Hearing the rustling of leaves, the poachers fired in the dark thinking it was an animal. However on hearing Mustaq's screams, they realised their mistake and rushed him to a hospital in Hubballi.Published:   |  Last Updated:KARWAR: Five men who went hunting ended up shooting a member of their own group mistaking him for a wild animal in Mundgod taluk, exposing the poaching incidents going on in the forest areas here.Police said Suleman, Mukkamal, Ahmed, Ismail and Mustaq, all businessmen and residents of Malagi village, had gone hunting in a forest area under the cover...…Hearing the rustling of leaves, the poachers fired in the dark thinking it was an animal. However on hearing Mustaq's screams, they realised their mistake and rushed him to a hospital in Hubballi.Published:   |  Last Updated:KARWAR: Five men who went hunting ended up shooting a member of their own group mistaking him for a wild animal in Mundgod taluk, exposing the poaching incidents going on in the forest areas here.Police said Suleman, Mukkamal, Ahmed, Ismail and Mustaq, all businessmen and residents of Malagi village, had gone hunting in a forest area under the cover...WW…

Relatives of Jeyaraj and his son Beniks, who died in custody have alleged brutal torture and assault by the police and claimed that the duo, despite bleeding profusely, were denied medical assistance.Published:   |  Last Updated:THOOTHUKUDI: Relatives of 60-year-old P Jeyaraj and his 31-year-old son J Beniks, who died in custody have alleged brutal torture and assault by the police and claimed that the duo, despite bleeding profusely, was denied medical assistance for two days. Rajaram, a friend of Benicks’, told New Indian Express that the father and son were in so much...…Relatives of Jeyaraj and his son Beniks, who died in custody have alleged brutal torture and assault by the police and claimed that the duo, despite bleeding profusely, were denied medical assistance.Published:   |  Last Updated:THOOTHUKUDI: Relatives of 60-year-old P Jeyaraj and his 31-year-old son J Beniks, who died in custody have alleged brutal torture and assault by the police and claimed that the duo, despite bleeding profusely, was denied medical assistance for two days. Rajaram, a friend of Benicks’, told New Indian Express that the father and son were in so much...WW…

Zam had run a website called AmadNews that posted embarrassing videos and information about Iranian officials.Published:   |  Last Updated:TEHRAN: Iran on Tuesday sentenced a journalist to death whose online work helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017.Ruhollah Zam had returned to Iran under unclear circumstances and was subsequently arrested. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili announced Zam's sentence on Tuesday.Zam had run a website called AmadNews that posted embarrassing videos and information about Iranian officials. He had been living and...…Zam had run a website called AmadNews that posted embarrassing videos and information about Iranian officials.Published:   |  Last Updated:TEHRAN: Iran on Tuesday sentenced a journalist to death whose online work helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017.Ruhollah Zam had returned to Iran under unclear circumstances and was subsequently arrested. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili announced Zam's sentence on Tuesday.Zam had run a website called AmadNews that posted embarrassing videos and information about Iranian officials. He had been living and...WW…

The Imran Khan cabinet approved the new map in which the complete Jammu and Kashmir, is shown integraPublished:   |  Last Updated:ISLAMABAD: On the eve of the first anniversary of the revocation of the contentious Article 370 and Article 35A, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan unveiled a new political map which includes the UT of J&K as part of Pakistan on Tuesday. Khan has decided to present the new political map at the United Nations as well.The Imran Khan cabinet approved the new map in which the complete Jammu and Kashmir, is shown integrated with Pakistan. The...…The Imran Khan cabinet approved the new map in which the complete Jammu and Kashmir, is shown integraPublished:   |  Last Updated:ISLAMABAD: On the eve of the first anniversary of the revocation of the contentious Article 370 and Article 35A, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan unveiled a new political map which includes the UT of J&K as part of Pakistan on Tuesday. Khan has decided to present the new political map at the United Nations as well.The Imran Khan cabinet approved the new map in which the complete Jammu and Kashmir, is shown integrated with Pakistan. The...WW…

Nearly two grams of heroin, two SIM cards and a memory chip were found in a small plastic bag tied around the cat's neck.Published:   |  Last Updated:COLOMBO: A cat detained at Sri Lanka's main prison while allegedly trying to smuggle drugs and cell phone SIM cards has escaped, media reports said Monday.The feline was detected by jail intelligence officials on Saturday at the high-security Welikada Prison, a police official said.He said nearly two grams of heroin, two SIM cards and a memory chip were found in a small plastic bag tied around the cat's neck.But it escaped...…Nearly two grams of heroin, two SIM cards and a memory chip were found in a small plastic bag tied around the cat's neck.Published:   |  Last Updated:COLOMBO: A cat detained at Sri Lanka's main prison while allegedly trying to smuggle drugs and cell phone SIM cards has escaped, media reports said Monday.The feline was detected by jail intelligence officials on Saturday at the high-security Welikada Prison, a police official said.He said nearly two grams of heroin, two SIM cards and a memory chip were found in a small plastic bag tied around the cat's neck.But it escaped...WW…

