Miami: President Donald Trump entered to a standing ovation and cheers from a crowd of thousands attending a UFC event Saturday night, shaking hands with supporters against a backdrop of fans waving his trademark MAGA hats. Just as Trump entered, he greeted podcast host Joe Rogan, who sat to the right of the president. On the other...

Islamabad: Pakistan sought to deepen ties with the United States by proposing to enhance collaboration and cooperation in several key areas as an American Congressional delegation visited the country amidst the row over new tariffs. US Congressional Delegation, led by Representative Jack Bergman and including Representatives Thomas Richard Suozzi and Jonathan L Jackson, along with other senior...

Bangkok: A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Sunday morning near Meiktila, a small city in central Myanmar, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake came as Myanmar is engaged in relief efforts following a massive 7.7 magnitude temblor that also hit the country's central region March 28. The epicentre of the latest quake was roughly halfway between...

Kendrapara: The sex ratio of newborn turtles at the Rushikulya nesting site in Odisha's Ganjam district tilts towards females, according to a research work on Olive Ridley sea turtles. The research work titled 'Monitoring Sea Turtles in India 2008- 2024' was a joint endeavour of the Indian Institute of Science (IIS), Bengaluru and Dakshin Foundation, Bengaluru. The...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Sunday paid tributes to the freedom fighters who lost their lives in the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre Sunday and said a grateful India will always remain indebted to them. Hundreds of people protesting peacefully against the Rowlatt Act, which granted repressive powers to the colonial administration, were gunned down by British forces...

Kolkata: The measures, taken by the West Bengal government to control communal unrest in Murshidabad district during the last few days over protests against the newly promulgated Waqf (Amendment) Act turning violent, were not adequate, observed a special division bench of Calcutta High Court while ordering Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) deployment in the district till April...

Bengaluru: The controversial caste census report submitted by the Backward Classes Commission to the Congress-led government in Karnataka has pegged the Muslim population in the state at 18.08 per cent and recommends 8 per cent reservation for the community, sources confirmed Sunday. Currently, the Muslims are getting a 4 per cent reservation in the state. The caste...

Gangtok: Eight people, including four boys, were apprehended for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl for months in Sikkim's Gyalshing district, police said Sunday. The action was taken on the basis of a complaint filed by the Child Welfare Committee Friday after the girl's school alerted them about her condition. During counseling, the girl, who always remained sick...

Washington: When the first two rounds of 10 per cent tariffs hit, Zou Guoqing, a Chinese exporter, groaned but didn't find the barriers insurmountable. He gave up some of his profits and offered his client, a snow-bike factory in Nebraska, price cuts ranging from 5 per cent to 10 per cent. It seemed to work. The factory...

Muscat: Iran and the United States will hold more negotiations next week over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear programme, Iranian state television has reported at the end of the first round of talks between the two countries since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. Iran's state-run broadcaster Saturday revealed that US Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff and...