The US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, was placed under a full lockdown on Friday after reports of a shooting inside Bancroft Hall, the academy’s massive dormitory housing over 1,600 midshipmen. Officials stated that the incident involved a dismissed midshipman who allegedly returned to campus posing as a military policeman, knocked on several doors, and...
Chandigarh: Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Thursday announced that the state government has released ₹679.37 crore towards sugarcane payments for the 2024-25 crushing season. The payment benefits 18,771 farmers who supplied sugarcane to Punjab’s nine cooperative sugar mills, which collectively crushed 194.66 lakh quintals during the season. Cheema said that with a payment...
Updated: Sep 12th, 2025 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that his government will not allow the establishment of a Palestinian state, reiterating his stance while advancing a contentious settlement plan in the occupied West Bank. The initiative, known as the E1 project, involves the construction of more than 3,400 housing units across a...
Updated: Sep 12th, 2025 Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison after four out of five Supreme Federal Court justices voted to convict him of attempting a coup. Justices Carmen Lucia and Cristiano Zanin cast their votes to convict him on Thursday, Chinese news agency reported. Bolsonaro...
Updated: Sep 12th, 2025 The FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) has released surveillance footage and photographs of the suspect accused of fatally shooting conservative commentator and activist Charlie Kirk during a campus event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. According to footage, the assailant climbed onto the rooftop of a nearby building around 12 pm...
Kathmandu: Tensions in Nepal escalated further on Thursday when a bus carrying Indian pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh was attacked by miscreants near Kathmandu. The vehicle, bearing a Uttar Pradesh registration number, was returning from a pilgrimage to the Pashupatinath Temple when it came under attack. Stones were hurled at the bus, shattering its windows, and...
New Delhi: Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan was sworn in as the 15th Vice President of India on Friday at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Radhakrishnan, who took the oath in English, dressed in a red kurta. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit...
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has announced an ambitious roadmap under its ‘Viksit UP @2047’ mission, setting a target of becoming a $6 trillion economy by 2047. The plan emphasizes large-scale industrial development, strategic investments, and defence manufacturing to transform the state into a key economic and security hub. Over the past eight and a half years,...
In a horrifying incident in Dallas, Texas, a 50-year-old Indian-origin motel manager, Chandra Mouli “Bob” Nagamallaiah, was brutally beheaded in front of his wife and 18-year-old son on Wednesday. The gruesome murder, which occurred outside the Downtown Suites motel, has shocked the Indian-American community and left the family devastated. According to police reports, the accused,...
When one thinks of India’s fastest trains, names like Rajdhani and Shatabdi traditionally come to mind. However, the title now belongs to Namo Bharat, running on the Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor, making it the country’s fastest train. Operating at a top speed of 160 kmph, Namo Bharat surpasses all other trains currently...