Stalin hits back at Vijay NEW DELHI: DMK president M K Stalin on Thursday broke his silence over Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s MISA jibe and the “jaw gesture” in the Assembly, recalling the alleged abuse and severe assaults he faced during his detention under the Emergency.Stalin released a nearly 10-minute video message…
Federal agents arrested the former head of a Los Angeles tax compliance startup in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as she was trying to board a luxury cruise ship. She has been charged with defrauding venture capital funds of more than $13 million (£10 million). Shiloh Luckey, 42, also known as Shiloh Johnson, was arrested on Sunday…
JD(U) says Nitish Kumar has never believed in renaming places after ‘Nitishpur’ proposal NEW DELHI: JD(U) on Thursday appeared to distance itself from an alliance partner’s proposal to rename Bakhtiyarpur, the birthplace of former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, as “Nitishpur”.JD(U) working president Sanjay Kumar Jha, when asked about the proposal by Hindustani Awam Morcha…
Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said Rohit and the woman had known each other through work. Rohit Rohit, 22, allegedly stalked and harassed a 38-year-old woman for months before fatally shooting her outside a Panera Bread restaurant in Sacramento on Tuesday, September 8, authorities said.The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said Rohit and the woman had known…
MUMBAI: States and municipalities will have to drive the next phase of India’s deregulation, with reforms in areas such as land use, building permits, pollution consents and business licences critical to making it easier to do business, NITI Aayog member Rajiv Gauba said.Speaking at the Global Fintech Fest, Gauba said the next generation of reforms…
The plant can grow about 4 inches a day and reach a mature height of 25 feet in about 12 months A plant brought to California nearly 200 years ago has become a serious invasive weed in parts of the state. Giant reed, also known as arundo, was first planted in California in the 1820s…
French aerospace major Safran Space signed key contracts worth over €5 million with Indian space-tech startup Dhruva Space. BENGALURU: French firm Safran Space, under contracts worth more than €5 million, will supply critical systems, including optical payloads, for satellites being built as part of India’s Space-Based Surveillance-3 (SBS-3) programme by Dhruva Space, a release from…
Indian-origin semi-truck driver Manjit Singh. An Indian-origin semi-truck driver has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide after allegedly causing a head-on crash in Ohio that killed a 50-year-old woman, with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) blaming the Biden administration’s immigration policies and California’s sanctuary policies for allowing him to obtain a commercial driver’s…
Breakthrough in talks with MHA on legislative powers: Ladakh grps NEW DELHI: Ladakh chief secretary Ashish Kundra said on Thursday that the Union Territory is moving towards seeking constitutional safeguards for its local population under Article 371, along with the creation of a UT-level elected body with legislative and financial powers.Kundra said a meeting of…
Nearly a decade after elk were returned to West Virginia, the growing herd is beginning to venture beyond its familiar range, offering a new sign of how far the state’s ambitious wildlife restoration effort has come. The movement was highlighted by WV MetroNews, which reported in July that wildlife officials are seeing more elk explore…