New Delhi/Ottawa, Aug 8 (IANS) A 32-year-old man, who fired a bullet that killed Indian medical student Harsimrat Randhawa in Canada, has been arrested, local media reported. The accused, Jerdaine Foster, was arrested in Niagara Falls, Ontario on Tuesday and has been charged with first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder, BarrieToday.com reported.On Thursday, Det. Sgt. Daryl Reid told the media that at least seven people, four cars and multiple guns were involved in the incident i…

Tel Aviv, Aug 8 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with India’s Ambassador to Israel, J.P. Singh, to discuss ways to further strengthen the growing India-Israel Strategic Partnership. The two sides explored expanding cooperation in key sectors, including security and economics. During the engagement, Prime Minister Netanyahu also interacted with senior Indian journalists, addressing a range of questions on bilateral and regional issues.“I met today in my office in Jerusalem…

Seoul, Aug 8 (IANS) An aide to the leader of the Unification Church appeared before a special counsel team Friday to be questioned about her role in an alleged bribery case involving the former first lady of South Korea, Kim Keon Hee. The woman surnamed Jeong was summoned as a suspect by special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team to be grilled about allegations the Unification Church asked a shaman to deliver a diamond necklace and a Chanel bag to Kim in 2022 in exchange for business favors.Jeong serve…

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 8 ( IANS) Whistleblower Dr. Haris Chirackal, a faculty member at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College, has alleged that government authorities are targeting him for “exposing corruption and systemic failures” in the healthcare sector. Chirackal claimed that false charges are being fabricated against him and accused senior administrators, the Principal, Superintendent, and Deputy Superintendent of entering his office in his absence and tampering with files.The doctor said hi…

Srinagar, Aug 8 (IANS) The Economic Offences Wing of the Jammu and Kashmir crime branch has charge-sheeted four accused in the multi-crore online financial fraud case in Ganderbal district.A statement issued on Friday by the Economic Offences Wing (Crime Branch Kashmir) said that after investigation a preliminary charge sheet in Case FIR No. 28/2025 under Sections 318(4), 316(5) read with 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, of Police Station Kangan (transferred to Economic Offences…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday asked Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to prove his “baseless” allegations on voter list tampering in Karnataka, and demanded that he corroborate his charges for “his credibility”, else it will be considered nothing more than political theatrics. BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya, replying to Rahul Gandhi’s “vote theft” claims, said that he was merely obfuscating facts and trying to malign the poll panel for political interests.Taking to X,…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) In the flash flood and landslide-ravaged areas of Dharali and Harsil in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi District on Friday, over 357 civilians have been rescued so far through air and ground missions in the state.Out these 119 have been airlifted to Dehradun and as many as 13 Army personnel have also been safely evacuated.However, eight soldiers of 14 RAJ RIF remain missing, and approximately 100 civilians are yet to be traced, as per the civil administration and tragically, two…

Bengaluru, Aug 8 (IANS) The Karnataka BJP has questioned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s silence over the stampede tragedy, which claimed 11 lives, the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam in which CM Siddaramaiah is named as the main accused and the tribal welfare scam.Responding to the protest led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the alleged election fraud, the Karnataka BJP, on the social media platform X, asked him 13 questions.Rahul Gandhi is leading a protest at the Freedom Pa…

Bengaluru, Aug 8 (IANS) Criticising the Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Rahul Gandhi, over his allegations of election fraud against the BJP and the Election Commission of India (ECI), Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy, described the charges by the Congress MP as a, “flood of lies against the Election Commission and a calculated conspiracy to strangle democracy.” The Congress said it had given the documents and it was up to the EC to rectify its mistakes or prove the…

Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Friday, claimed that I-PAC, an agency working for strategising public relations exercises of Trinamool Congress since the 2021 polls, is interfering in administrative matters of the state government. On Friday morning, Adhikari posted on X a screenshot of an email sent from Avesh Singh, a representative of I-PAC, to the Director of Information and ex-officio Additional Secretary to the state Informat…