Authorities said a private jet carrying four people that was supposed to land in Germany but continued to fly across Europe after air traffic controllers failed to make contact crashed Sunday off the coast of Latvia. The plane was “flying between Spain and Cologne, but when it changed course, air …
Read More »A man in Delhi killed his mother and himself; police found a 77-page suicide note.
The Delhi Police said a 25-year-old man died allegedly by suicide on Sunday, just days after killing his mother in Rohini. Kshitij and Mithilesh were identified as the victims. Mithilesh, according to police, was a widower. The man killed his mother two or three days ago, according to police, and …
Read More »Erdogan tells Putin that Turkey can mediate in the Ukraine nuclear plant standoff.
On September 3, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered to mediate in the standoff over a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant in war-torn Ukraine, raising fears of an atomic disaster. In recent weeks, there has been growing concern about shelling near Europe’s largest nuclear plant, Zaporizhzhia. Ukraine said on September 2 …
Read More »An arrested terrorist paid by Pakistan to attack India has died while receiving treatment in Rajouri.
An arrested Pakistani terrorist died on Saturday after suffering a cardiac arrest during an infiltration attempt two weeks ago (September 3). He was being treated at a military hospital in Rajouri, Jammu, and Kashmir. The terrorist, Tabrak Husaain, attempted to cross the LoC in Rajouri district’s Nowshera sector last month. …
Read More »Blinken criticizes Myanmar’s Suu Kyi’s new three-year term.
On Friday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned a new three-year sentence imposed on Myanmar’s ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. It urged the country’s junta to exert more pressure. “We strongly condemn the Burma military regime’s unjust sentence of three more years in prison, including hard labor, …
Read More »In Uttarakhand, a Dalit man was murdered by his in-laws for marrying an upper-caste woman.
On Friday, an official in Uttarakhand’s Almora district said that a Dalit man was killed by his in-laws for marrying an upper-caste woman. Jagdish Chandra (39), a Dalit political activist from Panuadhokhan village, was discovered dead in a car in Bhikiasain town on Friday, according to Salt sub-division tehsildar Nisha …
Read More »Karnataka Lingayat Mutt Chief Arrested on Sexual Assault Charges Against Minors
Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the main pontiff of the Jagadguru Murugarajendra Vidyapeetha mutt in Karnataka’s Chitradurga, was charged with sexually assaulting minor girls under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Pocso). The seer was arrested in the rape case six days after the claims and seven days after the …
Read More »Munawar Faruqui’s Delhi Show Concerns Police; Permission Denied Amid ‘Communal Harmony’ Report.
The Delhi Police’s Licensing Unit has denied permission for stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui’s performance in the national capital on Sunday. The unit received a tip from the central district police that “the show will impair communal cohesion in the neighborhood.” The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) also wrote to Delhi Police …
Read More »A US Treasury official has concluded talks with India; Ukraine and the energy crisis have risen to the top of the agenda.
A US Treasury official has returned from India, where he met with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, among others, and discussed matters such as energy pricing and Ukraine. On August 26, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo met with government officials in New Delhi, including Sitharaman, PK Mishra, Ajay Seth, Vijay …
Read More »Germany Unveils the First Hydrogen-Powered Trains in the World.
On Wednesday, Germany launched the first hydrogen-powered train in history. According to a CNN story, the government is paving the way for more environmentally friendly travel with this project. According to the article, 14 Coradia iLint trains with fuel-cell propulsion will be the only ones operating on the route in …
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