April 08, 2024 08:09 pm | Updated 08:09 pm IST - Kathua Biro Devi (40) ecstatically shows a bunker built next to her one-room house in her village, overlooking the Pakistan border in Jammu’s Kathua. Constructed in 2022, she uses the structure meant to protect the family from cross-border firing …...Read More
As guns fall silent on Pakistan border, locals use bunkers as kitchen and storeroom
IIT Madras sets up research foundation to spur patents, technology commercialisation
April 08, 2024 08:02 pm | Updated 08:02 pm IST The Indian Institute of Technology Madras has established a research foundation that will be a catalyst for its startups, patents and technologies originating from the institute’s ecosystem. The foundation will create access to global markets, capital and funding for the …...Read More
Croydon human remains: Two charged with murder after discovery in park
Two people have been charged with murder after human remains were found in a park in south London. The remains, which were found in Croydon last Tuesday, were later identified as those of 38-year-old Sarah Mayhew. A 44-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman have now been charged. Gemma Saundercock, of …...Read More
A village in Kadambur Hills that votes despite the remoteness
April 08, 2024 07:58 pm | Updated 07:58 pm IST - ERODE In line with the Election Commission of India’s (EC) motto of ‘No Voter to Be Left Behind’, officials are gearing up to brave the 9-km stretch of rugged terrain to deliver the electronic voting machines (EVMs) to the …...Read More
Over half of appeals against Home Office asylum decisions are successful - as sex offender allowed to stay
Home Office asylum decisions are being overturned by more than half of applicants, as Sky News reveals a convicted sex offender was awarded refugee status after a judge ruled he would be at risk of "mob violence" in Afghanistan. The man, who was convicted of "outraging public decency and exposure" …...Read More
Ethnic guerrillas in Burma look set to seize an important town on the Thai border from military
BANGKOK (AP) — Guerrilla fighters from Myanmar’s Karen ethnic minority claimed Monday to be close to seizing control of a major trading town bordering Thailand, as soldiers and civil servants loyal to the military government appeared to be preparing to abandon their positions. The occupation of Myawaddy town by the …...Read More
Siddharthan’s death: CBI submits FIR in court
April 08, 2024 07:52 pm | Updated 07:52 pm IST A team of CBI officials, who have been investigating the death of J.S. Siddharthan, a second year veterinary student of the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pookode, submitted the FIR to the First Class Judicial Magistrate Court, here on …...Read More
Wisconsin Gov. Evers vetoes bill to let teens work without parental consent
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Monday vetoed a Republican bill that would have allowed 14- and 15-year-olds in Wisconsin to work without getting consent from their parents or a state permit. Evers vetoed the bill that passed the Legislature with all Republicans in support and Democrats against it. The proposal …...Read More
White House responds after Pope Francis condemns 'gender theory,' affirms Biden's support for trans community
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre faced questions about Pope Francis' declaration condemning gender theory on Monday, ultimately affirming President Biden's support for the transgender community. A reporter pressed Jean-Pierre regarding the Pope's Monday document, which formally reaffirms and expands on the Catholic Church's assertion that attempts to alter an …...Read More
NJ county clerks withdraw appeals to primary ballot ruling
New Jersey county clerks have withdrawn their appeals to a federal court ruling requiring them to redraw primary election ballots that some argued favored candidates backed by the state's Democratic Party. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals based in Philadelphia dismissed the appeals on Friday in response to the clerks' …...Read More
