‘Wrong place at the wrong time’: Indian man in US reveals what cops told his father after YouTuber Vitaly called him a pedophile

Akash Singhania released the phone conversation between the cop and his father after he was cleared of the false accusations made by Vitaly on livestream. Indian man Akash Singhania has now revealed the telephone conversation between a police officer and his father after Singhania was accused by Russian YouTuber Vitaly as being a pedophile on…

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The South after delimitation: What the maths shows from Tamil Nadu to Andhra | India News

Union home minister Amit Shah NEW DELHI: The hum of anticipation and unease around the mammoth exercise of delimitation set the tone in the Lok Sabha during Parliament’s special session, as the debate over India’s representational future took centre stage. Leading the charge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union home minister brought the issue…

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Colorado River mystery solved: Why billions of litres of water are vanishing before reaching reservoirs | World News

The mystery of the Colorado River’s missing water has finally been solved by scientists from the University of Washington, revealing a critical shift in the American West’s hydrological cycle. For the past several decades, hydrologic managers have used winter snowpack measurements to predict how much water will be available in reservoirs during the summer months,…

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‘Political demonetisation’: Tharoor slams Centre for linking women’s reservation with delimitation | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday criticised the government for linking women’s reservation with delimitation, saying the law should be implemented immediately instead of being tied to the delimitation process. He also called for a detailed and wider discussion rather than rushing it through in a short time.Speaking to reporters outside the Parliament…

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Trump increased H-2B visa quota for his own businesses after ‘secret meeting with lobbyists’

H-2B visa is for non-agricultural guest workers employed mostly by the hospitality industry in the US. The Donald Trump administration silently walked back on a lesser-targeted visa program and restored its quota after reducing it, as the president’s private businesses depend largely on workers coming to the US on that visa. While the H-1B visa…

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‘Fence Bangladesh border’: Himanta Sarma accuses Mamata Banerjee of allowing infiltration in Bengal | India News

Himanta Biswa Sarma (left), Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said it is important to fence West Bengal’s border with Bangladesh, alleging that “infiltrators” from the neighbouring country are entering the state under Mamata Banerjee’s watch.Campaigning in the poll-bound state days after elections were held in Assam, which borders…

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‘Terrorist act’: Plea in Supreme Court over TCS Nashik case; seeks ‘stringent steps’ against forced religious conversions | India News

A discreet complaint about a young employee’s behavioral changes at TCS Nashik BPO triggered a covert police investigation. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court advocate Ashwini Upadhyay on Thursday filed a plea seeking to declare forced religious conversions a “terrorist act.”The plea came in the backdrop of allegations of religious conversion and sexual harassment at Tata Consultancy…

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Horrific murder-suicide: Virginia Ex-Lt Gov Justin Fairfax guns down wife, shoots self over complicated divorce

Former Democratic Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shoots and kills wife before taking his own life. Fairfax County Police responded to a horrific murder suicide in Virginia early on Thursday morning after former Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax killed his wife and then killed himself. “This seems to be an ongoing domestic dispute surrounding a…

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‘Chanakya would have been shocked’: Priyanka’s remarks draws reaction from Amit Shah – watch | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took aim at the Centre in the Lok Sabha on Thursday while speaking on the proposed women’s reservation bill, using a sharp Chanakya reference that drew laughter from Union home minister Amit Shah himself and the treasury bench MPs.Backing the idea of reserving seats for women legislators, Priyanka…

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