Armed with two garden hoses hooked up to a sputtering tap, Matthew Craig battled fire and smoke to save his house from the onslaught of flames that devastated much of Altadena, a once leafy corner of Los Angeles County. The wind felt like dragon’s breath, he said, and “we were all eating smoke.” But even…
DALLAS: Schools and buildings from Texas to Georgia were shut down Thursday or prepared to close ahead of freezing rain and snow forecast for much of the Southern U.S. as another burst of plunging temperatures and winter storms threatened to again snarl travel. Texas schools canceled classes for more than 1 million students in anticipation…
Rescuers working in subzero conditions and bracing winds searched the rubble on Wednesday after a strong quake in Tibet toppled thousands of houses in a remote area near the northern foothills of Mount Everest. Tens of thousands of residents were being transferred to safety while dozens were being treated for injuries. At least 126 people…
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday released a video mocking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for not declaring a chief ministerial candidate ahead of the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. The video, shared by AAP on its official X handle, features a horse dressed in wedding attire, accompanied by the caption, “BJP people,…
The air is laced with cigarette smoke and Cantonese profanities as half a dozen taxi drivers hang out by their fire-engine-red cabs on a quiet corner of the gritty Prince Edward neighborhood of Hong Kong. It is the afternoon handover, when day shift drivers pass their taxis to those working the night shift. They are…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Atishi intensified her criticism of the BJP, accusing the party of showing its “dual face” for its alleged involvement in the planned demolition of temples in the national capital. Speaking on the matter, Atishi said, “The BJP central government is planning to demolish temples and Buddhist temples in different parts…
Two Indian nationals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Tucson, Arizona, for their alleged involvement in a nationwide fraud scheme targeting elderly people. The indictment, issued on December 11, 2024, charged Ahmed Maqbul Syed, 57, and Rupesh Chandra Chintakindi, 27, with conspiracy to commit money laundering. The scheme, as outlined in the…
NEW DELHI: The road transport and highways ministry is planning to take up the construction and maintenance of national highway stretches directly rather than giving the tasks to public works departments (PWDs), a move that may lead to a face-off between the Centre and states.At present, around 63,000-odd km of the 1.45 lakh km NH…
<p style="text-align: justify;">अभी तक आप फेस आईडी से स्मार्टफोन या अन्य डिवाइस को अनलॉक करते आए हैं. अब जल्द ही फेस आईडी से आप अपने घर को भी अनलॉक कर सकेंगे. ऐपल अब एक नई स्मार्ट होम डोरबेल बना रही है, जो एडवांस्ड फेशियल रिकग्नेशन से लैस होगी. यह घर के स्मार्ट होम लॉक के…
Rohit Sharma received medical attention in the nets on Sunday. (TOI photo) MELBOURNE: Before walking into the nets on the first day of Team India‘s practice session at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Virat Kohli patiently applied tape on the bottom of his bat. The star batter ensured to have protection on his willow and…