At Least Ten Patrons Shot in South Carolina Mall Attack
2022-04-16
Two people were also trampled while trying to flee the mall, police said…Continue Reading
Biden Administration Resumes Federal Oil and Gas Leases, but with Higher Royalties
2022-04-16
The move comes amidst calls from both Republican and Democratic senators to increase domestic oil production in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…Continue Reading
Texas Governor Ends Enhanced Truck Inspections at U.S.-Mexico Border
2022-04-16
Greg Abbott ended the policy after finalizing border-security deals with all four governors of the Mexican states bordering Texas…Continue Reading
A Visit to Ford’s Theatre, Reopened and Riveting
2022-04-16
157 years after Lincoln’s murder, a history museum still stuns and saddens…Continue Reading
The relative summer: The trouble with twins
2022-04-16
When all the guests had finally left, Nikita and Nikhil were in for a revelation. When all the guests had finally left, Nikita and Nikhil were in for a revelation. The story so far:Nikita and Nikhil hate guests because they will have to share a room again. But things change when their cousin Abhishek comes…Continue Reading
AAP ups its Hanuman bhakti: govt. to stage Sundarkand across Delhi
2022-04-16
Party leader organises ‘Shobha Yatra’ with Muslims joining Hindus in celebrations Party leader organises ‘Shobha Yatra’ with Muslims joining Hindus in celebrations Taking the Aam Aadmi Party’s politics of ‘Hanuman bhakti’ a notch higher, party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the Delhi government will organise ‘Sundarkand’ performances across the city.The Chief Minister made the…Continue Reading
Sustained surveillance leads to major ganja seizure in Ernakulam
2022-04-16
Nearly 250 kg of the narcotic smuggled in tanker lorry seized at Kuruppampady near Perumbavoor Nearly 250 kg of the narcotic smuggled in tanker lorry seized at Kuruppampady near Perumbavoor Sustained surveillance has led to the seizure of nearly 250 kg of ganja smuggled in a tanker lorry in the guise of rice bran oil…Continue Reading
Students, activists stage protest against JNU violence
2022-04-16
Scores of students and activists assembled at Jantar Mantar on Saturday and protested against the violence that erupted at Jawaharlal Lal Nehru University’s Kaveri hostel last Sunday. According to the protesters, the agitation was against the “patterns of communal violence taking place across the country in the name of certain ideologies being imposed on people”. They…Continue Reading
Ganja flow through Ernakulam rural continues unabated
2022-04-16
The Ernakulam Rural police limits seem to have emerged as a major destination and transit point for ganja smuggling, going by the staggering catch of over 800kg in the last couple of years, including the seizure of around 250 kg of the narcotic from Kuruppumpady near Perumbavoor on Friday.As many as 70 arrests have been…Continue Reading
Wake Nicodemus
2022-04-16
The political men of the Passion narrative all instruct us in how to live (or not live) as Christians in a hostile world. Nicodemus holds the crucified Christ in a depiction by Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano circa 1490. (Gallerie del’Accademia/Public domain via Didier Descouens/Wikimedia Commons) Nobody ever tells you who Barabbas really was. I…Continue Reading