Daniel Jackson, a 20-year-old digital designer originally from Australia, has garnered global attention by declaring himself the president of a self-proclaimed nation called the “Free Republic of Verdis.” The “country” is situated on a 0.5-square-kilometer (about 125 acres) patch of forest known as “Pocket Three,” a piece of land along the Danube River that has…
Sree Nagar:The Jammu and Kashmir administration has banned 25 books, including a book by renowned author Arundhati Roy, from schools and libraries in the region. The decision was taken after the Jammu and Kashmir School Education Department found the books to contain “anti-national” and “separatist” content. The ban specifically targets Arundhati Roy’s book, “Walking with…
NEW DELHI – India is holding firm on its decision to continue purchasing crude oil from Russia, even as the Donald Trump administration escalates its pressure with new and substantial tariffs. Recent reports indicate that tankers have been successfully offloading millions of barrels of Russian crude at Indian refineries, demonstrating that these deliveries are proceeding…
Thiruvananthapuram:The Kerala Cabinet has given the green light to the second phase of the Medical Insurance Scheme for State Employees and Pensioners (MEDISEP), introducing a host of new features and benefits aimed at providing greater relief to beneficiaries. The most significant change is the increase in the basic insurance coverage from the current Rs 3…
MANGALURU, INDIA – In a significant development in the ongoing investigation into the Dharmasthala mass burial case, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has recovered over 100 skeletal remains from two separate sites, marking a crucial breakthrough in a case that has captivated and horrified the state of Karnataka. The remains, which include a skull and…
UTTARKASHI, INDIA – At least four people have been confirmed dead and more than 50 are feared missing after a devastating cloudburst triggered flash floods and landslides in the Dharali village of Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district on Tuesday. The cloudburst, which occurred in the upper catchment area of the Kheer Ganga river, caused a sudden and…
New Delhi: The Indian government on Monday issued a strong statement pushing back against what it described as “unjustified and unreasonable” pressure from the United States and the European Union over its continued imports of oil from Russia. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) statement came in a direct response to a threat of “substantially”…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on Monday issued a sharp rebuke to opposition leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks about the Indian Army, specifically his claim that China had occupied 2,000 square kilometers of Indian territory. The court, however, provided some interim relief by staying the defamation case against him. A bench comprising…
NEW DELHI – Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has ignited a major political storm by questioning the evidence linking Pakistan to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. In an interview with the news agency IANS, Aiyar claimed that none of the 33 countries visited by an all-party delegation from India…
Rawalakot, PoK – A ‘Janaza-e-Ghaib’ (funeral prayer for an unseen body) was held in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) for Tahir Habib, a militant who was killed in a counter-insurgency operation by the Indian Army in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir. The operation, codenamed ‘Mahadev’, successfully neutralized several militants who were active in the region.The special prayers…
