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Puri: The long-awaited inventory of the Ratna Bhandar of the Jagannath Temple began Wednesday after a gap of 48 years, officials said. According to the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), authorised personnel entered the temple around 11.30 am, dressed in traditional dhoti and gamchha. The...

Puri: The long-awaited inventory of valuables stored in the Ratna Bhandar of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri will begin Wednesday under tight security, officials said. The exercise will be carried out during an auspicious time between 12.09 pm and 1.45 pm, during which the...

Islamabad/Jerusalem/Tel Aviv: Pakistan’s prime minister said Tuesday he was willing to host talks between the US and Iran on ending the war in the Gulf, a day after President Donald Trump postponed threats to bomb Iranian power plants, saying there had been “productive” talks. In...

Washington: US President Donald Trump said that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was the "first one" to suggest attacking Iran when he discussed the "problem in the Middle East" with his close aides. Speaking at the Memphis Safe Task Force Roundtable in Tennessee, Monday, Trump...

Bogota: A military transport plane with 128 people on board, mostly soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, killing at least 66 people and leaving dozens injured, the head of Colombia's armed forces said. General Hugo Alejandro Lopez Barreto said that...

Dubai: President Donald Trump has extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying the US will hold off on power plant strikes for five days. Trump announced on his Truth Social site Monday, just hours ahead of a deadline later in...

New Delhi: The International Energy Agency (IEA) chief Fatih Birol has warned that the global economy is facing a major threat due to the energy turmoil due to the escalating Middle East tensions. The IEA chief said the current situation in West Asia poses serious...

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday that the recent missile attacks on Diego Garcia show that Iran has the capacity to reach deep into Europe and poses a danger to the entire world. Netanyahu was visiting the southern Israeli city of Arad, which faced...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has threatened that the United States would target Iranian power plants if Iran fails to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the...

Dubai: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said attacks against Iran will "increase significantly" in the coming week. Katz spoke Saturday, hours after US President Donald Trump said he was considering "winding down" military operations in the Mideast even as the United States announced it was...