21 detained for questioning in K’taka Muslim youth murder case
Karnataka police said on Saturday that 21 persons have been detained for questioning in the the brutal murder case of a Muslim youth in Surathkal town of Dakshina Kannada district. Mohammad Fazil Mangalpet was killed on Thursday evening and it is suspected that his death was to take revenge for the murder of Praveen Kumar […]
Biden approves disaster declaration for Kentucky over deadly flooding
US President Joe Biden declared that “a major disaster exists” in Kentucky amid the deadly flooding triggered by torrential rain in the state, according to the White House. Biden has ordered federal aid to supplement Kentucky and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides, Xinhua news agency quoted […]
North Korean leader says ‘ready to mobilise’ nuclear weapons
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country was “ready to mobilise” its nuclear deterrent in any future military clash with the United States and South Korea, state media said on Thursday. Washington and Seoul have repeatedly warned that Pyongyang is preparing to carry out its seventh nuclear test — a move that […]
Advanced ammunition is reality of new age warfare: Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has called for innovations in the field of ammunition for the creation of a strong and self-reliant base that keeps the Armed Forces fully prepared to deal with future challenges. He was addressing the inaugural session of the second conference on Military Ammunition (Ammo India) on the theme ‘Make in India […]
Nine killed in Somalia suicide bombing
MOGADISHU: Nine people including a senior local government official were killed on Wednesday in a suicide bombing in southern Somalia claimed by the Al Shabaab jihadist group, police and witnesses said. The attack occurred outside the administrative office in the town of Marka, where the district commissoner Abdullahi Ali Ahmed Wafow was speaking with local […]
Sonia Gandhi appears for third round of questioning at ED
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi appeared for the third round of questioning on Wednesday before the Enforcement Directorate office in connection with a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper. Mrs Gandhi reached the ED office accompanied by her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The Congress workers continued to protest at All India Congress […]
Thousands of cows buried at landfill after deadly heatwave in US
CHICAGO: Top US cattle feeding companies sent 1,000-pound carcasses to a Kansas landfill, where they were flattened by loader machines and mixed with trash, after a June heatwave killed thousands of cows, documents show. Other cattle were buried in unlined graves, a feeding company said. Neither is a typical method for disposing of bodies. But […]
Mumbai Police register FIR against Ranveer Singh over nude photographs on social media
The Mumbai Police on Tuesday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh over his nude pictures on social media, an official said. A Mumbai-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) had approached the Chembur police here with a complaint against the actor. Based on it, the police registered the FIR against Singh under various […]
Two pro-democracy activists among four executed by Myanmar junta
YANGON: Myanmar’s junta has executed four prisoners, including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party and a prominent activist, state media said Monday, in the country’s first use of capital punishment in decades. The executions sparked widespread condemnation — including from the United States and France — heightening fears that more death sentences […]
Madam President Droupadi Murmu takes charge as India’s 15th President
On a day that melded tradition with the aspirations of a modern nation, Droupadi Murmu took over as India’s 15th President on Monday, the country’s first tribal head of state and the second woman in the post “My election is proof of the fact that in India, the poor can dream and also fulfil those […]