DHAKA: A prominent Hindu community member in Biral upazila of Dinajpur, Bangladesh, was allegedly abducted from his home and beaten to death on Thursday. The victim, Bhabesh Chandra Roy, 58, served as the vice-president of the Biral unit of the Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad and was a well-known figure in the local Hindu community, locals … Read more
The US state department and Immigration & Customs Enforcement continue to aggressively target international students with visa revocations, termination of their legal status, and removal. With Indians constituting the largest cohort of international students, it isn’t surprising that the majority of those impacted are from India.The American Immigration Lawyers Association collected 327 reports of visa … Read more
Rumeysa Ozturk (AP Photo) A Turkish student Rumeysa Ozturk from Tufts University, detained in a Louisiana immigration facility, must be transported back to New England by May 1 for a hearing to assess the legality of her detention following her co-authorship of an opinion piece in the student newspaper, as ordered by a federal judge … Read more
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana high court has upheld the conviction of seven villagers from Punjab’s Nawanshahr for attempting to swindle land by forging the will of a soldier who vanished during World War 2, reports Ajay Sura.Harbans Singh, a native of Sheikhupur Bagh village, disappeared after 1943, prompting his wife Joginder Kaur to have him … Read more
Indore: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav will release two male cheetahs from Kuno in Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary in Neemuch-Mandsaur on Sunday, making it the second home of cheetahs in India, Neemuch collector Himanshu Chandra said on Friday.It’s the first translocation of cheetahs in India and marks phase-II of the cheetah reintroduction project to … Read more
‘Dhruv’ advanced light helicopters NEW DELHI: It’s a double whammy for the armed forces. Already grappling with the high crash rate and low serviceability of their 350 obsolete single-engine Cheetah and Chetak choppers, the prolonged grounding of the around 330 twin-engine ‘Dhruv’ advanced light helicopters (ALHs) has majorly hit military operations and preparedness.The armed forces … Read more
Nehal Wadhera played a handy knock for Punjab Kings against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2025. (AP) In what was an evening for the bowlers, it was a batter whose resolute display made the difference in the end at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. All of Arshdeep Singh, Marco Jansen, Yuzvendra Chahal and Harpreet Brar took … Read more
JAMMU: With the operation to track down terrorists who escaped after an encounter in Lasana in Poonch district of J&K entering the fifth day on Friday, Bhim Sen Tuti, IGP of Jammu zone, visited the district to assess operational readiness of troops.“Troops of counterinsurgency force Romeo, SOG of the police, and CRPF are conducting search … Read more
SRINAGAR: A day after a high-powered committee of Union home ministry (MHA) invited Ladakhi political parties for a meeting in New Delhi on May 20, the parties said on Friday that they are optimistic and hopeful about the outcome of the meeting, but held out the prospect of an agitation if the meeting does not … Read more
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Kashmir’s chief cleric and chairman of Hurriyat Conference (Image Credit: X/@MirwaizKashmir) SRINAGAR: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Kashmir’s chief cleric and chairman of Hurriyat Conference, was placed under house arrest and not allowed to offer Friday prayers at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid.“Every Friday, I am put under arbitrary house arrest,” Mirwaiz said. J&K police had … Read more