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Bureaucrat’s Lavish Party Sparks Row

Lunch at Rs 1,000 per plate for IAS officers and their families, for drivers at nearly Rs 600, taxi fare and a total bill of over Rs 1.2 lakh – a Holi party thrown by the Himachal Pradesh chief secretary has sparked a row, more so since the government has been asked to foot the […]

Deadly US Strikes Hit Yemen Port Used By Houthis, 58 Killed, 50 Injured

Sanaa, Yemen: Yemen’s Houthi rebels said US strikes on an oil port Friday killed at least 58 people and wounded dozens more, revising earlier tolls in one of the deadliest attacks of the month-long air campaign. The attack on the Ras Issa fuel port aimed to cut off a source of supplies and funds for the Iran-backed Houthis, […]

Terrorist Behind 14 Blasts In Punjab Caught In US, Say Security Agencies

New Delhi: US-based terrorist Harpreet Singh, alias Happy Passia, said to be responsible for 14 terror attacks over the last six months in Punjab, has been captured by the US Immigration department. The terrorist was also among India’s most wanted and carried a reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head. He is now in […]

Chhattisgarh Forest Officer Arrested For Rs 7 Crore Tendu Leaf Bonus Scam

Raipur: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday arrested an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer in connection with a large-scale misappropriation of tendu leaves bonus funds in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, officials said. Deputy Director of Prosecution Mithilesh Verma confirmed the arrest, identifying the officer as Ashok Kumar Patel, who was the […]

RTI report card highlights overwhelming presence of retired govt officials as information commissioners

NEW DELHI: A ‘report card’ on the working of information commissions under the Right To Information Act shows that 57% of the approximately 510 commissioners for whom background information was available were retired govt officials.Nearly 15% information commissioners were lawyers or former judges (11% were advocates or from the judicial service and 4% were retired […]

Donald Trump Now Wants To Deport US Citizens And Jail Them In Foreign Prisons

The Trump administration is exploring a proposal to detain and deport US citizens to prisons in El Salvador, sparking an intense debate over its legality and constitutional implications. During a conversation with El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, US President Donald Trump mentioned the possibility of sending “homegrown criminals” to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT mega-prison, citing […]

Global Economy Likely To Avoid Recession Despite Tariffs: IMF Chief

Washington: The global economy is likely to avoid a recession despite the hit to growth from US President Donald Trump’s tariff rollout, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday. The stop-start US tariff plans have fueled levels of market volatility unseen since the Covid-19 pandemic, and most economists expect the imposition of new […]

US Visa Denial: Indian national’s US visa denied in 40 seconds. What went wrong in 3 questions?

This is an AI-generated image, used for representational purposes only. NEW DELHI: An Indian national shared their disappointing experience on Reddit of being denied a US B1/B2 tourist visa within 40 seconds of their interview, despite having a steady job and a clear travel plan. The post has since drawn widespread attention, sparking a discussion […]

US Central Bank Chief Explains Biggest Consequences Of Trump Tariffs

Chicago, US: As the ripple effects of US President Donald Trump’s global trade war are being felt across numerous industries, US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday (local time) warned of higher inflation, saying policy changes under the Trump administration have put America’s central bank in uncharted waters. In a speech in Chicago, […]

Who Is Chinmay Deore, Indian Student Facing Possible Deportation From US

New Delhi: Indian student Chinmay Deore, along with three other students from China and Nepal, filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and immigration officials after their student immigration status was terminated “unlawfully”. Xiangyun Bu and Qiuyi Yang from China, and Yogesh Joshi from Nepal were the other students who […]