‘BJP has always…’: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav after Patna HC scraps Bihar government’s quota hike
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav also targeted the JDU party headed by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and criticised it for remaining silent on the issue. “I don’t know why the JDU people and Nitish Kumar are silent,” he said.
Missouri AG to sue New York over ‘unconstitutional lawfare’ against Trump: ‘Time to restore the rule of law’
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced he is filing a lawsuit against the state of New York for what he called “their direct attack on our democratic process through unconstitutional lawfare against President Trump.” On Thursday, Bailey said on his podcast, “The Bailey Wire,” that his office would be taking steps to combat illicit prosecutions Read More
IMD weather update: Rain and cloudy sky likely in Delhi-NCR, heavy rain expected in these states; check full forecast
“Heatwave conditions have abated from Delhi on Thursday under the influence of the current western disturbance and lower level easterlies from Bay of Bengal,” the IMD said.
CBI registers FIR over alleged irregularities in UGC-NET paper leak case
The UGC-NET 2024, exam for the selection of junior research fellows, assistant professors and PhD scholars, was conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on June 18 in two shifts across the country
Biden rakes in big bucks last month, but haul is far short of Trump’s massive May fundraising
President Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised a combined $85 million in May, which is their second-best month of fundraising this election cycle. But the money raised by Biden and the DNC is far short of the staggering haul raised by former President Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee last Read More
Who will hold Israel to account for committing war crimes?
UN commission’s damning findings follow Security Council resolution and ICJ orders. A report by a United Nations-backed commission of inquiry finds Israel has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during the more than eight months of war in Gaza. It also says Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups violated international humanitarian law during their Read More
TikTok says US refused to engage in serious settlement talks
ByteDance said US government prefers to shut down than work on an ‘effective solution’ to protect US users. TikTok and Chinese parent ByteDance have urged a United States court to strike down a law they say will ban the popular short video app in the US on January 19 next year. In details released on Read More
Young men trapped between war and conscription in Myanmar’s Rakhine
Since war resumed in his native Rakhine State last November, Thura Maung has seen his options narrow. The 18-year-old, from the state’s ethnic Rakhine majority, first fled his home in the coastal town of Myebon in December, when clashes between the military and autonomy-seeking Arakha Army – formerly known as the Arakan Army – seemed Read More
DOJ concealing info on probe into whether Hunter Biden violated ‘debauchery’ law, watchdog says
A government watchdog group filed suit in Delaware federal court this week, seeking to compel the Justice Department to produce records that may determine whether Hunter Biden should be further investigated under a 1910 law relating to “prostitution or debauchery.” The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project petitioned the same Wilmington bench where Biden was found guilty Read More
Burgum touts ‘much closer’ relationship with Trump while stumping for former president in battleground state
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who is rumored to be one of former President Trump’s top considerations for vice president, touted his and his wife’s relationship with Trump while stumping for him in Michigan on Thursday. During a tour of West Michigan’s Sobie Meats butcher shop with his wife, North Dakota first lady Kathryn Burgum, Read More