Muslim leader writes letter in blood to PM Modi NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party leader Zeeshan Ansari on Monday wrote a letter in his own blood to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the Centre to declare the cow as the country’s “Rashtra Mata” (national mother).Ansari wrote the letter outside district magistrate’s office in Varanasi before submitting…
A former Alice Springs parole support worker who helped a convicted killer flee his parole before police found them in a hotel room together has avoided time in prison. Samantha Alampi, 37, was sentenced in the Northern Territory Supreme Court in Alice Springs today for attempting to pervert the course of justice, after previously pleading…
NEW DELHI: India on Monday distanced itself from reports of a Track 2 dialogue involving India and Pakistan, with foreign secretary Vikram Misri clarifying that the meetings are private initiatives with no official participation or backing from the Government of India.Responding to questions on reports of the dialogue, Misri said such interactions are neither new…
Covered in dust, the pair were carried on a black tarp into an ambulance, where they were given intravenous fluids for hydration. The U.S. State Department separately posted a video on X showing helmeted rescuers lifting a crying baby, wrapped in a blanket, from the rubble. A Colombian rescue team also saved an 11-year-old boy…
President Vladimir Putin has said Russia will press ahead with its battlefield aim of fully capturing four Ukrainian regions, rejecting what he said was a new proposal by Ukraine to rein in the more than four-year-old war. Mr Putin added Russia needed to boost its air defence capacity to counter intensified Ukrainian drone attacks aimed…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday departed for New Delhi after concluding a three-day state visit to Seychelles, during which India and the island nation signed nine agreements, including an extradition treaty, rolled out the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), and announced a Rs 1,250 crore line of credit for priority development projects.Modi, who…
A 14-year-old boy has been charged for the second time in three days after allegedly leading ACT police on a pursuit in a stolen car. It is one of several recent incidents that has prompted the Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA) to call for tougher bail laws in the territory. Officers spotted the stolen white…
Caption: Illustration showing the new porous material switching between magnetic states when exposed to light, heat or pressure, with a visible colour change. | Credit: IISc BENGALURU: IISc scientists have developed a new class of “smart” materials that can change their magnetic properties when exposed to light, heat or pressure, a breakthrough that could help…
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended changes to capital gains tax that were part of the budget, while also spruiking multiculturalism during a wide-ranging interview on 7.30. The Prime Minister was speaking after a weekend where auction clearance rates were their lowest since April 2020 in Sydney and lowest since during 2021’s COVID lockdowns in…
Ayatollah Khamenei funeral NEW DELHI: Bihar governor Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain and Union minister of state for external affairs Pabitra Margherita will attend the funeral ceremony of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on behalf of the Indian government, ANI reported citing Iranian sources.Iran had invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the…