Three nine-year-old students were among seven people killed in a mass shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday (March 27).
The suspect – a woman wielding two "assault-style" rifles and a pistol – who was killed by police, is believed to be a former student at The Covenant School in Nashville, where the shooting took place.
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At a meeting called by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence on Monday (March 27), leaders from 18 Opposition parties decided to take the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre head-on both inside and outside Parliament.
According to sources close to the Congress president, the agenda of the meeting was to discuss the Opposi...
The Lokayukta police arrested BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa hours after the Karnataka High Court dismissed his bail petition in a bribery case relating to Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited (KSDL) on Monday.
A viral video showed the Lokayukta sleuths intercepting the MLA at the Kyathasandra Toll Gate in Tumakuru when was heading for Bengaluru....
First Citizens will acquire much of Silicon Valley Bank, the tech-focused financial institution that collapsed this month, setting off a chain reaction that caused a second bank to fail and tested faith in the global banking sector.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and other regulators had already taken extraordinary steps to head off a wider...
The political discourse hit a new low on Monday with Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri making disparaging remarks targeting Rahul Gandhi and the Congress paying him back in the same coin, saying such comments "reveal the character" of new entrants to the BJP.
The BJP and the Congress also traded barbs as proceedings in Parliament remained stalle...
Cyber criminals are exploiting popularity of ChatGPT to spread malware through hijacked Facebook accounts, cyber intelligence firm CloudSEK said on Monday.
CloudSEK in its investigation has found the presence of 13 Facebook pages or accounts including those with Indian content, totalling over 5 lakh followers, that have been compromised and are ...
Having been disqualified as an MP, Congress' former president Rahul Gandhi has now been asked to vacate his Tughlaq Lane residence, assigned to him as an MP, it's learnt. He needs to move out by April 22, one month from the date of ceasing to be an MP.
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The Dalai Lama has anointed an 8-year-old US-born Mongolian boy as the reincarnation of the third most important spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism.
The boy, who reportedly is the son of a university professor and the grandson of a former Mongolian member of parliament, has been recognised by the 14th Dalai Lama as the 10th Khalkha Jetsun Dham...
The Supreme Court on Monday (March 27) sought a response from the Centre, Gujarat government, and others on a plea filed by Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped and seven members of her family were killed during the 2002 post-Godhra riots.
Bano has challenged the remission of the sentence of 11 convicts in the case.
While posting the matter for he...
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has invited floor leaders of like-minded Opposition parties for a dinner meeting at his residence tonight (March 27).
According to sources close to the Congress president, the agenda of the meeting is to discuss Opposition unity beyond coordinated floor strategy in Parliament.
However, there already are c...
Bansuri Swaraj, daughter of former Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, has entered active politics. She was appointed as co-convenor of the legal cell of Delhi unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday.
Virendra Sachdeva, the newly appointed full-time state president of the Delhi BJP, has made his first appointment in the state unit...
Scottish Masterchef winner Gary Maclean loves “dal, paneer, mutton, and anything tandoor” and his favourite Indian chef is Sanjeev Kapoor.
Maclean, who has visited India half a dozen time, says he had Indian neighbours since childhood and that’s how his love affair with Indian food began.
Maclean’s Goan seafood curry
“I grew up eating Indi...
Firing a fresh salvo, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi why there was no investigation into the investment of people’s retirement fund in the Adani group even after various allegations were levelled against the firm.
Taking to Twitter, Rahul said, “LIC’s capital, to Adani! SBI’s capital, to Adani! EPFO’s c...
India has requested the Nepal government not to allow fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh, who is believed to be hiding in Nepal, to flee to a third country and arrest him if he attempts to escape using Indian passport or any other fake passport, a media report said on Monday.
In a letter sent to the Department of Consular Services on Satur...
The retirement fund body EPFO is likely to announce the rate of interest on employees provident fund (EPF) deposits for 2022-23 at its two-day meeting beginning Monday.
EPFO had lowered the interest on EPF for 2021-22 to an over four-decade low of 8.1 per cent for its about five crore subscribers, from 8.5 per cent in 2020-21 in March 2022.
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BJP MP and Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday (March 27) took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and the party, saying, “You are getting an ass to run a horse’s race.”
In a video posted by news agency ANI, he said the Congress needs “to do some serious introspection” and know the “lines of propriety, what is acceptable in political d...
The Supreme Court will hear on April 5 PILs challenging the validity of some aspects of a 1991 law prohibiting the filing of a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from what existed on August 15, 1947.
A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala on Monday (March 27...
The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday (March 28) a plea against the Lok Sabha Secretariat for not axing a notification disqualifying NCP leader Mohammed Faizal as an MP upon his conviction which the Kerala High Court later stayed.
A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala took note of the submiss...
The Supreme Court (SC) dismissed an appeal made by the Enforcement Directorate on Monday (March 27) and ruled that the 60/90-day duration for the grant of default bail in a criminal case will include the remand period.
A bench of Justices KM Joseph, Hrishikesh Roy and BV Nagarathna dismissed the appeal filed by the ED challenging the Bombay high...
The logjam in Parliament continued on Monday with both houses adjourned for the day following protests by Opposition MPs over the Adani issue and Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as MP from the Lok Sabha.
While the Lok Sabha was adjourned minutes after it reassembled at 4 pm, Rajya Sabha, which was adjourned till 2 pm, reconvened in the afternoon...
Following his conviction and subsequent disqualification as an MP from Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has tweaked his Twitter and Instagram bio to “Dis’Qualified MP.” Late on Sunday (March 26), he posted a video on his Instagram handle to highlight the strength and heritage of the Gandhi family.
With clips from father Rajiv Gandhi’s fun...
Two people were shot in a Gurudwara in California’s Sacramento County on Sunday (March 26).
While both victims are in critical condition, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s office, has said that the shooting is not a hate crime and both the victims knew each other.
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"Two peop...
Former MP and veteran Malayalam actor Innocent passed away in Kochi late Sunday (March 26). He was 75.
The actor, who had been under treatment at a private hospital since March 3, breathed his last at 10.30 pm. "He was down with COVID and had respiratory issues along with multiple organ failure resulting in heart failure," the hospital said in a...
Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed is being moved from Sabarmati central jail in Ahmedabad to Prayagraj, where he will be produced before a court on March 28 when it passes an order in Umesh Pal kidnapping case in which he is an accused, officials said.
However, sources said the 60-year-old, fearing for his life, had initially refused to move...
