New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that after the selection process, there will be no CBI inquiry into the construction of additional posts of Bengal Government to adjust 25,000 teaching and non-teaching employees who were dismissed from the State School Services Commission on Monday. The court rejected the order of the Calcutta High Court, … Read more
Singapore: Three Indian nationals accused of drug trafficking aboard a Singapore-flagged vessel who have been detained in Indonesia since July 2024, face the death penalty, a media report said on Friday. Raju Muthukumaran, 38, Selvadurai Dinakaran, 34, and Govindhasamy Vimalkandhan, 45, who have been working in the shipping industry in Singapore, were arrested for allegedly … Read more
The global population may have been undercounted with billions not accounted for, a new study, published in the journal Nature Communications has claimed. As per the UN estimates, the current world population is around 8.2 billion and is projected to peak at over 10 billion by mid-2080. However, the researchers at Aalto University in Finland … Read more
“A tragedy of unimaginable magnitude,” said PM Modi on 2002 Godhra riots.
Washington, United States: President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed doubts over his commitment to the NATO alliance, saying countries that are not spending adequately on their militaries do not deserve defense. “If they don’t pay, I’m not going to defend them,” he told reporters in the Oval Office. Trump has frequently questioned whether the United … Read more
SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft tumbled and exploded in space on Thursday minutes after lifting off from Texas, dooming an attempt to deploy mock satellites in the second consecutive failure this year for Elon Musk’s Mars rocket program. Several videos on social media showed fiery debris streaking through the dusk skies near south Florida and the Bahamas … Read more
Just days after a stunning public clash with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today underscored that he wants to “make things right” with Trump and wanted to work under his “strong leadership” to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine. “Our meeting in Washington, at the White House on … Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump said Monday that Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky should be “more appreciative” of US support against Russia’s invasion, after they fell out in public. “Well, I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin,” Trump told reporters at the White House. Asked … Read more
London: Britain and France are working with Ukraine on plans to end the fighting with Russia, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday, as European leaders gathered for crisis talks after a blowout between Kyiv and Washington. Speaking ahead of a summit in London with more than a dozen European leaders seeking a way forward on … Read more
New Delhi: A serial offender, the Pune bus rape accused Dattatray Gade had often robbed passengers he took on his car that he operated as a taxi. The serial offender was detained in Maharashtra’s Shirur for the alleged rape of a 26-year-old woman inside a state transport bus parked just 100 meters away from Pune’s … Read more
Washington: Donald Trump said he trusted Russia’s Vladimir Putin to stick to any Ukraine ceasefire Thursday, as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer tried to win security guarantees for Kyiv — with the help of a royal invitation to visit Britain. Trump struck a friendly tone as he and Starmer met in Washington, and even walked … Read more
Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday his treasury secretary was treated “rudely” during an official visit to Kyiv, accusing Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky of “sleeping” and failing to make a deal. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met Zelensky in Ukraine’s capital last week to discuss granting Washington access to rare earth minerals … Read more