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[ad_1] BHOPAL: Till two years ago, they were the undisputed kings of Kuno's forests. Today, they are seen as ‘fugitives' with blood on their paws. Leopards displaced to accommodate Project Cheetah are said to be turning aggressive, with five attacks reported near the park's edges in recent days.Last Saturday, a 12-year-old boy was killed in a leopard attack, and on Tuesday, a woman was critically injured. Fear hangs heavy in villages surrounding Kuno. With cheetahs getting unfettered reign of Kuno, leopards — the original apex predators there — seem to be looking elsewhere for pride and prey. And villagers are paying the price.Some of the leopards were radio-collared before being pushed out, but tracking details remain unclear. Are all attacks the work of a single, rogue leopard? Or are multiple animals now roaming human settlements in search of lost territory? […]

[ad_1] Following the fatal mass shooting at Florida State University (FSU), a video is going viral on social media of a person, most likely a student, who was sipping coffee amid the shooting, and came across a woman who lay bloodied on the ground.However, the individual did not stop to check on the victim. Instead, they filmed her.Also read: Who was the active shooter storming FSU campus? What we know so farThe FSU shooting left two people dead while at least five others were injured. The deceased were not students of the university, which is located in Tallahassee, Florida.Police have identified 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner as the suspect. He is an FSU student and son of Jessica Ikner, Leon County sheriff's deputy.'Morals are gone in America'Reacting to the video, an X user said, "Morals are gone in America. This person sees […]

[ad_1] Professor Mohammad Yunus and PM Modi NEW DELHI: India has no intention of getting itself embroiled in a trade war with Bangladesh even though the signalling from Dhaka on trade issues remains far from positive. The Indian govt reiterated on Thursday that India's recent withdrawal of the trans-shipment facility extended to Bangladesh in 2020 was meant to ease congestion at Indian ports and airports.India has ensured that this action does not impact Bangladesh's exports to Nepal and Bhutan transiting through Indian territory. Ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said it's important to look at the developments that have happened on the Bangladeshi side prior to India announcing these measures.The Indian side believes that even before the trans-shipment facility was blocked by India, the interim government in Bangladesh had taken several steps that threatened to disrupt trade ties. The […]

[ad_1] KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and governor CV Ananda Bose were on a collision course Thursday over strife-torn Murshidabad after she urged the latter and politicians from all parties not to visit the district for a while, arguing against "fishing in troubled waters" just when normalcy was returning to areas singed by Waqf law-linked mob violence.Bose declared soon after that he intended to make an "on-the-spot assessment", based on which he would send a report to Centre. He met some people affected by the violence earlier in the day. "If peace is restored, I will be the happiest person. I will file my report accordingly," he said.Sources said representations to Raj Bhavan from those who lost homes included a plea for permanent BSF camps to ensure safety, saying they did not have faith in police."I appeal to everyone to […]

[ad_1] Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah and former RAW secretary and 'friend' A S Dulat NEW DELHI: As former Jammu and Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah cries 'betrayal' over former RAW secretary and 'friend' A S Dulat's claim in his latest book that the senior Abdullah had privately supported the abrogation of Article 370 in J&K, the ex-spymaster has clarified that all that he meant to convey is that Farooq always wanted to be on the right side of Delhi, albeit on his own terms."If he is saying I have betrayed him, he possibly has not read the book. The book is not a critique but praises Farooq Abdullah for the leader he is. As former Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief and my ex-boss M K Narayanan says in the foreword of 'The Chief Minister and The Spy', Abdullah is […]

[ad_1] US vice president JD Vance JAIPUR: Pink City is prepping up to host US vice-president J D Vance, his wife Usha and the couple's three children on April 22 during their India visit.The part personal, part official trip will see Vance engage with industry leaders and govt officials in Jaipur, apart from visiting Amber Fort and City Palace. He is also scheduled to address an industry function on 'Trade and Technology'.Security arrangements have been intensified in the city ahead of Vance's visit. Sources said the US second family is likely to arrive in Jaipur on April 21, following the vice-president's formal dinner engagement with PM Narendra Modi in Delhi earlier in the evening.State officials involved in the preparations said multiple security agencies had begun groundwork to ensure a smooth and secure stay for the visiting dignitary and his family. […]

[ad_1] Kolkata: Calcutta High Court held on Thursday that the need of the hour was to rehabilitate the victims of violence in Murshidabad over protests against amendments to the waqf act, and ruled out the plea for an NIA probe for lack of "adequate material"."Presently we are seized with the problem of restoration and rehabilitation of the displaced persons… It includes children and aged persons. Even the displaced persons who have received temporary shelter may not be receiving the basic amenities," the HC observed.The division bench of justices Soumen Sen and Raja Basu Chowdhury ruled out the prayer for an NIA investigation at this stage on the ground that "no adequate materials" had been placed before the court. The bench, however, left it to Centre to order an NIA investigation suo motu in case it held that scheduled offences had […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A Muslim woman, NGO Khuran Sunnath Society and now a Muslim advocate have moved SC over the years seeking that they be kept out of the purview of "unfair" inheritance provisions in the Sharia law which they consider to be palpably discriminatory towards women, and sought that they be allowed to follow the secular Indian Succession Act.Kerala-based Khuran Sunnath Society had moved a petition before SC a decade ago, and one Safiya PM in 2024, but the court is yet to decide on the issue. On Thursday, advocate Naushad KK's PIL sought similar relief, but with a difference. A bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar heard Naushad and Safiya's counsel and agreed to tag the petitions together.The court issued notices to Centre and Kerala govERNMENt.Sunnath Society had asked SC to adjudicate whether it was […]

[ad_1] BHOPAL: A local court in Bhopal has ordered further investigation into the unsolved death of Mahila Congress activist Sarla Mishra in Feb 1997. How can anyone with 90% burns give - and sign - a dying declaration, was one of the key questions asked by the court.Police had filed a closure report in the case in 2000, suggesting it was suicide. Sarla's brother Anurag Mishra, however, wasn't convinced and moved court to reopen the investigation. The court accepted his plea Thursday, observing the investigation was incomplete.Sarla was found burnt at her home in Bhopal on Feb 14, 1997. She was transferred to Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital where she died five days later. It triggered a political storm in MP with fingers being raised at even then CM Digvijaya Singh for 'hushing up' the case. Around six months ago, Anurag filed […]

[ad_1] Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi said Thursday the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 was enacted following hundreds of complaints from people from the Muslim community, including women and widows, against the earlier system.During a meeting with a delegation of the Dawoodi Bohra community, the PM recalled receiving over 1,700 complaints about waqf properties from various Muslim communities after his re-election in 2019, which prompted govt to initiate reforms."The new law will soon resolve these grievances, earning the blessings of the poorest of the poor. I've been fighting to empower victims of the previous laws, especially widows, who suffered the most. Our goal is to ensure justice for them," Modi said during his brief address.Highlighting his long-standing ties with the Dawoodi Bohra community, Modi praised their tradition of social welfare and significant contribution to the waqf Act. […]