NEW DELHI: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his visit to poll-bound Bihar, claiming that “electoral force” was drawing the PM to the state.In a social media post on X, Lalu accused the Prime Minister of coming to Bihar to “tell lies”.“Would you…
India test-fires Prithvi-II & Agni-1 ballistic missiles (ANI) NEW DELHI: India on Thursday conducted successive tests of short-range nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, the Prithvi-2 and Agni-1, in what constitutes some strategic deterrence messaging to Pakistan soon after the intense cross-border hostilities under Operation Sindoor from May 7 to 10.The Prithvi-2 (350-km strike range) and Agni-1 (700-km)…
Baisaran Valley, Pahalgam (File photo) The United States on Thursday designated The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the banned Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). The TRF — the group responsible for the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people.The US department of…
At an elevation of 3,200 metres, Ladakh’s rugged mountain sweep in the backdrop, a group of five sat huddled and listened intently to the ‘click-clickclick’ captured in a recording. The insect-like call was proof that one of the most elusive bird species they had come looking for was there.Visual proof came soon enough, making July…
KOLKATA: Three persons awarded death sentence for a murder and incarcerated for the past 11 years were acquitted on Thursday by Calcutta high court, which ruled that the prosecution had failed to conclusively establish their hand in the killing of a 28-year-old woman, whose mutilated body was found at Sealdah railway station in 2014.A division…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah BENGALURU: In a faux pas, Meta’s auto-translation tool “digitally” killed off Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah while translating a condolence message posted by CMO on social media Tuesday. Understandably furious at being referred to as “late” CM, Siddaramaiah told Meta to suspend its Kannada auto-translation feature until it learns not to distort facts.The condolence…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala govt is set to introduce the Kerala Prohibition of Ragging (Amendment) Bill, 2025, overhauling its two-decade-old anti-ragging legislation. This move comes in the wake of the death of J S Siddharthan — a student of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Pookode, Wayanad, at his hostel last February — which highlighted critical loopholes…
LUCKNOW: Enforcement Directorate on Thursday raided 14 locations — 12 in UP’s Balrampur and 2 in Mumbai — linked to Jamaluddin, alias Chhangur Baba, the alleged mastermind behind illegal mass religious conversions, as part of its probe in suspected Rs 100-crore foreign funding and money laundering racket. Preliminary findings indicate that around Rs 68 crore…
NEW DELHI: Brutality of offence cannot be the sole criterion to award death punishment and mitigating circumstances, including socio-economic background and psychological state of the convict, must also be considered, Supreme Court has said while commuting the death sentence of two convicts in two different cases. It condemned them to spend the rest of their…
NEW DELHI: The US Department of State on Friday designated The Resistance Front (TRF), which claimed responsibility for the April 22 Pahalgam massacre, a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT).This is a developing story… Source link
