Where is Mojtaba? Iran’s new Supreme Leader skips father Ali Khamenei’s funeral

Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new Supreme Leader, remained absent from public view on Sunday as his father, former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and four members of the family were honoured with state funeral prayers in Tehran. While state television broadcast images of three of Khamenei’s sons praying alongside Iran’s political and military leadership, Mojtaba’s continued…

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Pakistan’s public money a privilege? World Bank report reveals stark fiscal faultlines

Years of fiscal decentralisation have failed to narrow Pakistan’s regional spending disparities, with provincial capitals continuing to receive significantly higher public spending per person than the rest of their provinces.According to the World Bank’s Strengthening Fiscal Federalism report, cited by The Express Tribune, Quetta recorded the widest spending gap among provincial capitals. Per capita expenditure…

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Aamir Khan-Gauri Spratt wedding: First photo of the couple as husband and wife is out; the newlyweds take their wedding vows in the presence of family and children |

Aamir Khan and Gauri Spratt married in an intimate Pali Hill ceremony, with Spratt in ivory lace and Khan in a cream kurta. Khan had confirmed a simple registered marriage with close family and friends. This is his third wedding, following Reena Dutta and Kiran Rao, with whom he shares cordial co-parenting ties. Aamir Khan…

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HSSC CET Group D 2026 registration closes today; eligible Haryana candidates must complete application here

Haryana HSSC CET Group D 2026 applications end today as registration window closes for eligible candidates statewide The Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) is closing the online application process for the Common Eligibility Test (CET) Group D recruitment today, July 5, 2026. Eligible candidates who have not yet completed the registration process can submit their…

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Why old Indian sweets lasted longer without preservatives

Many of India’s oldest sweet recipes were developed through observation rather than scientific research. Halwais noticed which techniques kept sweets fresh and refined those methods over generations. Today, food science explains that these traditional practices worked because they controlled the same factors that modern preservation still depends on: water activity, microbial growth, oxidation and contamination….

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Ayodhya Donation Controversy: ‘Vote chori, seat chori, chanda chori’: Congress attacks BJP over Ayodhya donation row | India News

File photo: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the BJP and the RSS over the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, calling it a “scam” carried out by the BJP-RSS ecosystem and questioning the silence of Prime Minister…

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