New Delhi:The controversy surrounding the 2025 Asia Cup final continues as Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) President, Mohsin Naqvi, has firmly denied reports suggesting he apologized to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) regarding the trophy handover incident. Naqvi stated, “I have never apologized to the BCCI…
As of October 1, 2025, Israel’s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, announced that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have completed the capture of the Netzarim Corridor, a strategic military buffer zone in central Gaza. This development effectively divides the Gaza Strip into northern and southern regions. Katz emphasized that this move will tighten the siege around…
Nepal has officially appointed 2-year-old Aryatara Shakya as the country’s new living goddess, known as the Kumari. The selection took place during the Dashain festival, the longest and most significant Hindu celebration in Nepal, on September 30, 2025. Aryatara replaces the previous Kumari, Trishna Shakya, who served from the age of 3 and stepped down…
Mothakkara: The International Day of Older Persons was observed at Kattunaykka Unnathi in Mothakkara, Vellamunda.Wayanad District Panchayat Welfare Standing Committee Chairman Junaid Kaipani inaugurated the event by cutting a cake and offering it to senior citizen K. Ammini.C. M. Anil Kumar, Chairman of the Health and Education Standing Committee of Vellamunda Grama Panchayat, presided over…
Former Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has stirred a political storm with his recent revelation that the UPA government decided against a military retaliation after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks due to intense international pressure and advice from the Ministry of External Affairs. Chidambaram, who took charge as Home Minister just days after the 26/11…
Thalur: Dr. Rashid Ghazzali, a distinguished educational figure and the Managing Director and Secretary of Nilgiri College, has been conferred with a rare academic honour, successfully completing a double doctorate. His latest doctorate was awarded by Bharathiar University, from the Department of Extension & Career Guidance. The research was a comprehensive study on the career…
Chennai, September 30, 2025 –Political tensions deepened in Tamil Nadu after a local functionary of actor-turned-politician Vijay’s party, Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK), allegedly died by suicide in Villupuram district, leaving behind a note blaming former state minister V. Senthil Balaji for the Karur rally disaster. The deceased, identified as V. Ayyappan (50), a TVK branch…
New Delhi — September 29, 2025 In a historic move to deepen connectivity with its Himalayan neighbour, India has announced the construction of two cross-border railway links to Bhutan. The two new lines – one stretching 69 km and the other 20 km – will originate from Assam and West Bengal, respectively, and will be…
Rawalakot, Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PoK) — A wave of protests erupted across Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Monday, as thousands of citizens took to the streets demanding basic rights and accountability from the Islamabad-backed administration. What began as a “shutter-down / wheel-jam” call by an opposition coalition has turned into one of the most intense civil unrest episodes…
KABUL :Afghanistan was plunged into its most severe communications blackout in four years on Monday after Taliban authorities reportedly ordered a nationwide cut of fibre-optic internet services, citing a crackdown on what they describe as “immorality” and “vice.” This is the first countrywide communications shutdown of this scale since the Taliban’s return to power in…
