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…
Union home minister Amit Shah (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday strongly trashed the rumours spreading like wildfire over a purported video of controversial ex-TMC leader Humayun Kabir allegedly claiming a “Rs 1,000 crore deal” with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to dislodge Mamata Banerjee‘s ruling Trinamool in West Bengal…
Melania Trump said she had no association with Jeffrey Epstein. First Lady Melania Trump’s sweeping statement distancing herself from sex offender Jeffrey Epstein came under intense scrutiny as commentators and observers are at a loss to decipher what triggered the statement at a tumultuous time like the US-Iran war which entered a ceasefire phase now….
Some in India are chafing at Pakistan’s mediator role inIran war. They should think a bit more. It’s a ceasefire where combatant parties aren’t ceasing to fire – andit may get worse. Hormuz is more shut than open. Whether the US-Iran meet in Islamabad will happen is still not absolutely certain.And if it happens, whether…
Two men of Kurdish origin have been sentenced to 19 years each by the Cardiff Crown Court for operating a sophisticated people-smuggling network that moved migrants across Europe.According to a report by BBC, Dilshad Shamo (41) and Ali Khdir (40) facilitated the illegal movement of around 100 migrants per week over nearly two years, using…
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday accused the BJP of using the Election Commission during bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, saying that the party uses institutions when it begins to lose on real issues.“Election commissions are working at the behest of the BJP. Of all the bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission…
Golden Road between US and Canada (Photo: Chronicle 5 WCVB) Four British nationals were arrested by the US Border Patrol after they entered the US in a remote part of Maine from Canada. They claimed to be hikers and told the police they were not aware that they entered the US. The incident took place…
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday participated in a signature campaign at Delhi University’s (DU) Faculty of Arts in support of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (Women’s Reservation Act), where she highlighted the need to enhance women’s participation in governance and policymaking. Speaking on the act, Gupta said, “I often wonder why we all…