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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.

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.

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.

House rejects Trump-backed plan on government shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain

A day before a potential government shutdown, the House resoundingly rejected President-elect Donald Trump's new plan Thursday to fund operations and suspend the debt ceiling, as Democrats and dozens of Republicans refused to accommodate his sudden demands.

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

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.

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.

'Nadda equating Purvanchalis with Bangladeshis'

AP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Friday accused BJP chief J P Nadda of equating Purvanchalis with Rohingyas and Bangladeshis, and also deleting their names from voters' lists ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls.

Jal Shakti minister calls for consensus on river interlinking projects

Minister for Jal Shakti C R Patil asked the states to evolve a consensus on their respective river interlinking projects for the progress in the development of the country.

SC seeks TN's response on plea for recall of bail order of Senthil Balaji

The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Tamil Nadu government on a plea seeking to recall its 26 September 2024 judgment granting bail to the State Minister Senthil Balaji in an alleged money-laundering case relating to the cash-for-jobs scam.

KTR gets relief from HC 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).

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 Akhikesh 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.

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.

'Oppn should raise issues by following rules instead of disrupting Parliament'

The winter session provided 20 sittings of Lok Sabha and 19 sittings of Rajya Sabha spreading over 26 days

2 troopers injured in IED blast

Two security personnel were injured on Friday after an improvised explosive device allegedly planted by Maoists detonated in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

HC allows sit-in demonstration by doctors at Metro Channel on RG Kar issue

While issuing the formal order, the court imposed several conditions on the doctors' group for organising its protest programme in the heart of the city.

Body of maid found hanging in Durgapur village

The hanging body of a 24-year-old maid was recovered from the house of a retired school teacher, sparking a sensation in a village in Durgapur this morning.

Bengal school job case: CBI seeks Calcutta HC's permission to replace head of probe team

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday approached the Calcutta High Court seeking permission to replace the current head of its special investigation team (SIT) probing the multi-crore cash-for-school job case but was asked to move the apex court.

ED gets clues on how scam proceeds were diverted as donations to trusts

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has identified a new angle of money laundering in the multi-crore cash-for-school job case in West Bengal where a major part of the proceeds was diverted and shown as donations to certain charitable trusts.

Migratory birds flock to water bodies at Haripal

The water bodies at Koikala, Haripal, are now teeming with activity as migratory birds arrive.