Three charred to death in Delhi factory blaze (Ld)

Three charred to death in Delhi factory blaze (Ld)

New Delhi, Feb 15 Three charred bodies were recovered from a factory in Delhi’s Alipur area, where a massive fire broke out on Thursday evening, a police official said. According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North), Ravi Kumar Singh, the bodies were shifted to a mortuary, while three injured persons are undergoing treatment…

Gurugram school principal thrashes students with stick, photos go viral

Gurugram school principal thrashes students with stick, photos go viral

Gurugram, Feb 15 Photos of a government school principal thrashing students with stick and giving them other harsh punishments at the school gate in Gurugram went viral on social media. The incident happened at Sohna’s Government Model Sanskriti Senior Secondary School and was captured on camera by someone. The school management and the education department…

Israel launches widespread airstrikes in Lebanon after rocket fire

Israel launches widespread airstrikes in Lebanon after rocket fire

Jerusalem, Feb 14 An Israeli woman was killed and eight others were wounded as a barrage of rockets fired from Lebanon slammed into Safed and an army base in the northern city, the military and medical officials said, according to a media report. In response to the attack, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it…

Families of Israeli hostage file complaint against Hamas at Int’l Criminal Court

Families of Israeli hostage file complaint against Hamas at Int’l Criminal Court

Tel Aviv, Feb 15 Hundreds of family members of Israeli hostages flew to The Hague in the Netherlands on Wednesday and filed a complaint at the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Hamas leaders for the group’s actions on October 7, 2023. The family members want the ICC to immediately intervene and issue arrest warrants against…

Democrats eyeing workaround as House Speaker blocks vote on Ukraine aid bill

Democrats eyeing workaround as House Speaker blocks vote on Ukraine aid bill

Washington, Feb 15 House Democrats are working hard to force a vote on the $95 billion foreign aid bill despite fierce opposition from House Speaker Mike Johnson to the legislation. The bill was passed in the Senate on Tuesday. Democrats are planning to use the rare procedural move known as a discharge petition, which would…

French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of illegal campaign financing

French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of illegal campaign financing

Paris, Feb 15 Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of illegal campaign financing by a Paris appeal court which gave him a one-year prison sentence, half of which was suspended. The court found that Sarkozy spent 42.8 million euros ($45.9 million) for his presidential campaign in 2012 while the maximum amount allowed in…

North Korea test-fires new surface-to-sea missile

North Korea test-fires new surface-to-sea missile

Seoul, Feb 15 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has supervised the test-firing of a new surface-to-sea missile and ordered a tighter defence posture near the western maritime border, Pyongyang’s state media reported on Thursday. North Korea test-launched the new missile, named Padasuri-6, on Wednesday, Yonhap news agency reported, citing the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)….

Ukraine claims to have hit Russian landing ship in Black Sea

Ukraine claims to have hit Russian landing ship in Black Sea

Kiev, Feb 15 Ukrainian forces hit the Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov in the Black Sea off the coast of Crimea, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has said. The vessel was hit by “the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with units of the Main Intelligence Directorate”, near the town of Alupka, it…

PM Modi meets Indian diaspora in Qatar, says ‘grateful’ to community

PM Modi meets Indian diaspora in Qatar, says ‘grateful’ to community

Doha, Feb 15 Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Indian diaspora in Qatar and said that he is “grateful” to the community as he arrived in Doha after concluding a whirlwind two-day trip to the UAE. He arrived here late on Wednesday After June 2016, this is Modi’s second visit to the country, home to…

Rift widens between top Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Ismael Haniyeh

Rift widens between top Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Ismael Haniyeh

Tel Aviv, Feb 15 With ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas in the ongoing war in Gaza Strip not progressing, cracks seem to have surfaced in the top leadership of Hamas. According to sources in Israel Military Intelligence and Shin Bet- Israel intelligence agency, the top two leaders of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar and Ismael Haniyeh,…