Mali’s military rulers said Thursday they have arrested a group of military personnel and civilians, including two Malian generals and a suspected French agent, accused of attempting to destabilize the country. The announcement followed rumours in recent days of arrests of Malian army officers and was made by Mali’s security minister, Gen. Daoud Aly Mohammedine…
Brandon Russell, a 30-year-old Florida man and founder of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for plotting an attack on Maryland’s power grid with his girlfriend, Sarah Beth Clendaniel. The pair conspired to target electrical substations around Baltimore in a bid to trigger societal collapse and advance…
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir police’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) has filed its first chargesheet in a narco-terror case involving the seizure of 46 kg of heroin in Jammu and Punjab in Aug last year, exposing the role of Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba to foment unrest in the state and elsewhere in India.“The case stems from…
NEW DELHI: The Congress and BJP engaged in a war of words after Congress MLA Vijayanand Kashappanavar accused the BJP of preparing a list of 55 Congress legislators who would face ED or CBI raids if they refused to join the saffron party.Congress MLA Vijayanand Kashappanavar accused BJP of planning to topple the government in…
The US Justice Department on Tuesday charged two Chinese nationals for spying on behalf of China’s security service, alleging they gathered intelligence on Navy bases and attempted to recruit American service members as spies. The two men, identified as 38-year-old Yuance Chen from Oregon and 39-year-old Liren Ryan Lai, who entered the US in April…
At the centre of this verdict is a tale as old as Indian property disputes. (AI image) There’s a certain comfort in paperwork. A registered sale deed, embossed with legalese and blessed by a sub-registrar in a half-lit office in Telangana, can make even the most skeptical buyer feel like they own the earth under…
Khalistani extremists gathered in Kananaskis, Alberta, to stage what they called an “ambush” protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in Canada to take part in the G7 summit. PM Modi is currently on a four-day, three-nation tour covering Cyprus, Canada, and Croatia. For the second leg of his tour, he reached Canada today….
LUCKNOW/SHILLONG/INDORE: First, it was a case of missing honeymooners in Meghalaya. They might have lost their way on a trek, it was thought. On June 2, as Raja Raghuvanshi’s body was found in a gorge, it was suspected to be a robbery gone wrong. A ‘dao’ (machete) and phone lay near his body, and a…
Today’s morning news wrap covers updates from India, international events, and cricket. In a shocking crime, Indore resident Raja Raghuvanshi was murdered during his honeymoon by assailants allegedly hired by his wife. Meanwhile, Los Angeles saw violent protests for the third day running, sparked by recent immigration raids and the deployment of National Guard troops…
NEW DELHI: A senior Indian Revenue Service officer has been arrested after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) uncovered a bribery racket involving a major cash seizure and gold haul. Amit Kumar Singal, a 2007-batch IRS officer serving as Additional Director General at the Directorate of Taxpayer Services, was arrested alongside his associate Harsh Kotak…