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…
Mumbai, India: Following her acquittal in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur has made a serious allegation, claiming that she was tortured and coerced by police officers to name several high-profile individuals, including then Gujarat Chief Minister and now Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as being involved in the conspiracy. On…
Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh: A special court in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district has granted conditional bail to two Catholic nuns from Kerala and a male companion who were arrested on charges of human trafficking and forced religious conversion. The bail was granted on Saturday by Principal District and Sessions Judge (NIA court) Sirajuddin Qureshi, ending a week-long political…
New Delhi: The 71st National Film Awards, celebrating the best of Indian cinema for the year 2023, were announced in New Delhi, with several major wins for popular and critically acclaimed films.Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, in a landmark moment, won his first-ever National Award for Best Actor for his dual role in the blockbuster…
Moscow:In a sharp escalation of tensions, U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines to “appropriate regions” near Russia. The move came in response to what he called “highly provocative” and “inflammatory” statements from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The public spat between the two leaders, which has been playing out…
