Puducherry is all set to go to the polls on Thursday, April 9, with voting scheduled from 7 AM to 6 PM across 1,099 polling stations in the Union Territory and its enclaves of Karaikal, Mahe, and Yanam. Over 9.5 lakh voters will decide the fate of 294 candidates contesting 30 Assembly seats. Special arrangements…
Four Texas teenagers have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and torturing a former high school classmate over a dispute involving one of the suspects’ girlfriends.Jose Rojas-Alvarado, Oscar Armando Santiago-Martinez, Angel Lemus-Perez, and Carlos Roberto Oliva-Villeda, all 17, face charges of aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon, according to arrest affidavits from the Travis County Sheriff’s…
New Delhi: The Indian Army has issued its first comprehensive technology roadmap for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and loitering munitions, towards providing long-term visibility of the force’s requirements in the field of UAS. The nearly 50-page document ‘Indian Army’s Technology Roadmap for Unmanned Aerial Systems and Loitering Munitions’, which was released by Lt Gen Rahul…
Harmeet Dhillon, a senior US Justice Department official of Indian origin, stirred a row after attending the wedding celebrations of a key organiser of the January 6 rally, even as reports suggest she could be in line for a promotion in the DOJ.Photos shared on social media show Dhillon at the Palm Beach wedding festivities…
New Delhi: India ranks third globally in renewable energy installed capacity, having surpassed Brazil in global rankings, Union minister Pralhad Joshi said on Wednesday.The minister for new and renewable energy said India had added a record 55.3 GW of non-fossil power capacity in 2025-26, taking the total to 283.5 GW. “This is the highest increase…
Rex Heuermann, a 62-year-old Long Island architect, admitted in court on Wednesday that he strangled eight women over nearly three decades, ending a chilling chapter in one of New York’s most notorious unsolved murder cases. Once living a quiet, professional life, Heuermann now faces the consequences of a series of killings that devastated families and…
NEW DELHI: The spotlight is finally on the voters now across Assam, Kerala and Puducherry who are all set to cast their ballots on Thursday. More than 5.3 crore people will decide the fate of parties and candidates in two states and a union territory.From a bipolar contest in Assam to Kerala’s ideological tug-of-war and…
YouTuber Tyler Oliveira’s latest video was on the alleged H-1B abuse in Texas. After American YouTuber Tyler Oliveira’s 1.5-hour video on H-1Bs in Texas went viral, a Redditor reacted to the hatred techies are being subjected to while paying all taxes and being law-abiding residents. Oliveira, who is known for targeting Indians, interviewed Indians in…
Guwahati: ‘Politics Nokoriba Bandhu (Don’t do politics, my friend),’ sang Zubeen Garg in 2019, seven years before netas on campaign trail turned his tragic 2025 death in Singapore into a talking point at rallies.As the election approaches, visits by politicians to Zubeen Kshetra — a memorial at the site of the music icon’s cremation on…
Pakistani truck driver Dawood Hussain, illegally staying in the US, arrested three years after killing a Maryland man in a roadcrash. A Pakistani man has finally been caughter by the authorities in the US, three years after he caused a fatal crash that killed a Maryland man in 2023. The arrest, however, was not done…