POLLS IN PAKISTAN ON FEB 8 ITSELF DESPITE VIOLENCE: PAK INTERIOR MINISTER

February 2, 2024

Despite increasing poll-related violence, Pakistan’s acting interior minister Gohar Ejaz on Thursday dispelled all doubts about holding the general elections on the already announced date of February 8. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had summoned a meeting on Thursday to discuss the worsening law and order situation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa...

Puja performed inside Gyanvapi complex

February 2, 2024

After the Varanasi Court allowed the Hindu devotees to worship inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex, the barricades of Vyas Ka Tehkhana (basement) of the mosque were opened, and daily arti and puja were performed early in the morning on Thursday. According to Vishnu Shankar Jain, the Hindu side lawyer Mangla...

US says not looking for war with Iran

January 31, 2024

In response to a drone attack in Jordan that claimed the lives of three US Army soldiers and left 40 injured, the White House emphasised that it is not actively seeking war with Iran but did not rule out the possibility of strikes within Iran. In a White House press...

Man who stole, leaked Trump’s tax records sentenced to 5 years in jail

January 31, 2024

The man who stole and leaked former US President Donald Trump’s and thousands of others’ tax records has been sentenced to five years in prison, CNN reported on Tuesday. It reported that 38-year-old Charles Littlejohn pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized disclosure of income tax returns. According to his...

US kickstarts five-week H1-B visa renewal drive, to accept 20,000 applications

January 31, 2024

H1B workers, including Indian nationals, can begin applying to renew their visas without leaving the US, marking a significant change after nearly two decades. Up to 20,000 qualified non-immigrant workers can renew their H-1B visas domestically. The announcement by the US Department of State on the pilot program for in-country...

Missing Indian student of Purdue University confirmed dead

January 31, 2024

An Indian student studying at Purdue University who was reported missing since Sunday has been confirmed dead, according to the Tippecanoe County Coroner. According to the Tippecanoe County Coroner’s Office, officials were called around 11:30 am. Sunday to 500 Allison Road in West Lafayette for a possible dead body. Upon...

‘SHORTAGE OF HANDS’: ISRAELI FARMERS PRAISE HIGHER QUOTA FOR FOREIGN WORKERS

January 31, 2024

Leading figures in Israel’s agricultural sector expressed their support for the government increasing the quota of foreign workers. Addressing a severe agricultural labour shortage, the Israeli Cabinet on Sunday increased the quota of foreign workers in agriculture by 10,000. “This decision aims to support farmers who previously relied on Palestinian...

UN Special Representative on sexual violence in Israel to learn about October Hamas attack

January 31, 2024

Israel’s First Lady, Michal Herzog Monday met at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem with Pramila Patten, UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, who was visiting Israel with a team of senior UN legal and medical experts on a fact-finding mission investigating the wide-spread and systematic sexual...

IMRAN’S POLITICAL RIVALS HAPPY OVER HIS 10-YEAR JAIL SENTENCE IN CIPHER CASE

January 31, 2024

Major political parties, including the PML-N and PPP, on Tuesday hailed the 10-year prison sentence handed out to jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the cipher case even as Khan’s party rejected it and decided to challenge it in the high court. Earlier in the day, a special court...

ISRAELI UNDERCOVER FORCES DRESSED AS WOMEN AND MEDICS STORM WEST BANK HOSPITAL, KILLING THREE MILITANTS

January 31, 2024

Israeli forces disguised as civilian women and medical workers stormed a hospital on Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, killing three Palestinian militants in a dramatic raid that underscored how deadly violence has spilled into the territory from the war in Gaza. The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli forces opened...