Author: Rahul M

A grizzly bear attacked a group of schoolchildren and teachers on a walking trail in British Columbia, Canada, injuring 11 people, two of them critically.The attack happened Thursday afternoon in Bella Coola, 700 kilometers (435 miles) northwest of Vancouver. The Nuxalk Nation said the “aggressive bear” remained on the loose Thursday evening and police and conservation officers were on the scene.“Officers are armed. Remain indoors and off the highway,” the First Nation said in a social media post.Two people were critically injured and two had serious injuries, Emergency Health Services spokesman Brian Twaites said. The others were treated at the…

In the aftermath of the Red Fort blast and the busting of a Jaish-e-Mohammad-linked terror module of doctors, the Uttar Pradesh Anti Terror Squad (ATS) has ramped up surveillance and has sought the details of Madrasa students and their teaching staff from the eight districts under the Prayagraj zone. In a letter dated November 15, 2025, the UP ATS directed the District Minority Welfare Officers (DWOs) of the districts of Prayagraj, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Fatehpur, Banda, Hamirpur, Chitrakoot, and Mahoba to provide the complete details of all madrasas operating across the districts. The letter the ATS has sought details like the…

LEVEA, Greece (AP) — It was a shocking sight for the farmer — three of his sheep lying dead on the ground, signs of their mauling unmistakable. The large paw prints in the earth left no doubt they had been killed by a bear, a once rare but now increasingly frequent visitor in this part of northwestern Greece. “It was a bear, a very big one, and they come often now. I wasn’t the only one, it struck elsewhere too,” said Anastasios Kasparidis, adding that another farmer had lost some chickens and pigs. He decided to move the rest of…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — When Donald Tusk’s government came to power in Poland two years ago, it had high ambitions to roll back a political takeover of the judiciary by its nationalist, conservative predecessor. The reality proved more complicated.Law and Justice (PiS), which ruled Poland between 2015 and 2023, established political control over key judicial institutions by stacking higher courts with friendly judges, and punishing its critics with disciplinary action or assignments to far-away locations. It appointed enough sympathetic judges to the Constitutional Tribunal that a PiS-aligned president can delay government plans by sending them for constitutional review.European courts have…

BANGKOK (AP) — Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico was crowned Miss Universe 2025 on Friday, a dramatic victory for a 25-year-old at the center of the turbulent 74th staging of the popular beauty pageant in Bangkok who stood up to public bullying from one of the hosts.The issues at this year’s event sprang from a sharp-tongued scolding of Bosch, which sparked a controversy marked by a walkout, feminist solidarity and a teary, melodramatic apology from the local organizer who set it all off.When Bosch was announced as the winner, cheers and screams erupted from the audience, with Mexican flags waved…

The state unveils a sweeping 2025-30 IT vision with fiscal support, deeptech focus, and regional expansion plans at the Bengaluru Tech Summit.Karnataka has outlined a major push to distribute its technology ecosystem more evenly across the state with the introduction of a new IT policy that offers companies a one-time relocation incentive of up to ₹50,000 for every employee shifted into tier-2 cities. The policy blueprint, cleared by the government, is aimed at encouraging firms to move talent from Bengaluru to Mysuru, Mangaluru, Hubballi-Dharwad, Kalaburagi and Shivamogga, as well as attract employees from outside Karnataka into these regions.The initiative was…

The Jaish-e-Mohammad-linked terror module, which is under investigation in connection with the 10th November Red Fort blast, was working in coordination with some ‘foreign handlers’. According to a report by The Times of India, Red Fort bomber Umar un Nabi and his terror associates, Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganai and Dr Muzzafar Rather, met a Syrian handler in Turkiye in 2022 on the directions of their foreign handler named Ukasha. The investigation agencies are trying to find out why Nabi and the two terror accused met the Syrian terror operative and what transpired during the meeting. As per the information provided…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The president of Ukraine is facing a confluence of crises testing his ability to lead an increasingly weary nation nearly four years into a devastating full-scale invasion by Russia. For more than a week, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has struggled to contain the fallout from a $100 million corruption scandal implicating top officials and other associates. The pressure on Zelenskyy has ratcheted up as the United States pushes a proposal it drew up with Russia that would require major concessions from Ukraine — and seemingly few from Russia — to bring an end to the war. All this…

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has criticised the Congress after Sonia Gandhi awarded the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development to former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, invoking her past criticisms of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the Jammu and Kashmir issue.In 2019, commenting on the restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir in the aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370, Bachelet, then serving as the head of the UN Human Rights Council, had expressed deep concern about the “impact of recent actions by the Government of India on the human rights of Kashmiris”. Bachelet had filed an…

The state updates its 2023 policy with fresh payouts, medical support, and a new verification committee to speed up relief for bite victims across all GBA city corporations.The Karnataka government has introduced a revised compensation structure for stray dog bite cases across all municipal corporations operating under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA). The updated order, dated November 18, 2025, replaces key parts of an earlier notification issued on October 30, 2023, and is aimed at providing quicker financial aid and smoother access to emergency treatment.Under the new norms, the state has standardised the payout for non-fatal bite incidents. People who…