Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife also attended the dinner. New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Monday hosted a dinner for the Union Council of Ministers led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Rashrapati Bhavan here. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife also attended the dinner. “President Droupadi Murmu hosted a dinner … Read more
Cellphone videos from the spot captured part of the torture. A man suspected of stealing a cellphone from a house in Assam’s Sivasagar district, has been beaten to death by the locals. Palu Gowala, 27, was taken to the hospital by the police where he succumbed to his injuries. Police sources said Palu Gowala and … Read more
A case of murder and other offences have been registered against Sharifa (Representational) Rajouri: A woman allegedly killed her eight-day-old newborn daughter by leaving her in a nearly dry pond under direct sunlight, causing the baby to die from heat, hunger and thirst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said on Monday. Police received … Read more
New Delhi: Adani group firm Ambuja Cements, which is aggressively pushing for expansion, has won 24 bids for new limestone mines estimated to have a total resource of 587 million tonnes of limestone, according to the company’s annual report. This is in addition to 1 billion tonnes of reserve of Sanghi Industries, a Saurashtra-based company … Read more
Emmanuel Macron said that far-right and left-wing parties are risking bringing “civil war” to France. Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron told a podcast episode shown on Monday that both the far right National Rally (RN) party and the left-wing New Popular Front coalition – front runners in the parliamentary election- risked bringing “civil war” to … Read more
The Lok Sabha witnessed a display of linguistic diversity on Monday New Delhi: As several MPs took oath in their mother tongue in Lok Sabha on Monday, BJP MP from Saran in Bihar Rajiv Pratap Rudy rued the fact that he could not take the oath in Bhojpuri. The Lok Sabha witnessed a display of … Read more
The digital afterlife industry is raising significant ethical and emotional challenges.(Representational) Canberra: Imagine a future where your phone pings with a message that your dead father’s “digital immortal” bot is ready. This promise of chatting with a virtual version of your loved one – perhaps through a virtual reality (VR) headset – is like stepping … Read more
An FIR was lodged by the father of the victim at Rajouri Garden police station. (Representational) New Delhi: A Delhi Court has sentenced a man to a 20-year jail term under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for sexually assaulting a boy. The court has granted a compensation of Rs 20 Lakh … Read more
Zelensky removed Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky replaced a high-ranking army official leading troops in the country’s embattled east on Monday after he was accused of incompetence and abuse of power during the Russian invasion. The move came as Kyiv has struggled to hold … Read more
Police officials address conference at hospital where Shahjahan Bouya died. (File) Dhaka: Bangladesh’s deadliest executioner died Monday a year after he was released from prison where he hanged some of the country’s notorious serial killers, opposition politicians convicted of war crimes and coup plotters, police said. Since he was released from prison last June, Shahjahan … Read more
If the money is not claimed within one year, it will go to the finder. (Representational)) The Hague: A homeless man found a wallet containing around 2,000 euros ($2,100) on an empty train at Amsterdam station and handed it to the police, receiving a gift voucher for his honesty. Hadjer Al-Ali, who has been homeless … Read more
About 75 million people around the world expected to develop dementia by 2030 (Representational) New Delhi: A new study has provided genetic evidence linking a common condition of the blood vessels in brain to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Known as white matter hyperintensity (WMH), the condition marked by lesions in the brain, is a common … Read more