Truck driver Shamsher Singh (Source: NZ Herald) A married father of two has been jailed for six years and nine months in New Zealand after raping a woman he met on a dating app during a late-night freight run.33-year-old Indian-origin Shamsher Singh assaulted the victim inside the cab of his commercial truck while parked on…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday has enlisted the support of major social media platforms, including Meta, Google and Telegram, to crack down on rumours, fake paper leak claims and panic-inducing posts ahead of the NEET-UG re-examination, as the government steps up efforts to restore confidence in the country’s biggest medical entrance test after the…
Badminton star P V Sindhu at a Hyrox event in Bengaluru earlier this year (right) By IPL standards, this was a small crowd — around 2,000 people — but they knew how to make noise. So there was no shortage of adrenaline or atmospherics when the event billed as India’s ‘largest fitness race’ began at…
Representative photo (PTI) NEW DELHI: Vishva Hindu Parishad on Wednesday appealed to all state governments to strictly prohibit offering namaz on roads and ensure compliance with the Constitution and judicial directions, while also urging clerics and religious leaders to encourage Muslims to follow the law instead of “pushing them towards another path of terrorism”.The remarks…
PM Modi and Italy PM Girogia Meloni hailed the two nations’ bilateral ties. Kerala cabinet ministers were assigned portfolios two days after taking oath. WHO said that the risk of Ebola spreading in Congo and neighbouring Uganda remains high. Police ask Twisha Sharma’s family to take body, warn of decomposition Economically-poverished Afghanistan with families are…
James Roscoe, one of Britain’s most senior diplomats in the United States, has stepped down from his position as deputy head of mission at the British Embassy in the US capital.Officials at the Foreign Office confirmed Roscoe had “left his post” but did not provide any further details regarding his departure, BBC reported.Roscoe also served…
CHENNAI: Just days after navigating intense post-poll uncertainty and winning a crucial trust vote, Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay has moved quickly to stamp authority on his fledgling government, framing it as a break from the past while signalling an ambitious governance agenda.Vijay’s rise to power marked one of the most dramatic political…
Chirayu Rana (Left) had accused Lorna Hajdini (Right) of sexual harassment last month. Both worked at JPMorgan A bitter legal battle at JPMorgan Chase has taken another dramatic turn after executive Lorna Hajdini filed a defamation lawsuit against former banker Chirayu Rana, accusing him of making up false claims that she treated him as her…
PM Modi, counterpart Meloni at Colosseum NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi drew a cultural and spiritual connection between Rome and Varanasi during his address in Italy, calling both “eternal cities”. Speaking at a joint press conference with Italian counterpart Georgia Meloni on stage on Wednesday, PM Modi noted that when two “civilisations” come together,…
Edappadi K Palaniswami (File photo) NEW DELHI: Senior AIADMK leader Agri SS Krishnamoorthy on Wednesday asserted that general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami enjoys the backing of “more than 95%” of the party’s organisational base.“Of our district secretaries, 75 attended yesterday’s organisational meeting. Similarly, of the 80 headquarters office-bearers, 60 were physically present. 10 office-bearers who…