious trip has turned into a case of digital manipulation and suspected espionage. Jyoti Malhotra, once a seemingly innocuous YouTuber who first journeyed to Pakistan during the 324th Vaisakhi Festival in 2023, now finds herself under the scanner of Indian intelligence for allegedly aiding influence operations orchestrated across […]
In a no-holds-barred move, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slapped Pakistan with 11 fresh conditions for the release of the next tranche under its bailout programme—pushing the total number of conditions to a staggering 50. Alongside, the IMF has issued a stark warning: escalating hostilities with India could severely jeopardise Pakistan’s fiscal stability, external […]
The death of a four-month-old baby girl, mauled by a Rottweiler that broke free from its handler, has sent shockwaves across Ahmedabad and reignited the national debate over banning aggressive dog breeds in India. The infant was attacked outside her home when the Rottweiler, reportedly not securely restrained, lunged at her. Despite immediate efforts to […]
Three young workers died after inhaling toxic gases while cleaning a septic tank at a private factory in Ahmedabad. According to reports, the incident occurred on Friday morning at the effluent treatment plant (ETP) of MK Creation, a denim manufacturing unit located in the Danilimda area of the city. The report claimed that the factory, […]
Civic authorities are under pressure to initiate necessary actions after a pet Rottweiler killed a four-month-old baby four days ago. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is now contemplating strict enforcement measures that could significantly raise the accountability bar for pet owners. Among the options being discussed is the disconnection of water and sewage services to […]
BSF jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw, who was released and handed over to Indian authorities at the Attari-Wagah border, was severely traumatised by his captors in Pakistan to the extent that he wasn’t even allowed to brush his teeth. According to reports, Shaw was blindfolded, deprived of sleep, and verbally abused in Pakistan. Shaw was taken […]
At a time when the Indian Armed Forces were giving their best to target selected sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir under Operation Sindoor, posts by two corporators of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Rajkot and Vadodara have become a subject matter of discussion and the Opposition Congress has demanded that the cyber crime […]
Benchmark indices of the Indian Stock Market saw a record rally on Monday, with the Sensex soaring by nearly 3,000 points and the Nifty 50 advancing by over 900 points. Easing of tensions between India and Pakistan is believed to have significantly boosted investor sentiment along with a progress in trade negotiations between US and China. At close, the Sensex was […]
The World Bank has distanced itself from speculation that it will “fix” decades of political and military tension between India and Pakistan. A message from World Bank chief Ajay Banga, shared by the Indian government on Friday, said, “We have no role to play beyond (that of) a facilitator.” “There is a lot of speculation in the media about […]
Despite being no stranger to threats from across the border, Gujarat — the only Indian state sharing both a land and sea boundary with Pakistan — finds itself once again tightening its security grid as tensions between the two countries escalate. Following Pakistan’s attempted military strikes on Bhuj in the intervening night of Wednesday and […]
US Vice-President J. D. Vance has said that the conflict between India and Pakistan is fundamentally none of their business though he and President Donald Trump are encouraging both the countries to de-escalate. In an interview given to one of the news channels in the US, Vance said, “What we can do is try to encourage these […]
Despite repeated deportations under US immigration crackdowns — including scores of Indians already sent back during Donald Trump’s present tenure — Gujarat’s obsession with the American dream shows no signs of slowing. The state continues down a dangerous, almost suicidal path, ignoring the rising toll of human lives lost in pursuit of illegal entry into […]
When science meets compassion, what seems impossible begins to resemble a miracle. In a remarkable instance that demonstrates how technologically savvy medical professionals can contribute to quality and longevity of life for the elderly, a young doctor in Gujarat has accomplished a rare, sophisticated medical procedure on an 89-year-old. The patient was likely the oldest […]
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday praised the armed forces for carrying out precision strikes on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, saying the action targeted those who killed innocent people. He was inaugurating 50 infrastructure projects by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) across six states and two Union Territories, “As you all know, last […]
Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar on Wednesday claimed that 10 members of his family and four aides were killed in Indian strikes across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir. Past midnight on Tuesday, India struck nine terror camps linked to Jaish, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The strikes on the Subhan Allah complex in Bahawalpur were one of […]
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has started investigations in the case involving 58 illegal clinical trials at VS Hospital, following the Supreme Court’s directive. The trials, according to reports, were conducted without proper regulatory oversight. The action was prompted by an April 30 petition filed by the NGO Swasthya Adhikar Manch (SAM), which […]
Major airlines have cancelled and rerouted flights over South Asia after India struck nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir. Qatar, Gulf carriers Emirates and Etihad are among those to halt flights from Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha to airports in northern India and Pakistan, which has closed all airspace. After the Pahalgam attack in which 26 lives […]
India launched precision strikes on militant infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, marking a significant escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbours. A missile slammed into the Subhan Mosque in Bahawalpur, which tragically claimed the life of a child. India said the sites targeted were linked to last month’s massacre of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir. “Our actions […]
The Indian Armed Forces launched ‘Operation Sindoor,’ targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan, according to an official government release. The terror camps attacked were linked to various banned groups, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Hizbul Mujahideen. The statement clarified, “No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted.” Even as the operation was launched, three innocent civilians lost […]
