UAE-based entrepreneur from Kerala Dr Shamsheer Vayalil, Founder and Chairman of Burjeel Holdings, has donated Rs 11 crore as aid for earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria. The aid has been handed over to the Emirates Red Crescent that is helping with relief efforts in the region. The fund will be used to support rescue efforts by […]
At least three people were killed and five injured after a gunman opened fire at Michigan State University on Monday night, as law enforcement swarmed the main campus in East Lansing searching for a lone suspect, police said.Few official details about the gun violence were immediately available, but Chris Rozman, interim deputy chief of the […]
On Tuesday, even as the nation paid tributes to the forty martyred CRPF jawans on the fourth anniversary of the Pulwama terror attack, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh reiterated the opposition’s oft-repeated charge that the attack was a result of an intelligence failure on the Modi government’s part. “Today we pay homage to the 40 […]
Countering the opposition onslaught against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP in the backdrop of Hindenburg report against the Adani group, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said for “us nothing is there to hide or fear”. In a widely televised interview conducted by a news agency, the Home Minister said, “The Supreme […]
Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad has claimed that the Popular Front of India (PFI), banned by the Centre last year, aimed to establish the “rule of Islam” in India by 2047, and also had plans to obtain weapons and ammunition with the help of foreign countries or other organisations to achieve their targets.The ATS stated this in […]
The ISIL-K have threatened to launch terrorist attacks against the embassies of India, Iran and China in Afghanistan and by targeting them, the terror group sought to undermine the relationship between the Taliban and the UN member states in the Central and South Asia region, according to a UN report.The revelations were made in a […]
In his monetary policy address, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday announced a pilot project wherein a QR code-based coin vending machine will be launched for customers to draw coins through UPI payment instead of physical tendering of banknotes. The project will be launched in 12 cities and aims to benefit […]
A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the murder of his former girlfriend and a nursing student from India whose body was found in South Australia in March 2021.Tarikjot Singh was accused of abducting Jasmeen Kaur, 21, and killing her, before dumping her body in a shallow grave in Flinders Ranges, 430 km from Adelaide, […]
China has operated a fleet of spy balloons targeting several countries including India and Japan, a media report has said, days after the US military shot down a Chinese surveillance craft floating over sensitive installations in the country.US officials have briefed its friends and allies including India on the finds of the Chinese surveillance balloon […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to constitute a three-judge bench to consider a plea by Delhi Police for review of its verdict acquitting three death row convicts in the gang-rape and murder case of a 19-year-old girl in Delhi’s Chhawla area in 2012. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha […]