The US Justice Department (DOJ) has announced plans to bring back the firing squad as a method of execution. The aim is to speed up the federal death penalty system.In a statement released on Friday, the department said it would “expand the protocol to include additional manners of execution such as the firing squad” while…
Steven Tyler has scored a major victory in his ongoing lawsuit alleging sexual assault of a minor, after a California judge dismissed the majority of claims brought against him.In the lawsuit, Julia Holcomb alleges that she was involved in a years-long relationship with the Aerosmith frontman, beginning when she was just 16. Holcomb filed her…
NEW DELHI: The race for the final IPL 2026 playoff spot is now down to four teams after Sunrisers Hyderabad hammered Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 55 runs in their final league-stage clash at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.Despite the defeat, RCB finished at the top of the points table and the defending champions will now…
BENGALURU: Avalahalli police have arrested Shekhappa (22) for allegedly murdering his 11-month-old daughter after an investigation found that her death was not accidental. Police are searching for his wife, who has also been named as an accused. The incident took place on June 9 at Kithaganur in east Bengaluru. The child was the couple’s second…
Street Vendors Eviction Drive in Bengaluru Footpaths Cleared, But Where Should Vendors Go? A Decade After Street Vendors Act, Bengaluru Has No AnswerBengaluru: As Bengaluru’s five city corporations intensify footpath clearance drives under the Greater Bengaluru Authority’s Safe Footpath initiative starting Wednesday, a fundamental question remains unanswered: where should thousands of street vendors displaced from…
Dubai police launch weekly cycling initiative at Autodrome. Dubai Police have launched a new cycling initiative that brings residents onto the track alongside officers in a structured, fitness-focused setting. The programme, titled “Ride with Police”, began on Wednesday at Dubai Autodrome in Dubai Sports City and will run every week through April. The sessions offer…
Steve Smith (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Steve Smith admitted that memories of the 2018 ball-tampering scandal still return to him at times, but the Australia batter is not worried about facing a hostile reception when he returns to South Africa for a Test series.Smith was one of the central figures in the controversy during…
NEW DELHI: India is deploying additional warships in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman to ensure safe passage for its fuel and LPG carrying vessels as tensions escalate around the Strait of Hormuz, Bloomberg reported citing sources.The Indian Navy has positioned more than half a dozen warships, including logistics vessels, as a precautionary…
Gaurav Sabnis, an Indian-origin professor at New Jersey’s Stevens Institute of Technology, shared his experience of visiting the Iguaçu Falls and how embarrassed he was as an Indian there as an Indian group created a ruckus, hollering, jumping the queue. Sabnis recalled that it was a boat safari and to reach the boat, the tourists…
NEW DELHI: A US-sanctioned tanker carrying Iranian crude oil rerouted mid-voyage from India to China, with payment-related issues appearing to be the main reason behind the change in declared destination.The Aframax tanker Ping Shun, built in 2002 and sanctioned by the US in 2025, had earlier indicated Vadinar in Gujarat as its destination. If the…
