Representational image (AFP) Three people, including a senior citizen and an 8-year-old girl, were killed in Karachi during Pakistan’s independence day celebrations after “reckless” aerial firing. More than 60 others suffered gunshot injuries. The incidents occurred in various parts of the city. The young girl was struck by a stray bullet in Azizabad, while a…
BENGALURU: A late-night visit turned into a nightmare for a young nursing student when a spat with the domestic help of her family friend spiralled into a brutal machete attack.Read also: Karnataka’s Tumakuru murder mystery: Woman strangled, limbs cut professionally, dumped by dentist and aides; body parts found in 19 locations across stateThe accused, 45-year-old…
KULLU: Cloudbursts and flash floods struck parts of Kullu, Shimla, and Lahaul-Spiti districts of Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, leaving four civilians stranded and one injured, rescue operation are underway in kinnaur district.Bagipul Bazaar in Nirmand sub-division of Kullu district was evacuated after a flash flood, triggered by a cloudburst in the Shrikhand Mahadev mountains, struck…
Activists of the left parties take part in a protest rally against alleged illegal detention and torture of Bengali-speaking migrant workers, in Kolkata (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) concerning the detention and alleged torture of Bengali-speaking migrant workers under suspicion of being Bangladeshi…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved the order on an interim prayer seeking a stay on the order by its two-judge bench over the stray dogs. While hearing, the apex court grilled the local authorities for their inaction, which led to severe problems.Huge uproar erupted after the August 11 order passed by Justices…
A video of a schoolboy riding a horse to school while being accompanied by a dog has gone viral on social media. The footage, reportedly captured in Meghalaya’s hilly terrain, shows the student in his school uniform traveling to school on horseback, with a black dog running alongside.The clip was shared on Instagram by the…
An Indian-origin doctor in Houston agreed to pay $2 million to settle medical fraud allegations against him. Dr Ajay Aggarwal, an Indian-origin pain medicine doctor from Houston, has agreed to pay over $2 million to resolve allegations of medical fraud against him, the US Justice Department revealed. Between 2021 and 2023, the 63-year-old doctor billed…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday hit back at Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc parties over their repeated use of the term “vote chori,” saying such “dirty phrases” were aimed at creating a false narrative. The poll body called it a direct attack on crores of Indian voters…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the “ground situation” in Jammu and Kashmir must be considered before restoring its statehood, noting that “incidents like Pahalgam” cannot be ignored.A bench led by Chief Justice of India B R Gavai, with Justice K Vinod Chandran, asked the Centre to respond to a plea seeking J&K’s…
The Indian Army has deployed a three-tiered robotic counter-infiltration grid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar village of Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kupwara district, ahead of the 79th Independence Day celebrations.Speaking to on Thursday, an Indian Army officer said that the troops are tasked with ensuring zero infiltration along the LoC.“Our task as the…
