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Canadian authorities have identified an 18-year-old as the suspect in a mass shooting in a remote community in British Columbia that left nine people dead and dozens injured. The suspect, Jesse Van Rootselaar, killed her mother and stepbrother before opening fire at a local school, police said.Dwayne McDonald, a deputy commissioner at the Royal Canadian…

A top US official has said that Washington is preparing to expand defence sales to India, signalling continued momentum in strategic cooperation between the two countries.During a Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing, Assistant secretary bureau of South and Central Asian affairs S Paul Kapur, speaking about the growing defence partnership, said that additional purchases of weapon…

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s appearance before the House Judiciary Committee was meant to steady the ship after months of controversy over the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Instead, it descended into one of the most combative hearings of her tenure.For more than four hours, Bondi faced furious questioning from Democrats and pointed…

Russia on Tuesday attempted to block social media platform WhatsApp and Telegram to promote its home-grown platforms and seek greater control over its internet space.In a statement, WhatsApp said that the move will isolate over 100 million users, claiming that the step can “only lead to less safety for people.”“Today the Russian government attempted to…

MEERUT: It was meant to be a picture-perfect wedding — a constable set to marry a fellow constable in a match arranged by their families. Invitations had gone out, preparations were complete, and the stage was set for the ceremony.Then, on Saturday, a night before the wedding, the 25-year-old bride-to-be, Sandhya Bhardwaj, vanished.Bhardwaj, who hailed…

NEW DELHI: Bringing to SC’s notice various instances of Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s alleged hate speeches, including a recent controversial video featuring him, a group of citizens from Assam have urged SC through a petition to enforce its order in which it had directed that FIR must be lodged in cases of hate speech.Compiling…

NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented step, Supreme Court put on hold an advocate’s two attempts to divorce his wife through talaq-e-hasan and sent them to mediation for an amicable settlement of their marital dispute even though the man had remarried after the first talaq-e-hasan in 2022.Amid duelling interpretations of Shariat, Muslim personal law and its…

Actor James Van Der Beek, best known for his role in the American TV series ‘Dawson’s Creek’, has sadly passed away. He was 48. News of his demise on Wednesday, comes amid the actor’s highly publicised battle with colorectal cancer. James Van Der Beek’s family release statement “Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed…

US President Donald Trump said no final agreement was reached for a nuclear deal after having a three-hour meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and warned Iran of consequences if negotiations failed. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that he insisted to Israeli PM Netanyahu during their White House meeting Wednesday that…

JAMMU: J&K assembly proceedings were disrupted Wednesday after CM Omar Abdullah’s remarks that BJP legislators had been “shoe-beaten” by Union home minister Amit Shah, triggering protests and a walkout by opposition members.BJP sources said Shah, during a three-day visit last week, had rebuked party legislators seeking separate statehood for Jammu, stressing Kashmir could not be…