JAMMU: A cloudburst triggered flashfloods in J&K’s Reasi district that damaged at least half a dozen houses and blocked roads due to mudslides on Thursday. No injury or casualty was reported in the incident that occurred in Gulabgarh’s Bathoi village. This is the fifth cloudburst in Jammu region in the past three days.Lt Governor Manoj…
JD Vance’s scathing remarks on the UK regarding Vikram Digwa’s stabbing have stirred a row. Vice President JD Vance weighed in on the stabbing of UK student Henry Nowak by Sikh man Vickrum Digwa and blamed mass migration for it. Holding the police and the government liable for the stabbing, after which the victim was…
A tree-based agriculture model promoted by Save Soil–Cauvery Calling has raised farm incomes in the Cauvery basin from about Rs 30,000 to as much as Rs 2.5–3 lakh per acre, the movement said on World Environment Day.“Tree-based agriculture is an economic solution to an ecological problem,” said Anand Ethirajalu, project director of Save Soil–Cauvery Calling,…
NEW DELHI: Amid concerns of internal rift in the Trinamool Congress (TMC), only 8 of 80 MLAs and 6 MPs attended the meeting at Mamata Banerjee’s residence on Friday, ANI reported.Among those present at the residence were MLAs Bina Mondal, Ashima Patra, Madan Mitra, Kunal Ghosh, Firhad Hakim, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, Biman Banerjee and Ashok Kumar…
A federal judge invalidated Donald Trump’s ban on 39 countries. A US federal judge ruled on Friday that the Donald Trump administration’s immigration ban on 39 countries imposed after last November’s DC shooting was unlawful. Chief US District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, ruled that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services had adopted…
Sikhs in Southampton say they are living in fear and avoiding going out after a Sikh man named Vickrum Singh Digwa was jailed for the murder of student Henry Nowak. Sikh community leaders are warning of rising racial abuse and intimidation in the city.Community representatives told The Times that many Sikhs are now reluctant to…
Indian student suffered a massive accident in Chicago after she slipped and fell 25 ft down at a subway station. Spandana Lagishetti, an Indian student studying at Elmhurst University, Illinois, suffered a massive accident after she reportedly fell 25 feet down at a subway station. The accident took place on May 30, according to the…
NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over the impact of intermittent renewable energy generation on grid stability, state-run NTPC has decided to set up flexible coal-fired thermal power units to provide balancing support and ensure reliable power supply.The power giant said rapid expansion of renewable energy capacity was transforming the power sector and advancing the country’s clean…
NEW DELHI: K Annamalai’s exit from the Bharatiya Janata Party did not remain a standalone development for long. Within hours of his departure, Tamil Nadu BJP vice-president Karu Nagarajan and 15 other party functionaries resigned, raising questions about the party’s ability to contain the fallout.The resignations came despite state BJP president Nainar Nagendran’s assertion that…
YouTuber Jesse Ridgway and his wife Ashley have said they are receiving death threats and online abuse after revealing they made the decision to terminate a pregnancy following a Down syndrome diagnosis.33-year-old Jesse shared the news through Instagram on Wednesday. It was later reposted by 31-year-old Ashley. The couple said the decision came after doctors…