With the April 9 Assembly polls approaching, the contest in Kerala’s Thrikkakara seat here has drawn unusual attention, shaped by personal loss, recovery of a contestant and an increasingly competitive three-cornered race. The seat fell vacant in 2022 after the death of P.T. Thomas, a widely respected Congress leader, prompting a bypoll that brought his…
California’s petroleum market watchdog is warning about price gouging at some gas stations charging over $7 or even $8 a gallon as the Iran war sends oil prices soaring. The average price of gas in California is currently $5.66, but as of Friday, a Chevron station in Essex is charging $9.69, another in Los Angeles’…
Manjeswaram, one of Kerala’s most closely watched Assembly constituencies known for razor-thin margins, is headed for yet another tight contest in the Assembly election scheduled on April 9, 2026. Bordering Karnataka, the constituency has largely remained a stronghold of the Indian Union Muslim League, an alliance partner of the United Democratic Front (UDF). Since the…
Artificial intelligence powerhouse Anthropic’s battle with the Pentagon has sparked some soul-searching in Silicon Valley that could reshape the tech sector’s complicated relationship with war and the White House. Anthropic is the San Francisco-based startup behind the chatbot Claude and some of the most powerful AI on the market. In its negotiations with the military,…
Security personnel stand guard outside Bhojshala/Kamal Maula Mosque. File. | Photo Credit: PTI A Division Bench of Justices Vijay Kumar Shukla and Rajesh Kumar Gupta in Indore on Friday (March 20, 2026) heard the petition filed by a Delhi-based activist Salek Chand Jain, who has claimed the existence of a Jain temple and a gurukul…
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is reportedly sending three California-based warships and roughly 2,500 Marines to the Middle East, the second significant deployment in a week. The three warships are part of the San Diego-based USS Boxer amphibious ready group. The Marines are from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based at Camp Pendleton. The deployments were reported Friday…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh. File | Photo Credit: ANI Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the security situation in Manipur on Friday (March 20, 2026) where he directed Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh to crack down on drug cartels and prioritise the resettlement of thousands of people…
The explosive sex abuse allegations against farm labor leader Cesar Chavez could deliver not just a reputational blow to the union he founded, but a financial one as well. Several lawyers said United Farm Workers could potentially be liable for significant payouts due to landmark laws recently passed in California that give victims of older…
Devotees offering Id-ul-Fitr prayers at Chandrasekharan Nair stadium, near Palayam Juma Masjid, in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. | Photo Credit: Jayamohan A. Palayam Imam V.P. Shuhaib Moulavi has strongly urged the citizens of the country to stand against religious discrimination and uphold secular values. The society must not allow people to be isolated or threatened on…
I’ve seen enough. It’s time to revise our expectations about the midterms. For more than a year now, conventional wisdom has been that Democrats would take back the House — but not the Senate — in the November midterms. That’s because this year’s Senate map would require Democrats to win numerous seats in red states….