Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) In connection with the case involving the recovery of live cartridges from a hostel room at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay campus, the Powai Police on Saturday arrested the second accused. The accused, identified as Prashantraj Yadav (24), was apprehended from Ujjain while he was returning from a religious tour. Yadav, a resident of Bihar, works as a real estate agent. According to the police, he allegedly shared photographs of weapons with the earlier acc…
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Islamabad, March 3 (IANS) Amid escalating protests across Pakistan following the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei in a US-Israeli strike, the US Embassy in Islamabad and its consulates in Lahore and Karachi have temporarily suspended operations. The move comes as authorities struggle to contain unrest that has already left at least 23 people dead nationwide.In a message posted on X, the US Embassy in Islamabad said, “Due to the current security situation, the U.S. Emb…
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Nearly one million children were missed and more than 53,000 families refused vaccination during Pakistan’s latest nationwide polio campaign, raising serious concerns about the effectiveness of eradication efforts, a report has said.While health officials report that over 44 million children were vaccinated and overall coverage reached 98 per cent, experts warn that even a small gap is dangerous in a country that still carries the poliovirus, according to Dawn report.A…
Minnesota, Jan 28 (IANS) Somali-origin US lawmaker Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown substance during a town hall meeting she was hosting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, triggering security concerns.A purported video of the incident surfaced on social media shortly after the attack on Tuesday (local time) and began circulating widely online.The footage shows a man approaching Omar as she was addressing the gathering from the dais.Moments later, he is seen spraying a thin stream of an unidentifie…
Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) The US Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs on Saturday warned that as international flights have resumed, US citizens in Venezuela “should leave the country immediately.”The bureau said in a post on X that the security situation in Venezuela “remains fluid” and there are “reports of groups of armed militias, known as colectivos, setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for evidence of US citizenship or support for the United States.”US citizens are advi…