Politics

By Alex Wilcox Cheek – commons.wikimedia.org Martha’s Vineyard has rejected one of the largest housing proposals ever considered by its regional planning body. The Katama Meadows project in Edgartown proposed 52 homes across 54 acres, including 26 below-market lots intended for moderate-income residents and municipal workers, alongside 19 market-rate homes that could have sold for…

Ariana Grande’s relationship with Manchester did not end when the lights went down at the Manchester Arena in May 2017. Seven years after the attack that killed 22 people following her concert, the singer continued a quiet tradition of sending Christmas gifts to children spending the holiday season in hospitals across Greater Manchester. In December…

‘It went on like a normal day till it wasn’t,’ Smit recalled MUMBAI: Two hours into the flight from Dubai to Tel Avivi, flydubai commander, Capt Smit Machchar was checking landing time and fuel figures on the computer when something struck hard at the back of his head. He thought part of his Boeing 737’s…

Smit Machchhar is recovering in Abu Dhabi Indian pilot Smit Machchhar who was attacked by his co-pilot aboard a Flydubai flight has recalled how a routine journey turned into a fight for survival, describing the repeated blows to his head, his attempts to call for help and the moments he lost consciousness as the aircraft…

In an official update, police said, “Today at around 7:40 pm, a stampede occurred at the exit gate of Sarada Park (Chor Bagan) Puja Pandal, under Girish Park Police Station, due to heavy crowds of pandal hoppers amid rainfall. The Puja Pandal has now been closed to visitors. All injured persons were rescued and shifted…

Ministry of home affairs informed that the portal has been designed to keep the complainant’s identity confidential, if they desire (Photo: AP). NEW DELHI: An enquiry committee constituted by the Supreme Court launched a complaint portal on Saturday for individuals and police personnel affected by violence during July protests at Jantar Mantar, in and around…

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles helped arrange a tough Fox News interview with former White House press secretary Katie Zacharia, which was described by sources as a “sanctioned hit”, hours before she was removed from the role, according to reports.Zacharia appeared on Sean Hannity’s primetime show on Thursday, where she faced questions about…

A proposed A$15 billion data-centre campus near Wagga Wagga in New South Wales has sparked a debate over the future of regional development, with residents raising concerns about agricultural land, energy demand and environmental impacts. Reporting by ABC Riverina and The Daily Telegraph, alongside details in the project’s planning documents, highlights a growing divide between…

Dipke was detained shortly after leaving the residence of NCP-SCP spokesperson Anish Gawande. NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke shared a cheeky post featuring Shah Rukh Khan in his elderly look from the film Veer-Zaara.“How it feels walking out of jail after 24 hours with no wifi and phone,” Dipke wrote on…

Kaizad Bharucha to step down December 31 HDFC Bank Deputy Managing Director Kaizad Bharucha has resigned from the country’s largest private sector lender, with his exit scheduled for December 31, the bank said in an exchange filing on Saturday.Bharucha, who joined the bank in 1995, had requested cessation from service with effect from December 31,…