File photo: Assam CM Hemanta Biswa Sarma (ANI) GUWAHATI: Assam has reclaimed from illegal Muslim settlers 160sq km of forest and other government-owned land, constituting an area larger than size of Chandigarh and almost 75 per cent of Guwahati, in four years of steadfastly “resisting” what CM Himanta Biswa Sarma described on Tuesday as an…
KOCHI: Vinitha Radhakrishnan’s long vigil for her childhood friend Nimisha Priya teeters on the edge of desperation at the thought of what July 16 might bring.That’s the date set by Yemen to execute the 37-year-old expat nurse from Kerala, convicted in 2018 of murdering her Yemeni business partner and kept on death row at the…
Shvan Singh (Image credits: X @airnewsalerts) NEW DELHI: The Indian Army on Sunday announced it will fully sponsor the education of 10-year-old Shvan Singh, who assisted the soldiers with food and beverages during a gunbattle in Punjab’s Tara Wali village amid Operation Sindoor.Shvan, previously identified as ‘Svarn’ Singh, brought water, tea, milk, ice, and lassi…
MUMBAI: A 32-year-old chartered accountant died by suicide at his Santacruz home on Saturday after allegedly being blackmailed into paying Rs 2.5 crore over months to two persons he befriended on Instagram last year who threatened to make his intimate videos with them public. Vakola police on Monday lodged a case of abetment to suicide…
Cabinet nod to 11.25% SEBC quota for admissions in higher edu BHUBANESWAR: Odisha cabinet, led by CM Mohan Charan Majhi, on Wednesday approved 11.25% reservation for socially and economically backward classes (SEBC) in higher educational institutions, extending the existing quota benefits beyond govt jobs. This, however, excludes admission in medical and engineering colleges, reports Ashok…
NEW DELHI: As Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla creates a new milestone in space for India, the whole nation is excited and proud of an Indian’s journey to the stars, said President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday. “He and his fellow astronauts have proved the world is indeed one family, Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam,” Murmu said.Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court discharged a man apprehended last month for a murder in Redfern, Australia, in 2003, saying it was a case of mistaken identity. After considering forensic reports, the court of additional chief judicial magistrate Pranav Joshi noted in his order that the fingerprints of the accused, Mohammed Basheeruddin, 37, did not…
Suggesting that the fuel control switches on the doomed AI 171 were manually moved, the new head of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said the crash was unlikely to have been caused by a mechanical issue with the plane or inadvertent movement of the aircraft’s fuel control switches. “We can say with a…
Tanya Tyagi pursuing Master’s in food safety dies mysteriously in Canada. (Photo: Ishutyagi91/X) An Indian student from Delhi, Tanya Tyagi, studying at the University of Calgary in Canada, has died suddenly under unclear circumstances. The Consulate General of India in Vancouver confirmed her death on June 19, 2025, expressing sorrow over the incident and assuring…
In Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Volume 1, the Bride doesn’t just seek revenge—she draws blood with elegance, precision, and a katana. Elon Musk, freshly unshackled from his stint inside Trump’s government, seems to be channelling the same energy—only this time, the blade is fiscal discipline, and the target is Donald Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful…
