Two years after Huntington Beach residents voted to effectively ban Pride flags from being displayed on city property, the conservative coastal city could be represented by a gay member of Congress and outspoken critic of President Trump — Rep. Robert Garcia. That twist of fate came after last year’s unprecedented mid-decade rejiggering of California’s congressional…
Vice-Chancellor of Karnatak University A.M. Khan and other dignitaries watering a sapling to inaugurate Media Fest 2026 in Dharwad on Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Addressing concern about fewer students enrolling for journalism course, Vice-Chancellor of Karnatak University A.M. Khan said that the field still offers significant opportunities but the challenge is in adapting…
The artist known as Jeffrey’s Human Persona has remained anonymous for nearly 25 years — the same length of time that he has staged guerrilla-style musical puppet shows titled “almighty Opp” on a gritty street corner in Koreatown on the last Saturday of each month. He missed only three shows in the first 19 years…
This was the first IndiGo flight to Manchester since February 26. Photo courtesy: Flightradar24.com An IndiGo flight from Delhi to Manchester was forced to turn back after being airborne for nearly eight hours over Ethiopia, even though the aircraft had completely skirted the conflict-affected Persian Gulf region, effectively turning the journey into a 14-hour flight that ended back where it…
WASHINGTON — The United States plunged further into conflict with Iran on Tuesday as a new round of strikes heightened fears of an expanding war in the Middle East, sending markets reeling and oil prices soaring and drawing urgent calls from European leaders for a plan forward. President Trump acknowledged during an Oval Office appearance that the…
Bangladesh Border Guard personnel stand guard as Inquilab Mancha supporters hold a protest gathering demanding justice for the killing of their party leader Sharif Osman Hadi in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Two persons accused of killing Osman Hadi, a political activist of Bangladesh whose daylight murder had sparked widespread…
The U.S. war effort against Iran was “accelerating” as American and Israeli forces fought for control of Iranian airspace and pressed farther inland to seek and destroy Iranian missile capabilities, top U.S. officials said Wednesday. “Four days in, we have only just begun to fight,” said U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “The throttle is coming…
Sameer Thakur, 21, still hasn’t come to terms with the events leading up to the death of his father Jeevan Thakur on December 4, 2025. Jeevan, 49, a former janpad chairperson of Charama panchayat, died in a government hospital in Raipur, just two days after he was shifted to the Central Jail in the State…
BEIRUT — The Israeli military issued evacuation orders for entire neighborhoods of Beirut’s southern suburbs, sparking pandemonium as hundreds of thousands of people joined a panicked exodus out towards Lebanon’s north. On Thursday afternoon, the Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman told residents of the Dahiyeh — the Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital — to “save your…
There are several tricky issues that the Centre must navigate, including a formula for “normative allocation” for the States. Photo: india.gov.in The Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, which was passed by Parliament within two days of its introduction on December 16 last year, has several steps to clear before…