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Official says Wisconsin shooter was new student at Christian school where her victims had deep ties
The Wisconsin 15-year-old who shot and killed a teacher and a fellow student Monday was only in her first semester at the school but seemed to be settling in, a school official said Thursday as families of the victims remembered them as people of faith who had deep connections within the Christian school.
US diplomats in Syria on first visit since Assad ouster
The team is also the first group of American diplomats to formally visit Syria in more than a decade
International students urged to return to US campuses before Trump inauguration
A growing number of U.S. colleges and universities are advising international students to return to campus before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated, over concerns that he might impose travel bans like he did during his first administration.
Canada's Justin Trudeau will shuffle his Cabinet as he faces calls to resign and rising discontent
Embattled Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his Cabinet Friday.
Russian missiles target Kyiv after Ukraine fires US-made missiles across the border
A Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv early Friday killed at least one person and injured nine others, officials said.
Rebuilding pillars of a relationship
The newly elected Sri Lankan President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD), made his first official overseas visit to India.
People's needs drove me
ajendra Singh, fondly called \"Paani Baba\" (waterman), is an acclaimed water conservationist. He is credited with bringing back water adequacy to villages, apart from fighting against illegal mining and taking up the cause of clean Ganga and Yamuna rivers.
How climate change has hit our kitchens
The optimism we've employed in every climate Conference of Parties (COP) over the last decade following the Paris Agreement to cut global carbon emissions by 45 percent from 2010 levels by 2030 has only dwindled and proven naive.
Policy balance
The ethnic tensions in Manipur between the Kuki-Zo tribes and the Meitei community have brought the state's governance under intense scrutiny.
Delhi Youth Cong stages protest over FIR against Rahul, Shah's remarks on Ambedkar
The Delhi Youth Congress staged a protest here on Friday over the FIR registered by the Delhi Police against Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and remarks on Babasaheb Ambedkar passed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah while replying to the debate on the Constitution in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Parliament.
'Nadda equating Purvanchalis with Rohingyas, Bangladeshis'
Kejriwal claimed that AAP has worked to honour and settle the Purvanchal society
BJP alleges AAP neglecting waste management network
The Delhi unit of BJP has criticized the AAP government in the civic house for paying no heed to the deteriorating sanitation network in the national capital.
Shahdara police unites 311 missing children under Operation Milap
Under the operation 'Milap', an initiative of Delhi police to unite missing, kidnapped children, persons with their families, Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of Shahdara District has united 311 missing children with their families and brought smiles to them this year.
Guv-DMK govt tussle leaves many TN varsities headless
Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi has turned the domain of higher education in the state into a virtual turf war with the government of MK Stalin, leaving many state-run universities headless without a Vice-Chancellor.
BJP MLC produced in court over derogatory remarks against Karnataka minister
BJP MLC C T Ravi was on Friday produced before a special court in Bengaluru over his alleged defamatory remarks against Karnataka minister Laxmi Hebbalkar in the state legislative council.
FIR against Rahul Gandhi diversion tactic of BJP
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday termed the First Information Report (FIR) registered against Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi as a \"diversion tactic\" of the BJP.
KT Rama Rao gets relief from High Court till 30 December
In a relief to BRS working president KT Rama Rao Friday, the Telangana High Court passed an interim order protecting him from arrest till 30 December in the Formula E race scam after he filed a lunch motion petition to quash the proceedings against him following an FIR registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).
SC seeks TN's response on plea for recall of bail order of Senthil Balaji
The bench posted the matter for further hearing on 15 January 2025
Eight burnt to death, 50 injured in LPG tanker truck explosion in Jaipur
At least eight people were killed and around 50 sustained serious burns when a LPG tanker exploded with a big bang after collision with a truck near Bhankrota on the outskirts of the city Friday morning.
Fadnavis faces opposition ire after Maharashtrian family gets assaulted
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced in the Maharashtra Legislative Council on Friday that senior Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) official Akhilkesh Shukla, whose goons allegedly assaulted his Maharashtrian neighbours with iron rods in a suburban Kalyan-based housing society, has been suspended from his job with immediate effect.
Adani Group to invest ₹ 20,000 crore for thermal power plant in Bihar
The Adani Group has planned to invest Rs 20,000 crore in setting up a super critical thermal power plant in Bihar.
10 wheeler
At least twenty tourists were injured after a tourist bus collided with a paddy-loaded sixteen-wheeler truck near Shree Ramkrishna Ashrama in the Mallarpur Police Station area of Birbhum district in the early hours of today.
Devastating fire engulfs Topsia slum, over 100 shanties destroyed
It is suspected that many people are still trapped in the slum, and efforts are ongoing by the fire brigade and police to rescue them
Inspection team visits sites of illegally filled ponds in Asansol
A joint inspection team comprising officials from the Asansol Municipal Corporation (AMC), the District Land and Land Reforms (DLLRO) office, and the Asansol North Police Station visited and inspected plots where water bodies have been illegally filled up by land mafias beside large housing areas on both sides of National Highway 19 in Asansol.
IISCO Steel Plant launches 'Arogya Mitra' free medical initiative, benefitting 72,000 villagers
IISCO Steel Plant (ISP), today launched \"Arogya Mitra,\" a significant Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative bringing free basic medical treatment to approximately 72,000 residents across 49 peripheral villages.
TMC MPs stage protest against HM Shah at Prerna Sthal, demand apology over his remarks
Trinamul Congress (TMC) MPs on Friday protested against the remarks of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on Ambedkar.
Fund utilisation: Minister scolds Kalna Pradhans
Minister Swapan Debnath pulled up the Pradhans and the Upa Pradhans of nine Panchayats in Kalna today for failing to spend development funds.
Metro Railway holds Inter Railway Cultural Competition (Music) 2024
The Metro Railway hosted the Inter Railway Cultural Competition (Music) 2024 between 17 and 18 December at the Belgachia Auditorium.
RKM spent ₹1,292 crore on social welfare in 2023-24
The Ramakrishna Mission spent Rs 1,292 crore on social welfare, education, and rural development in 2023-24.
Bengal passport racket: Cops trying to track PDS dealers acting as roots of creating fake documents
Officials of investigating agencies probing the rackets engaged in arranging fake Indian passports for illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, are now trying to track the roots of this menace in a section of public distribution system (PDS) dealers in West Bengal.