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Indian borders to US schools, Indian firm bags orders to supply surveillance drones to Texas schools

The company had secured orders worth over Rs 100 crore from the Indian Army in November last year. Its UAVs are deployed along India’s borders with Pakistan & China.

SubscriterWrites: Reliance Industries’ Texas investment signals a new phase in the India-US energy partnership.

According to the first reports, Reliance Industries, India's largest private-sector energy company, will invest in the project and America First Refining will build it.

Houston horror: Employee beheads Indian-origin motel manager in front of wife & kids; murder on CCTV

Killer went on to kick around man's severed head in a parking lot. Victim identified as Chandra Nagamallaiah. Accused Yordanis Cobos-Martinez in custody of Dallas police.

Jailed for threats to Sikhs, story of Indian-American Bhushan Athale & his descent into hate

Athawale, originally from Nanded in Maharashtra, has been sentenced to 26 months in federal prison for issuing threats against employees of a Sikh non-profit.

4 of Indian origin arrested in US for human trafficking. Victims ‘forced to do programming work’

Police in Texas have released information on a months-long investigation into an alleged human trafficking & forced labour operation involving over 100 people, half of them victims.

Pioneer of radio evangelism in India & founder of controversial Believers Church, who was KP Yohannan

Yohannan died in US on 8 May from a cardiac arrest. The 74-year-old missionary, renowned in India and abroad, was founder of Gospel for Asia, a non-profit accused of financial misconduct.

23-year-old suspect who killed eight people near Chicago turns up dead in Texas

Police in Joliet, a town about 56 km southwest of Chicago, said investigators believed Romeo Nance knew the seven people slain at the two dwellings there.

Texas state highway electrification requires EV companies to include Tesla’s standard and CCS

Texas is the first state that will mandate Tesla's charging technology, giving a boost to CEO Elon Musk's hope of making it the national charging standard.

Texas school shooting: Husband dies 2 days after teacher killed, family says of ‘broken heart’

Irma Garcia, her co-teacher Eva Mireles and 19 children were shot dead at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday.

As Texas synagogue hostages rescued, gunman allegedly linked to ‘Lady Al-Qaeda’ Aafia Siddiqui

The gunman, now dead, had reportedly demanded the release of Siddiqui, who has alleged connections to Al-Qaeda & is serving 86-year sentence in US prison for attempted murder.

On Camera

Newspapers, TV channels hesitate to name a victor in Bengal. ‘Kaante ki takkar’

The CPI(M) and Congress barely made it to the headlines. While newspapers have written about the two parties, they have been almost completely ignored by television news.

Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

The 500,000 tonne-per-year plant produced just 94,000 tonnes of refined copper from April 2025 to February this year.

Indian drone tech company ideaForge signs MoU with Japanese firm to develop next-gen AI powered drones

By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.