File photo: Romania detonates Russian drone fragments found near border with Ukraine (Picture credit: Reuters) Romania on Sunday shot down a drone that entered its airspace over the Black Sea, marking the third such interception in as many days as the Nato member accused Russia of repeatedly violating its sovereignty amid the ongoing war in…
A woman on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list has been extradited from Jamaica to the United States after allegedly spending months on the run under a fake identity, FBI Director Kash Patel said.According to the US Department of Justice, Elaine Angene Escoe, 41, arrived in South Florida on Thursday after Jamaican authorities arrested her…
Tripura DGP Anurag Dhankar was found dead in state police headquarters on July 20 NEW DELHI: Tripura Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman on Sunday reiterated the party’s demand for a judicial probe into the death of state DGP Anurag Dhankar, who was found dead at the police headquarters in Agartala on July 20.“From day one,…
Dharmendra Pradhan; Siddaramaiah Madhya Pradesh minister Kailash Vijayvargiya has claimed that former education minister Dharmendra Pradhan had offered to step down on the first day of the protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. Former Karnataka chief minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah has announced that he will not contest the 2028 Karnataka assembly elections, citing his…
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Wars have been fought over land, over succession, over a woman said to have launched a thousand ships toward Troy. Opium got its own war twice, in 1839 and again in 1856, but not the kind that name suggests. Britain went to war for the right to keep selling opium into China, after the Qing…
File photo: Justice Ujjwal Bhuyan NEW DELHI: Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Saturday questioned the criminalisation of ordinary activities while highlighting delays in granting relief to citizens facing criminal action for protest or dissent, saying there is “no law prohibiting consumption of chicken over the Ganga river.“Speaking at the Justice GP Singh 4th…
FSA recalls Bon Bons Wholesale chocolates over undeclared milk and soya. (Representational photo) Chocolate manufacturer Bon Bons Wholesale Ltd has announced a recall across England, Scotland and Wales. The recall was issued after it was found that the products contain milk and soya that are not listed on the label.Consumers with allergies to milk or…
Somewhere in the collective memory of Indian cinema perches Allah Rakha, the trained bird of prey from Coolie that generations of filmgoers grew up watching. It was a small but glamorous detail in a blockbuster: a wild creature transformed into a loyal companion. It would be difficult to prove that any one film encouraged the…
NEW DELHI: With the nationwide cumulative monsoon rainfall deficit hovering at more than 15% despite good rains in certain parts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his monthly radio programme ‘Man Ki Baat ‘ on Sunday, flagged the importance of water conservation measures through the ‘catch the rain’ campaign and appealed to people to take responsibility…