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Kash Patel took the official oath as the ninth director of the federal bureau of investigation on Friday, placing his hand on the holy Hindu text Bhagavad Gita. Kash Patel, the newly appointed director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is making headlines after officially being sworn in on Friday. His decision to take the oath on the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, has drawn parallels to his past criticism of Western media coverage of the Ayodhya’s Ram Temple. Kash Patel was confirmed as the FBI’s ninth director on Thursday following a narrow US Senate vote, securing 51 votes in…

Hamas returned the remains of Shiri Bibas, initially misidentified as a Palestinian woman. Her family, representing Israel’s suffering, confirmed her identity.  Shiri Bibas’s family confirmed on Friday a body released by militant outfit Hamas overnight was of the Israeli mother whose two young sons also died in captivity. Earlier, the Palestinian group had said Bibas’s remains were returned to Israel with those of her sons and another hostage on Thursday. However, tests conducted to confirm the identities of the bodies found that the remains said to be those of Shiri Bibas were that of an unidentified Palestinian woman instead. The…

Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was allotted a broken seat for which the ticket was not supposed to be sold on an Air India flight today. Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday criticised Air India for mismanagement with seat arrangements after he was allotted a broken seat and questioned whether they were cheating passengers. In a post on X, the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister said, “Today I had to come from Bhopal to Delhi, inaugurate the Kisan Mela in Pusa, hold a meeting of the Natural Farming Mission in Kurukshetra and discuss with the representatives of…

Donald Trump termed the now cancelled USAID’s $21 million fund for ‘voter turnout’ in India as a ‘kickback scheme’. US President Donald Trump on Saturday once again questioned the USAID’s $21 million fund for ‘voter turnout’ in India, which has been cancelled by his administration. “USD 21 million going to my friend Prime Minister Modi in India for voter turnout. We are giving $21 million for voter turnout in India, what about us? I want voter turnout too, Governor…$29 million to strengthen political landscape in Bangladesh went to a firm that nobody ever heard of,” the US President told governors…

Six to eight workers are feared trapped as per information given by the company engaged in the work. At least six workers were feared trapped after a section of a roof collapsed in the under-construction stretch of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) in Nagarkurnool district of Telangana on Saturday. Six to eight workers are feared trapped as per information given by the company engaged in the work. “The incident occurred when some workers had gone inside as part of the work when roof collapsed at 12-13 kms inside the tunnel,” the official said. Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy expressed…

Since PM Modi became the PM in 2014, India has reached out to the Gulf with Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim being an early visitor in March 2015. In the complicated world of Middle-East politics, where radical Islam jostles for space with a strong Shia-Sunni current, Qatar is often described by the West and Israel as the arsonist and firefighter of the volatile region. Using the revenue generated by selling its vast natural gas reserves, the third largest after Russia and Iran, Qatar has gained political leverage in the Middle East at the cost of traditional powers of the region. It…

According to an intelligence report, the Kremlin is preparing to portray the announcement as a victory over both Ukraine and NATO. Russia is likely to declare “victory” in the war against Ukraine on February 24, the day the Kremlin announced its offensive against Kyiv in 2022, The Kyiv Independent has reported, citing Ukrainian military intelligence. “Russia is preparing to declare an alleged ‘victory’ in the war against Ukraine by the ’round date’ – 24 February 2025, the third anniversary of the beginning of the full-scale war,” the intelligence agency said. “Moreover, these plans may also include a ‘Russian victory over…

The woman works at a catering service and was waiting at Jyothi Nivas College junction of Koramangala when four men in their 20s approached her. A woman in her thirties was allegedly gangraped at a hotel in Koramangala area of Karnataka’s Bengaluru, police said on Friday, adding that the incident took place around midnight on Thursday. The woman works at a catering service and was waiting at Jyothi Nivas College junction of Koramangala when four men in their 20s approached her and started a conversation. According to the police, the woman is 33 years old and married. In her complaint,…

MEA on Friday reacted to US President Trump’s recent allegation that American aid funds were being used to interfere in India’s electoral process. Deeply concerning, said the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday on the information “put out by the US administration regarding certain USA activities and funding”. US President Donald Trump’s recent allegation that American aid funds were being used to interfere in India’s electoral process have sparked a political row. Donald Trump’s remarks came days after the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk disclosed that USAID contributed USD 21 million to the Election Commission to…