Chief Justice of India Surya Kant. File picture | Photo Credit: PTI State governments across the political spectrum recognise that strengthening judicial infrastructure is not optional but essential, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Sunday (April 5, 2026). Addressing the gathering after laying the foundation stone for Telangana High Court Zone II, which…
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced new initiatives to tackle microplastics in the human body and drinking water on Thursday. Kennedy said the government will create a $144-million program called STOMP, for the systematic targeting of microplastics. “We are focusing on three…
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief and actor C. Joseph Vijay during a rally. On behalf of Mr. Vijay, a fresh set of revised nominations has been filed in Perambut and Tiruchi East Assembly constituencies. | Photo Credit: ANI On behalf of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam president C. Joseph Vijay, a fresh set of revised nominations has been…
WASHINGTON — An American pilot flying over Iran was rescued Friday after his fighter jet was shot down by enemy fire, an attack that defied U.S. proclamations of total control over Iranian skies and prompted a hurried search and rescue operation for the pilot’s crew member. Word of the downed F-15E, a storied U.S. fighter jet rarely…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath serves food to students during the launch of ‘School Chalo Abhiyan’ campaign, held at the Composite School, Varanasi, on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday in Varanasi appealed to every section of society to ensure no child is left out of school,…
At a small Persian church in Chicago’s western suburbs, the pastor bowed his head and offered a special prayer for regime change and freedom of worship in his native Iran, as the five-week U.S.-Israeli war there rages on. “We pray to God to tear down the darkness power from Iran and bring his kingdom and…
The higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday (April 4, 2026) witnessed fresh snowfall as a spell of wet weather gripped north India, bringing rainfall to parts of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. Rains and hailstorms have continued to lash the northern States intermittently this week, with wheat growers in Punjab,…
When I was growing up, the Cuba I heard about in stories was akin to a floating haunted house. I spent much of my youth in Miami: an enclave for Cuban immigrants, many of whom arrived in the United States after 1959, when Fidel Castro and his army claimed victory over the U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio…
Three years of mounting losses in potato farming have pushed the family of Minakshi Ghose, a farmer from Kalna in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district, into distress. She said her father-in-law, 78-year-old Sailen Ghose, died by suicide about two weeks ago, allegedly after he failed to sell his potato crop, leaving the family in debt…
Across the country, President Trump has installed handpicked loyalists as top federal prosecutors. Several have been pushed out after legal battles because they lack Senate confirmation to serve as U.S. attorneys. But in Los Angeles, Bill Essayli wields the power of a top prosecutor under a lesser title: “first assistant.” Essayli clocked his first full…