Photo credit: Kern County Sheriff/YouTube A woman was pulled to safety after falling into California’s Kern River and being carried downstream by the fast-moving current, in a rescue that was captured on dramatic video over the weekend. First responders found her partially submerged beneath a rock outcropping near a steep cliff before using a life…
Prashant Kishor broke the BJP’s three-decade hold on Bankipur and reshaped Bihar’s political landscape. The first electoral verdict after the nationwide Gen Z protests has delivered one of the biggest political surprises in recent years. BJP has lost Bankipur, one of its safest seats in Bihar, to Prashant Kishor, giving Jan Suraaj its first-ever electoral…
When 24-year-old television producer Calista Hill unlocked the front door to her apartment inside a newly restored 1850 brownstone, she expected weeks of shifting boxes and setting up furniture. Instead, she found herself walking hollow hallways in total silence, the solitary occupant of an eight-unit historic property.Hill detailed her experience of moving into the empty…
Meta apologised for removing PM Modi’s Facebook video, but MPs demanded accountability and action against those responsible instead of just an apology. Chief minister DK Shivakumar inducted 20 ministers, taking the Cabinet to full strength, while urging disappointed Congress MLAs to remain patient after exclusions. Wrestler Vinesh Phogat said the women wrestlers will appeal against…
A superyacht designed to redefine luxury through silence and sustainability has unexpectedly found itself at the centre of a noise controversy. The 390-foot (119-metre) hydrogen-powered Breakthrough, originally commissioned for Bill Gates before being sold to Canadian billionaire Patrick Dovigi, reportedly sparked online complaints after an onboard party disturbed residents of a quiet Italian village. Anchored…
Politics often comes wrapped in familiar assumptions. With the BJP, the ruling party at the Centre, now also in power in a majority of states, either alone or in alliance, one might expect a degree of sameness in the profiles of India’s chief ministers. Yet the Association for Democratic Reforms reports show a more varied…
Russia is increasingly pressuring men into military service through alleged coercion, detentions and beatings as voluntary recruitment slows (Image: Reuters) Russia is increasingly pressuring men into military service as voluntary recruitment slows, with military recruiters and police in some regions allegedly detaining men and coercing them into signing contracts to fight in Ukraine, according to…
“Ethanol policy is flawed”: Arvind Kejriwal on planned march to PM’s residence Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced that he will march to the Prime Minister’s residence on Tuesday to personally hand over a petition signed by over 2.33 lakh people against what he termed a “flawed” ethanol policy.Addressing the…
Christopher Phillips/Image: Sky News A 60-year-old man has been jailed after concealing his mother’s body in a chest freezer at their home for almost three years while continuing to claim more than £78,000 in her pension and state benefits.Christopher Phillips, from Porthcawl, Wales, was sentenced to two years and four months in prison after admitting…
Bankipur bypoll outcome highlights shifting political dynamics in Bihar. (Prashant Kishor – PTI image) NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Monday won the Bankipur assembly bypoll, defeating BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar by 19,324 votes after securing 64,151 votes, marking the first electoral victory of his political career.The bypoll, necessitated after BJP national president…