Following a request to defer Haryana’s assembly elections due to potential low voter turnout during holidays, BJP leader Anil Vij clarified the party was open to preponing the dates as well. Congress, calling BJP’s move “nervous,” criticized the ruling party for lacking significant achievements ahead of the October 1 polls.
A federal appeals court upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the U.S. in the coming months if its Chinese parent company doesn’t sell its stake in the app. Scott MacFarlane has more.
Tuhin Kanta Pandey, a 1987 batch IAS officer from the Odisha cadre, has been appointed India’s new Finance Secretary. His appointment follows the designation of T.V. Somanathan as Cabinet Secretary. Previously, Pandey led key disinvestment initiatives, including the sale of Air India. He has served in pivotal roles within both state and central government, significantly…
A new law in Florida will support the need to keep first responders safe while working a call. Senate Bill 184 will go into effect on Jan. 1 and will prohibit a person, after receiving a warning, from approaching a first responder engaged in the lawful performance of their job. The law is aimed at…
A gun-toting man who a Colorado deputy shot and killed in a parking lot outside a family entertainment center during an “active shooter” call Saturday night is believed to be connected to a female who shot another woman inside the business just minutes earlier, authorities said. The shootings happened just before midnight at the Main…
China has executed two men who committed deadly attacks that killed dozens in November, raising concerns about a surge in what are called “revenge on society crimes,” state media said.
Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels will soon take the field for the biggest game of his football career. Daniels threw a pair of touchdowns during last week’s win over the top-seeded Detroit Lions to help Washington secure an upset victory and advance to the NFC Championship for the first time in more than three decades. …