NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the FIR registered over student protester Sahil Lochab’s alleged pellet-gun injury during the July 20 march is the “first step towards justice”.Showing a copy of the FIR, the Congress leader claimed that the “final okay” for registering the case had to come from…
Swiss tourist Luzian Andrin Zgraggen. (AP Photo) A Swiss tourist has been sentenced to one year in prison in Bali for mocking the Hindu festival Nyepi, also known as the Day of Silence, after posting videos on Instagram showing himself violating restrictions during the sacred observance.Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, 26, was found guilty by the Denpasar…
CJP alleges BJP ‘attacked’ them over buffalo shed school inspection; BJP MLA says “no use of cockroach inside a house.” NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party’s attempt to inspect a government school in Rajasthan triggered a political storm after party members alleged they were attacked while trying to visit a school they claimed had been…
A federal lawsuit alleges Piedmont Airlines and American Eagle fostered a racially hostile work environment at Phoenix airport A lawsuit filed by the estate of a former Piedmont Airlines employee has alleged a years-long pattern of racist conduct at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. These behaviours include white workers mocking George Floyd’s death, reenacting scenes…
Rahul Gandhi stages dharna over pellet injury FIR; Revanth Reddy’s US visit denied clearance Delhi Police registered an FIR over student protester Sahil Lochab’s alleged pellet-gun injury during the July 20 Jantar Mantar protest, after Rahul Gandhi staged a sit-in demanding action. MEA denied political clearance for Telangana CM A Revanth Reddy’s proposed US visit,…
Theodore Roosevelt’s famous “man in the arena” passage remains one of his most enduring reflections on courage, effort and failure. In his 1910 speech “Citizenship in a Republic”, delivered at the Sorbonne in Paris, Roosevelt said: “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and…
Deepender Hooda had posted a tribute on the death of ex-Congress MP Sajjan Kumar. NEW DELHI: Punjab Congress leaders on Friday sought to distance the party’s state unit from Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda’s remarks describing former party MP and 1984 anti-Sikh riots convict Sajjan Kumar as a “role model nationwide”. The leaders said the…
New swing bridge installed as major milestone reached for Wichelstowe canal An English town has installed a six-metre swing bridge whose deck contains the equivalent of 140 recycled plastic bottles per square metre and can be manually opened for passing boats. The new structure, officially named Bushey Fox Bridge, was lifted into position by crane…
(Representative image): The pirates, suspected of being involved in a previous hijacking, reportedly steered the vessel towards Somalia’s Nugaal coast. Two commercial vessels carrying 22 Indian crew members have been hijacked by armed pirates in separate incidents off Yemen and Somalia this week, with the sailors reported safe so far, according to a senior shipping…
Bowie had allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. (Photo: FBI/DOJ) A 35-year-old New York woman has been arrested for allegedly plotting an Islamic State-inspired attack on the state Capitol in Albany, with prosecutors accusing her of planning to bomb the building and kill lawmakers.Jessica Bowie, of Albany, was charged with attempting to provide…