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Imran Khan at a news conference in Islamabad. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has been imprisoned since 2023, underwent a medical check-up at the Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad on Friday (August 21, 2026). Khan, also a former Pakistan cricket team captain, was later taken back to Adiala jail in compliance with the orders issued by the Supreme Court of Pakistan earlier this week.The latest spate of charges was slapped against Khan in 2025 over a land corruption case, and he was sentenced to 14 years in prison. With Khan facing charges in over 100…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have added a centuries-old Irish castle to their property portfolio. The couple recently bought Strancally Castle, a three-storey Gothic-style estate in County Waterford, from the family of financier Michael Alen-Buckley, according to the Irish Times.The castle stands on a 440-acre estate and overlooks the River Blackwater. The 16,000-square-foot property is estimated to be worth between $23 million and $35 million, though the sale does not appear in public records.“Mark and his family are excited to continue caring for this historic home and look forward to spending time in Ireland, where Meta…

Governor Jishnu Dev Varma called for stronger economic, technological and innovation partnerships between Maharashtra and the German state of Hessen. MUMBAI: Governor Jishnu Dev Varma called for stronger economic, technological and innovation partnerships between Maharashtra and the German state of Hessen.He said the Mumbai-Frankfurt and Maharashtra-Hessen connect could open new opportunities for industry, investment, research and global trade.Varma was speaking at the Maharashtra-Hessen Economic & Technology Dialogue organised by PartexAI at NSE in Mumbai on Thursday. Minister President of the German state of Hessen Boris Rhein was present.Varma said Frankfurt is the financial heart of Germany and one of Europe’s…

Rahul Gandhi accompanied by the pellet victim 19-year-old Sahil Lochab. NEW DELHI: When Congress leader Rahul Gandhi sat on a dharna at the Parliament Street police station on Friday, alongside 19-year-old Sahil Lochab, his demand was straightforward: an FIR on the complaint of the young protester who suffered pellet injuries during the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) ‘Sansad Chalo’ protest on July 20.For Sahil, the demand for an FIR is the latest stage in a fight that began after the protest left him with serious injuries to his right eye.A PTI report quoted Rahul Gandhi as saying that Sahil had been…

Sowcar Janaki at a function organised by stage artist and producer S Shivpprasadh CHENNAI: By the time Sowcar Janaki met K Balachander, she did not need to be discovered. She was already a name, bankable, carrying an image the industry had settled on without asking her: the actress who cried beautifully. What Balachander did was not launch her. It was something rarer — he took an established star and showed everyone, audience included, that they had only been watching a fraction of what she could do.Their story didn’t begin on a film set. It began in the wings of a…

Balasore: A 65-year-old man was killed after a speeding truck allegedly hit his bicycle from behind while he was returning home after collecting his old age pension money in Mayurbhanj district on Friday.The accident took place near Rangamatia Chhak on National Highway-18 under the Baisinga police station limits. The deceased was identified as Basu Singh, a resident of Rangamatia village.According to police, Basu had gone to the panchayat office located along the highway at around 11.30 am to collect his allowance money. After receiving the money, he started for home on his bicycle.However, when he reached the diversion near Rangamatia…

Supreme Court (file picture) Kolkata: Directing the Centre to conduct a fresh survey of elephant corridors and report on measures to prevent their obstruction, the Supreme Court has once again flagged the use of fireballs, ‘mashaals’ and other coercive methods to divert elephants from their natural movement.In its Aug 17 order, the court said a specific ban on ‘hulla parties’ would also be required and asked the Centre to apprise it of the action taken through a status report.The direction came after the court was informed that jumbo corridors, despite existing mandatory guidelines, were being impeded or blocked because of…

Acadia National Park was the first national park created from private lands gifted to the public through the efforts of conservation-minded citizens. Many of the activities surrounding the civic groups that created the park excluded women and people of colour, as per the park’s website. However, there was one woman, a longtime resident Eliza Homans, who donated 140 acres of land to the park and this area is a popular hiking and viewing spot today.Eliza Lee Lothorp was born in 1832 in Dover, New Hampshire to Mary and Samuel K. Lothorp. She spent her childhood in Boston and married Charles…

Nanda Malini, a famed Sri Lankan singer whose voice was seen as a soundtrack to some of the country’s political and social upheavals, has died at 82.Songs from her album Pawana, which touched on social issues and urged people to stand up to injustice, were banned from national airwaves in the 1980s, during a particularly turbulent period of Sri Lankan history.Her political advocacy continued well after those years, and today Malini is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Sinhala music industry.She died at her home in Nawala, just a few days shy of her 83rd birthday.Born…

A bizarre incident at a hospital in North Wales left staff and visitors stunned after a 26-year-old man climbed onto the roof dressed in a black costume resembling the Grim Reaper and carried a long blade-like object. Leon Gillespie climbed above the entrance of Ysbyty Glan Clwyd hospital in St Asaph on June 6, where he stared down at people below and made noises from the roof. Police and fire crews were called to the scene, with four police cars attending as officers worked to get him down safely. Gillespie was arrested following the incident and later pleaded guilty to…