SALEM: Two decades after dreaded forest brigand Veerappan was killed in a police encounter in Tamil Nadu, his daughter and widow are attempting to rewrite his story – from that of a feared outlaw to a defender of Tamil rights – through electoral politics.Veerappan’s elder daughter Vidhyarani, 35, an advocate, is contesting from Mettur constituency…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill which will add legal status of an individual on their driving license starting from January 1, 2027. Florida will add the legal status of an individual on driver’s licenses and ID cards that meet REAL ID requirements beginning in 2027 under a new state law. This comes as…
NEW DELHI: State-owned Khanij Bidesh India Limited (KABIL) has received environmental clearance from the Argentine govt for deep exploration of five brine lithium blocks in the South American country.Officials said the environmental clearance from Argentina will allow the drilling of boreholes to undertake surveys and exploratory drilling, and to ascertain the total volume of the…
UK annual leave: How holiday dates create shorter working week A rare sequence of official days off is set to shape a three-day workweek in the UK near the close of 2026, stemming from adjusted public holiday rules. Because of how dates fall, the replacement day for Boxing Day moves into a standard weekday. This…
NEW DELHI: Several coal-based power plants with a combined capacity of 10 gigawatts (GW) have deferred their scheduled maintenance by three months to meet the country’s electricity demand, while an additional load of up to 27 GW is expected at the distribution level due to the shift towards induction-based cooking amid a squeeze on LPG…
A US man who was previously featured on the FBI’s Most Wanted list has pleaded guilty to a serious child sex trafficking charge, admitting to exploiting a minor over several years in exchange for money and gifts.Fields, 61, pleaded guilty to one count of child sex trafficking. According to prosecutors, he admitted to allowing a…
‘Nirmam Sarkar’ vs ‘Snake’: TMC-BJP war of words intensifies as West Bengal heads for assembly polls NEW DELHI: The war of words between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP intensified on Friday as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee likened the saffron party to a snake, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi dubbed the…
10 Patels indicted in the US for visa fraud through armed robbery will be deported after serving their sentence. The Justice Department said 10 Indian nationals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston in connection with a conspiracy to carry out staged armed robberies to get visas. All of them were previously…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday claimed that the Narendra Modi-led government’s proposed move to amend the women’s reservation law and expand the number of parliamentary seats could violate the Model Code of Conduct and have “grave consequences”. He also asserted that the opposition will move unitedly on this.Addressing a meeting of the…
As China accelerates construction at its secretive nuclear facilities deep inside Sichuan, what is emerging is not just a story of military modernisation but a larger geopolitical puzzle, one that directly impacts India, exposes gaps in global nuclear governance, and raises concerns of a renewed arms race.Satellite imagery, and assessments point to a scale of…