A displaced Kashmiri Pandit organisation Saturday observed a day-long hunger strike JAMMU: A displaced Kashmiri Pandit organisation Saturday observed a day-long hunger strike demanding the creation of a separate homeland in the valley for their rehabilitation and enactment of a genocide law.Panun Kashmir chairperson Tito Ganju said India, as a signatory to the UN Genocide…
Wang plans to go to college to study chemistry with a minor in education, and to keep working on Future Female Scholars. For Claire Wang, the value of education was realized through a story told in the home. Her grandmother, who grew up in Hunan, China, wanted to be a teacher, but had to leave…
Leh Apex Body (LAB) Saturday postponed its planned protest programmes SRINAGAR: With ministry of home affairs scheduling the next round of talks with Ladakh representatives on Sept 9, Leh Apex Body (LAB) Saturday postponed its planned protest programmes to mark the anniversary of last year’s violence in Ladakh, but warned that it would intensify the…
Police sources believe Yasir was part of an LeT network operating in central Kashmir SRINAGAR: A terrorist killed in Friday’s encounter in a forest area of Budgam district of Kashmir has been identified as a Pakistani national.“You can run but you can’t hide! The terrorist neutralised during Op Ashdar has been identified as Yasir, a…
Florida woman won’t face charges in Walmart parking shooting under Stand Your Ground law/Image: Getty Images A Florida woman who fatally shot a 62-year-old Army veteran during a dispute over a Walmart parking space will not be charged after prosecutors determined she was protected by the state’s Stand Your Ground law.Melissa Payne shot Bart Diguglielmo…
Today, Uyeyama operates Harvey’s Coffee with his girlfriend, Abby Merchant, an 18-year-old student at UC San Diego. At 16, Harvey Uyeyama already has a business, a loyal customer base and a highly specialized craft that most adults never attempt to master. From his home in Davis, California, the soon-to-be high school senior hand-roasts coffee, customizes…
India is aiming to gasify 100 million tonnes of coal by 2030. NEW DELHI: At least two companies – state-run NTPC and public sector JV Talcher Fertilisers – have submitted applications under the Rs 37,500-crore surface coal and lignite gasification projects scheme, govt said on Saturday.It added that the coal ministry is also in touch…
File photo: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann Information received through Punjab’s Safe Punjab Helpline has contributed to 25,339 arrests in drug-related cases since the state launched its ‘Yudh Nashean Virudh’ campaign in March 2025, according to data released by the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF).Between March 1, 2025, and September 3, 2026, the helpline received 51,979…
Benton Heights Celebrates First Developed ParkPhoto credit: New Heights CCDA/ Facebook For more than a decade, families in the Benton Heights neighbourhood of Benton Township, Michigan, watched children play in yards, on street corners and in schoolyards, but had no local park of their own. Residents first began formally asking for a playground in 2012,…
A lawyer has alleged that social media posts by a minor Jantar Mantar protester insulted Hindu deities NEW DELHI: Supreme Court lawyer Amita Sachdeva has filed a complaint at the cyber police station in New Delhi against a minor protester linked to the Jantar Mantar protest and her father Sanjay Azad. The complainant alleged that…