Kavishka, who was born with a block in the heart had gone through three angiograms already and has been on medication since birth.Published:   |  Last Updated:CHENNAI: Two years ago when 35-year-old Karthik heard about a head constable shifting next door, little did he know that the policeman would turn a saviour for his daughter.Nandambakkam head constable P Senthil Kumar and police inspector M Thangaraj arranged Rs 5 lakh for the open heart surgery of a girl in a private hospital.Karthik, a resident of Guduvanchery, stays with his wife Priyanka and 5-year-old daughter...…Kavishka, who was born with a block in the heart had gone through three angiograms already and has been on medication since birth.Published:   |  Last Updated:CHENNAI: Two years ago when 35-year-old Karthik heard about a head constable shifting next door, little did he know that the policeman would turn a saviour for his daughter.Nandambakkam head constable P Senthil Kumar and police inspector M Thangaraj arranged Rs 5 lakh for the open heart surgery of a girl in a private hospital.Karthik, a resident of Guduvanchery, stays with his wife Priyanka and 5-year-old daughter...WW…

In March, the newspaper's reporters and editors were surprised by an announcement from then-owner Demyan Kudryavtsev that he planned to sell the newspaper.Published:   |  Last Updated:MOSCOW: Senior editors at Russia's leading business newspaper quit en masse Monday in protest against what they say is censorship under new management as a long-running dispute between journalists and management came to a head.Vedomosti is one of the few remaining independent news outlets in Russia, where journalists are increasingly squeezed by curbs on press freedoms and pressure...…In March, the newspaper's reporters and editors were surprised by an announcement from then-owner Demyan Kudryavtsev that he planned to sell the newspaper.Published:   |  Last Updated:MOSCOW: Senior editors at Russia's leading business newspaper quit en masse Monday in protest against what they say is censorship under new management as a long-running dispute between journalists and management came to a head.Vedomosti is one of the few remaining independent news outlets in Russia, where journalists are increasingly squeezed by curbs on press freedoms and pressure...WW…

The Madhya Pradesh government has undertaken the 'Kill Corona' campaign across the state for a door-to-door survey to identify COVID-19 patients.Published:   |  Last Updated:GWALIOR: Citizens found without mask or not following the COVID-19 prevention guidelines at public places in Gwalior will have to work as volunteers in hospitals and police check-posts for three days, an official said on Monday.Fines would also be imposed on those violating the COVID-19 protocols, he said.An order of this effect was issued by the district administration in Madhya Pradesh on...…The Madhya Pradesh government has undertaken the 'Kill Corona' campaign across the state for a door-to-door survey to identify COVID-19 patients.Published:   |  Last Updated:GWALIOR: Citizens found without mask or not following the COVID-19 prevention guidelines at public places in Gwalior will have to work as volunteers in hospitals and police check-posts for three days, an official said on Monday.Fines would also be imposed on those violating the COVID-19 protocols, he said.An order of this effect was issued by the district administration in Madhya Pradesh on...WW…

GHAZNI: An Afghan girl shot dead two Taliban fighters and wounded several more after they dragged her parents from their home and killed them for supporting the government, officials said.The incident happened last week when insurgents stormed the home of Qamar Gul, a teenager from a village in the central province of Ghor. The fighters were looking for her father, the village chief, local police head Habiburahman Malekzada told AFP.Her father was a government supporter, which is why the Taliban fighters went to his house and dragged him out, Malekzada said.READ| When his...…GHAZNI: An Afghan girl shot dead two Taliban fighters and wounded several more after they dragged her parents from their home and killed them for supporting the government, officials said.The incident happened last week when insurgents stormed the home of Qamar Gul, a teenager from a village in the central province of Ghor. The fighters were looking for her father, the village chief, local police head Habiburahman Malekzada told AFP.Her father was a government supporter, which is why the Taliban fighters went to his house and dragged him out, Malekzada said.READ| When his...WW…

The activity originated in Romania and focused on the US, Gleicher said in announcing a series of actions against fake or deceptive accounts on the platform.Published:   |  Last Updated:SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Thursday said it disrupted a deceptive campaign out of Romania pretending to be Americans supporting US President Donald Trump ahead of the coming election.The leading online social network removed 35 Facebook accounts, three pages, and 88 Instagram accounts as part of an ongoing fight against "coordinated inauthentic behavior," according to security policy...…The activity originated in Romania and focused on the US, Gleicher said in announcing a series of actions against fake or deceptive accounts on the platform.Published:   |  Last Updated:SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Thursday said it disrupted a deceptive campaign out of Romania pretending to be Americans supporting US President Donald Trump ahead of the coming election.The leading online social network removed 35 Facebook accounts, three pages, and 88 Instagram accounts as part of an ongoing fight against "coordinated inauthentic behavior," according to security policy...WW…