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Jashanpreet Singh has been arrested for crashing truck in Ontario and killing 3. A 21-year-old Indian national, identified as Jashanpreet Singh, has been arrested in Southern California for causing a fiery crash that killed at least three people. He was driving an 18-wheeler truck under the influence.Police said Singh’s semi-truck plowed into slow-moving traffic on…

Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Tariq Karra, on Saturday, began a hunger strike in Srinagar, demanding the restoration of the Union territory’s statehood. The protest, part of the party’s ‘Hamari Riyasat, Hamara Haq’ campaign, was launched at the JKPCC headquarters on M A Road. Senior party leaders, including AICC general secretary Ghulam…

BENGALURU: Indian universities and research organisations can now become part of a new international consortium launched by Axiom Space to drive microgravity science and innovation in low-Earth orbit.Axiom, whose Ax-4 mission took India’s Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station (ISS) and back, already has a partnership with Indian space startup Skyroot Aerospace to jointly…

BENGALURU: In a move that’s largely in sync with Congress’ nationwide campaign against what it terms as ‘vote theft’, Karnataka cabinet Thursday announced its decision to recommend to State Election Commission (SEC) to conduct upcoming panchayat and urban local body elections in state “through ballot papers instead of EVMs”.“This is because there is erosion of…

NEW DELHI: The Cooperative Election Authority Monday held its first consultative meeting with state cooperative election bodies, where the issue of whether EVMs can be used in cooperative polls was discussed, among others.The discussions, held to develop a mechanism to hold free and fair elections in cooperative societies, also took up matters relating to framing…