Khaled al-Masoud, who was killed at his home during a raid in the town of al-Dumayr in the Damascus countryside. (Courtesy of the al-Masoud family via AP) A joint raid by the US forces and a local Syrian group targeting an Islamic State (IS) militant instead resulted in the killing of a man who had…
Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency on Saturday and sought international assistance as the death toll from Cyclone Ditwah’s rains and floods climbed to 132, with 176 people still missing.The extreme weather system has destroyed more than 15,000 homes and forced 78,000 people into state-run temporary shelters, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said, as…
India’s first pod taxi network was approved at a high-level meeting chaired by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Pod Taxi: India’s urban mobility is rapidly entering a new era. From state-of-the-art expressways to electric buses, and from Vande Bharat to Namo Bharat trains, these are all playing a significant role in transforming India’s rapidly…
CHANDIGARH: A “victim’s absolutely normal mental state” after an alleged Pocso case offence raises serious doubts about the credibility of allegations, Punjab and Haryana High Court said in a recent order while suspending the five-year sentence of a teacher convicted of molesting a student. HC noted the Class VIII student attended a PTM with her…
Bihar elections 2025 (Representational) NEW DELHI: Women voters took the lead in what the Election Commission of India (ECI) described as Bihar’s highest-ever voter turnout, with 71.6 per cent of female electors casting their ballots compared to 62.8 per cent of men. According to ECI data released on Tuesday after the conclusion of the second…
When the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education told every government and aided school to open assembly with the state anthem Banglar Mati, Banglar Jal, the Hills read a larger message: Uniform ritual, uniform identity. The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) pushed back, saying the order won’t apply to Darjeeling schools. In a letter to the…
Bike Taxis in Karnataka: State Rules Out Legalisation Despite Centre’s Push Deccan Herald Source link
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched a broadside against Bharatiya Janata Party and accused it of tampering with mandate in Haryana assembly elections.In a press conference, Rahul claimed theft of 25 lakh votes in Haryana, says it includes 5.21 lakh duplicate voters, 93,174 invalid voters and 19.26 lakh bulk voters. He added…
Mayor Bruce Harrell called on Seattle’s tech powerhouses, including Microsoft and Amazon, to fulfill a “moral obligation” to reinvest in the community, highlighting their massive profits during a speech at a Fremont Chamber of Commerce event late last month. “Microsoft … they made $88 billion last year … they have an obligation to give back…