New York: Pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked US campuses for weeks were more muted Friday after a series of clashes with police, mass arrests and a stern White House directive to restore order. Police in Manhattan cleared an encampment at New York University after sunrise, with video posted to social media by an official showing…
For months, PM Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has avoided detailed public discussion about Gaza’s post-war future. Trying to placate both his far-right allies, who seek to rebuild Israeli settlements in Gaza, and Israel’s foreign partners, who want Gaza returned to Palestinian governance, Netanyahu has stopped short of any specific declaration. Behind the scenes, however, senior…
BHUBANESHWAR: Santrupt Misra (58), former HR head of Aditya Birla Group who is contesting the Lok Sabha election on a BJD ticket from Cuttack, has declared assets worth about Rs 461 crore in his poll affidavit, making him the richest candidate to have filed nomination so far in Odisha.Misra joined BJD in Feb after opting…
BHUBANESHWAR: Santrupt Misra (58), former HR head of Aditya Birla Group who is contesting the Lok Sabha election on a BJD ticket from Cuttack, has declared assets worth about Rs 461 crore in his poll affidavit, making him the richest candidate to have filed nomination so far in Odisha.Misra joined BJD in Feb after opting…
Mateen Hafeez, special correspondent at The Times of India in Mumbai, reports on terrorism, underworld, cybercrime and organized crime syndicates. He also writes about the jails in Maharashtra and focuses on human interest stories. He has covered the Ghatkopar bomb blast, Vile Parle bomb blast, Mulund train blast, train serial blasts in 2006, 26/11 terror…
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials intercepted consul general of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Zakia Wardak, at the Mumbai airport recently and recovered 25 kg of gold worth Rs 18.6 crore that she was allegedly trying to smuggle into India from Dubai. The incident occurred on April 25 and a case of gold smuggling…
Prabin Kalita led seven women cycling 19km in Manipur, promoting peace amid ethnic conflict. Kuki Inpi Manipur appealed to PM Modi for separate administration, while Mallikarjun Kharge condemned Modi’s approach for damaging Manipur’s social fabric. Source link
GUWAHATI: Seven women shaved their heads and cycled 19km to promote peace and unity in Manipur on Friday to mark a year of the ethnic conflict in the state, reports Prabin Kalita.The women clad in black rode from Sekmai, a village on outskirts of Imphal, to historic Kangla. They carried placards reading “We want peace”,…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of NEET-UG 2024, National Testing Agency (NTA) said no bio-breaks have been allowed in first one hour and last half-an-hour of the exam. The agency also advised candidates to arrive at examination centers on time to complete all pre-examination procedures and cautioned of zero-tolerance policy towards malpractices as it has implemented various…
BHOPAL: Observing that marital rape is not an offence under IPC, Madhya Pradesh HC has ruled that unnatural sex with wife is not rape, and her consent is immaterial in such cases.Justice G S Ahluwalia made the observation while quashing an FIR registered by an estranged wife against her husband under IPC sections 377 (unnatural…
