Himalaya Harbinger, National Bureau Many foreign observers are confident that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is poised to win a third term. However, it’s not a foregone conclusion that Mr. Modi will lose the election, which entered its fourth of seven phases on Monday, despite compelling indicators suggesting he might. The assumption of his defeat is…
Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau Five days after a two-year-old died during treatment, the deceased’s family from Lehragaga has alleged medical negligence by Dr Sanjay Bansal, the senior medical officer at Lehragaga civil hospital. The family claims that the SMO, who also runs a private clinic at his residence in Sunam, failed to attend to the…
In a significant development, the Allahabad High Court, on February 26, rejected a plea to halt the ongoing Puja within the southern cellar of Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque. The judgment, delivered by Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal, addressed an appeal by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee (AIMC) challenging the order of the Varanasi District Judge that permitted…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, which will be NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore’s ride back to Earth after being stuck in space for over 3 months, arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday (ET), Space X CEO Elon Musk elonconfirmed in an X post, formerly Twitter. Williams and Wilmore…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau The Centre has rejected the Uttarakhand government’s proposal to begin soapstone mining near the Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary in Chamoli district, citing environmental concerns. The decision was taken by the Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL), under the Ministry of Forests and Climate Change. The mining project was proposed…
Himalaya Harbinger, Pantnagar Bureau Elon Musk’s teen prodigy Kairan Quazi is trading rockets for trading algorithms, leaving SpaceX after two years to join quantitative trading giant Citadel Securities as a developer in New York City “I felt ready to take on new challenges and expand my skill set into a different high- performance environment,” the 16-year-old…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau Acting on credible information, the Hubballi branch of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) conducted enforcement raids on two warehouses operated by InstaKart Services Pvt. Ltd., the logistics arm of e-commerce giant Flipkart, in Kotur village of Dharwad district. The operation resulted in the seizure of non-ISI marked goods valued at…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau In a heartening development for wildlife enthusiasts and tourists, a family of five tigers was recently captured on CCTV as they gathered to drink water from a pool constructed by the Forest Department in the Terai forests in the Bazpur area of district Udham Singh Nagar. This initiative aims to mitigate…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau The Donald Trump administration detained an Indian national and postdoctoral fellow, Badar Khan Suri, over allegations of spreading antisemitism and having ties to the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, Fox News reported, citing the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A researcher at Georgetown University in Washington DC, Suri was arrested by…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau At least 14 people were killed in a massive fire that broke out in a hotel near Falpatti Machhua in central Kolkata on Tuesday, a senior police officer said. Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma told reporters that the incident took place around 8:15 pm at the Rituraj Hotel. “Fourteen bodies…