- Saturday, June 14, 2025
THE SHOCKING murder of an Indore-based businessman, who had gone on a honeymoon in Meghalaya, underwent many twists and turns, and finally unravelled with his wife, Sonam Raghuvanshi, being the prime accused. The 24-year-old woman, also from Indore, allegedly orchestrated the murder of her husband - Raja Raghuvanshi, during their…
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has vowed that those protesting immigration arrests in Los Angeles would be "hit harder", and ordered active-duty US Marines and 2,000 more National Guard troops into Los Angeles on Monday (10). Trump's extraordinary mobilization of 700 full-time professional military personnel - and thousands of National Guard troops…
FOR most Indian students, making it to Harvard University was considered a pinnacle of academic achievement, and a surefire gateway to fulfilling the 'American Dream'. But the recent confrontation between the Trump administration and Harvard has inflicted a body blow to their future. Indian students at Harvard say they are…
THE VIDEOS and pictures of an Indian student getting handcuffed and pinned to the floor at an airport in the US before being deported have gone viral on social media. The Consulate General of India in New York has said it has taken note of the video and is taking…
THE RUPTURE of Donald Trump-Elon Musk bonhomie has led to a cloud of uncertainty over the United States' future space plans. Spacex's rockets ferry US astronauts to the International Space Station. Its Starlink satellite constellation blankets the globe with broadband, and the company is embedded in some of the Pentagon's…
MARY MILLER, a Republican Congresswoman, is facing widespread backlash after saying that a Sikh, whom she initially mistook to be a Muslim, should not have conducted a prayer in the US House, as “America was founded as a Christian nation.” An Illinois representative, Miller, on Friday (6) published, and then…
CONGRESS leader Shashi Tharoor has said that China is an “absolutely impossible factor to ignore” in India's latest confrontation with Pakistan. The former deputy foreign minister is heading one of the seven all-party delegations visiting key global capitals to present India's stand on Operation Sindoor and terrorism. Tharoor also pointed…
WORLD champion D Gukesh fumbled in the final round of Norway Chess in Stavanger, while Magnus Carlsen clinched a record-extending seventh title. In his 10th round match with American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana on Friday (6), Gukesh committed a costly blunder and finished third. He tried to stage a late comeback…
THE California State Assembly has unanimously passed a bill that seeks to designate Diwali as an official state holiday. The bill was introduced by Ash Kalra and co-led by Darshana Patel, California’s first two Hindu American legislators, and the 78 members cutting across party lines voted for the bill unopposed.…
PEDIATRIC infectious disease expert Dr Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos has resigned as co-leader of a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) working group that advises on Covid-19 vaccines. In an email to colleagues, Panagiotakopoulos said that her decision was based on the belief she is "no longer able to help…
