21+ min ago (585+ words) Updated - November 30, 2025 11:04 pm IST - Washington Even so, when the community member who works with Afghan families in Washington State saw on the news that Lakanwal was named as the suspect in the National Guard shooting, they said they were stunned, unable to square the violence with the memory of seeing Lakanwal play with his young sons. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity to share undisclosed details while cooperating with the FBI in its investigation. West Virginia National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, were critically wounded in what officials described as an ambush attack on Wednesday (November 26, 2025) afternoon, and Beckstrom died from her injuries the next day. Investigators are still working to establish a motive for the attack. Lakanwal, 29, has been charged with first-degree murder. In Afghanistan, Lakanwal worked in a special Afghan Army unit…...

25+ min ago (151+ words) Thirteen Bangladeshi fishermen were detained in Srikakulam after drifting into Indian waters due to fuel and food shortages. Published - November 30, 2025 10:54 pm IST - SRIKAKULAM Thirteen fishermen from Bangladesh were taken into custody by the marine police after they reached Musavanipeta of Etcherla mandal of Srikakulam district on Sunday. According to the marine police, the fishermen were stranded at sea as they ran out of fuel and food in the boat. The boat reportedly drifted towards West Bengal and Odisha coasts and later reached Srikakulam coast. Local fishermen informed the marine police about the movement of strangers. The police took them into custody and inquired into the reason for entering the coast. They told the police that they were starving for the past 15 days. The locals offered them food and medicine. The police said they would inform Bangladesh Coast Guard about the…...

50+ min ago (109+ words) MLA Bode Prasad inaugurates new CC roads in Kanuru village, Krishna district, promoting hygiene and greenery among residents. Published - November 30, 2025 10:29 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA Penamaluru MLA Bode Prasad inaugurated CC roads at various places in Kanuru village in Krishna district, on Sunday. Mr. Prasad inaugurated the new roads laid in KCP Colony and SPP Road. He interacted with senior citizens in KCP Colony and enquired whether they were receiving the schemes being implemented by the government. The MLA asked the residents of SPP Road to maintain hygienic conditions and improve greenery to prevent pollution. Officials of various departments participated in the event. development / Andhra Pradesh / Vijayawada...

1+ hour, 14+ min ago (444+ words) Published - November 30, 2025 10:05 pm IST - Belagavi Members of Janasamanyara Vedike and Udyogakankshigala Horata Samiti will organise a protest rally in Dharwad on Monday, seeking filling of all vacant posts in the State government. The State government should take a clear stand and declare a policy decision about filling vacant government posts, at the Winter Session in Belagavi. "It should announce a road map for recruitment in various departments. In order to press for this demand, we are taking out a protest rally in Dharwad," committee convenor Yellappa Hegade said in Dharwad on Sunday. He also urged the Union government to fill its long-pending vacancies. "The number of vacant posts in 43 departments of the State government is 2.84 lakh. The corresponding figure for the Union government is around 7.8 lakh. But none of these governments are showing any enthusiasm to fill the vacant posts....

1+ hour, 22+ min ago (186+ words) Updated - November 30, 2025 09:58 pm IST - Motihari Five persons were killed and several others injured as a speeding truck rammed into several vehicles in Bihar's East Champaran district on Sunday (November 30, 2025), police said. The accident happened on NH27 in the Kotwa police station area in Motihari, they said. "A speeding truck entered the service lane where several vehicles, including motorcycles and an autorickshaw, were waiting to cross the road. It rammed into those vehicles," said Deputy Superintendent of Police (Sadar 1) Dilip Kumar. Five persons were killed, and the bodies sent for post-mortem examination. The truck driver fled following the accident, he added. "Prima facie, it appears that the truck driver dozed off behind the wheel, leading to the accident," the DSP said. Enraged locals blocked the highway and set an NHAI vehicle on fire. Police cleared the blockade after a while. Expressing sorrow…...

1+ hour, 29+ min ago (226+ words) Published - November 30, 2025 09:50 pm IST - Lucknow The Samajwadi Party (SP) president, Akhilesh Yadav, on Sunday (November 30, 2025), alleged that authorities are trying to fully commercialise Lucknow's Janeshwar Mishra Park by opening it up for large-scale private weddings and events,starting January 15, 2026. Mr. Yadav has pushed for a civil society movement by people of Lucknow to stop the conversion of a vital ecological asset into a private revenue-generating property. Mr. Yadav's criticism comes after a promotional poster surfaced for a proposed venue titled "Janeshwar Greens', which advertises massive event lawns, extensive guest capacity and dedicated parking facilities within the park's premises. The SP chief added that it is just the beginning of the BJP and its allies' greed. He alleged that the park is falling victim to this greed, and in the near future, BJP contractors will take over parks in every neighbourhood…...

1+ hour, 34+ min ago (154+ words) Published - November 30, 2025 09:45 pm IST - JAGTIAL The Jagtial town police on Sunday cracked a robbery case within 24 hours of the offence with the arrest of two youths and recovery of the stolen cash and mobile phone from them. The police took a juvenile, an "accomplice" of the arrested duo, into custody in connection with the case. According to the police, T. Naveen of Mancherial district was robbed of "22,000 by three motorcycle-borne youth at a petrol bunk in Jagtial town at around 1.30 a.m. on Sunday. The trio allegedly snatched away his mobile phone after beating him with sticks. Acting on a complaint, a police team, led by Jagtial town Inspector of Police Karunakar, nabbed the trio on Rajiv bypass road on the outskirts of the town'on Sunday afternoon. The arrested were identified as 21-year-old Yerram Sai and Nakka Ganesh, both residents of Jagtial town....

1+ hour, 42+ min ago (564+ words) Published - November 30, 2025 09:37 pm IST - NEW DELHI The Election Commission of India has dismissed arguments raised in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) case by Opposition parties that only the Union government has exclusive authority to scrutinise citizenship, saying the Centre's power is "limited" to inquiring into the circumstances in which Indian citizens voluntarily acquired foreign citizenship. The Commission referred to Section 9 of the Citizenship Act, 1955, which deals with the termination of citizenship in cases of voluntary acquisition of foreign citizenship. Section 9 vests in the Centre the authority to determine "when or how" an Indian citizen acquired foreign citizenship. Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal have described SIR as citizenship screening. Parties including the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam have alleged that the EC is misusing the revision of electoral rolls to conduct a "de novo National Register of Citizens". The…...

1+ hour, 51+ min ago (259+ words) Published - November 30, 2025 09:29 pm IST - JAMMU The authorities have suspended all virtual private network (VPN) services in Poonch and Rajouri districts of the Jammu division for the next two months. In two separate orders, the administrations of the two districts, which are close to the Line of Control (LoC), declared the suspension of VPNs, through public notifications. In the latest order on Sunday (November 30, 2025), Ashok Kumar Sharma, Magistrate, Poonch, said the suspension was ordered under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) with immediate effect. "The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) informed that there has been an unprecedented high usage of VPNs in the past few days at different locations of the district by suspicious internet users," Mr. Sharma said in the order. Poonch is a district close to the LoC in the Pir Panjal valley, comprising Rajouri and Poonch…...

1+ hour, 53+ min ago (259+ words) Regular discoveries of new species, including the latest finds, highlights the rich biodiversity of the island, which is reported to have 650 species of plants and over 1,800 species of fauna Described in November 2025, the two are among the nearly 40 new species reported from here since 2021 These include two species of frogs, four crabs, two geckos and a number of insects including flies, moths and beetles Nearly half of these have been described in 2025 alone.Named after Steve IrwinNamed Lycodon irwini after the renowned Australian zookeeper Steve Irwin, the new wolf snake was described in the journal Evolutionary Systematics by a team of researchers that included R.S Chandramouli of Pondicherry University, Zeeshan A Mirza of the Max Planck Institute for Biology, and naturalist Girish Choure Given the snake's rarity, its sharply restricted range and potential threats, the researchers have recommended that it…...