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Idrees Bukhtiyar Srinagar, May 20: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has ordered a series of austerity and administrative measures, including promotion of virtual hearings, suspension of Leave Travel Concession (LTC) facilities, and virtual conduct of official meetings and training programmes, in view of concerns over rising crude oil prices and energy security. According to a circular issued by the office of the Registrar General at Srinagar on Wednesday, the directions have been adopted in response to the nationwide call for measures relating to “Economic Self-Defence” and will remain in force until further orders. As per the circular, with effect from May 21, 2026, the…

European Union talks on a migration reform to create so-called “return hubs” outside the bloc broke off without a deal Wednesday, with negotiations set to continue on Thursday, EU sources said.EU talks on ‘return hubs’ migration reform go into second dayEuropean lawmakers and countries were expected to agree on a tightening of immigration rules concocted in response to political pressure across the 27-nation EU to curb migration.Diplomatic sources said only a few unresolved issues needed ironing out mainly around the timeline for implementation.But governments and parliament representatives decided to reconvene Thursday morning with the hope of reaching a deal then.”People…

FILE – Visitors take photos at a sign outside Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) As previously announced, Meta layoffs started May 20. Thousands of employees across the globe received email from Meta leadership informing that their role has been eliminated. The email sent to impacted employees, obtained by Business Insider, gave details on severance, visas, and access to company systems. It said that employee access has been cut, but laid-off employees can check all details on Alumni portal, which they can access within an hour of losing system access.Earlier this week, Meta’s Head of People…

Salman Khan was recently seen accepting an apology from paparazzi after expressing anger over their alleged invasion of privacy during a hospital visit. The incident took place at the success party of Raja Shivaji in Mumbai on Wednesday, where photographers apologised to the actor for their behaviour a day earlier.As Salman arrived at the event, he was surrounded by paparazzi who repeatedly said “sorry” while trying to greet him. Hearing the commotion, the actor leaned forward and gestured to ask what had happened. Once he understood that they were apologising, Salman acknowledged them and signalled that everything was alright.The success…

NSW police have charged a man for allegedly stealing camera equipment from one of the victims of the Bondi beach terror attack, in the aftermath of the shooting.In a statement, police allege that the man had been at the Hanukah event before the shooting on 14 December, in which 15 people were killed.During their investigation into the attack, detectives “identified that one of the victims – a 61-year-old retired police officer and photographer – had his camera equipment stolen in the aftermath of the attack”.On Wednesday morning police executed a search warrant in Sydney’s north-western suburbs.They said they located and…

NEW DELHI: India and Italy upgraded their relationship to a special strategic partnership, launched a defence industrial roadmap, and signed an agreement for cooperation in critical minerals as Italian PM Giorgia Meloni hosted her counterpart Narendra Modi for talks during the first bilateral visit by an Indian prime minister to the country in 26 years. There were 12 other outcomes from the visit, including an MoU to prevent tax crimes and money laundering, and an MoU to boost connectivity through cooperation in maritime transport and ports. Both leaders backed the IndiaMiddle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) project and called for concrete…

Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday quashed a first information report (FIR) and proceedings against former Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey and other accused of trying to get the informant, Sanjay Punamiya, to falsely implicate chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde, and retired IPS officer and former Mumbai police chief Parambir Singh in an urban land ceiling scam in exchange for dropping charges against him in a case.The HC bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Suman Shyam held that the very registration of the FIR was an abuse of process of law.Pandey’s petition says,…

New Delhi: Just days after concerns surfaced over CBSE’s new on-screen marking (OSM) system, students found themselves grappling with a fresh set of problems linked to the post-result process.As the window for verification and revaluation opened, many reported being unable to access services for obtaining scanned copies of answer sheets on the portal due to repeated technical glitches, with complaints ranging from login problems and payment failures to application pages not loading at all.Several students and parents took to social media, questioning the reliability of a process they say was already under scrutiny since the declaration of the Class XII…

Bengaluru: Days after former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda hurled allegations of “land mafia” over the proposed Rs 18,000-crore Bidadi township project, deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar Wednesday challenged him and his son, Union minister HD Kumaraswamy, to an open debate in three days.”Kumaraswamy wanted a debate (on the Bidadi township project). Let him decide time and place. Gowda may join in, too,” the deputy CM said, claiming nearly 80% of farmers have given consent to the project at Bidadi, an industrial enclave 30km from Bengaluru.Village-wise final notifications for land acquisition will be issued in three days.…

Hyderabad: India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heatwave alert for the next four days, warning of a further rise in temperatures across Telangana. According to the forecast, 14 districts will be under a red alert on Thursday, while the remaining districts will be under an orange alert. Temperatures are expected to rise gradually by one to two degrees Celsius, with some areas likely to record highs of up to 47 degrees Celsius.Hyderabad is also expected to witness soaring temperatures, with the mercury likely to cross the 43-degrees Celsius mark.The severity of the prevailing heat conditions was evident on Wednesday,…