Students in Ireland and Switzerland join Gaza protest wave (Updates with student protests in Lausanne, Switzerland) DUBLIN, May 4 (Reuters) - Students at Trinity College Dublin and Lausanne University in Switzerland have staged occupations to protest against Israel's war in Gaza, joining a wave of demonstrations sweeping U.S. campuses . In Dublin, students built an encampment on Friday that forced the university to restrict campus access on Saturday and close the Book of Kells exhibition, one of

Punjab CM Mann alleges BJP imprisoned Kejriwal to hinder his LS poll campaign Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said the ruling BJP was afraid of his Aam Aadmi Party colleague and Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, who is currently in jail in connection with a excise policy linked case. The BJP has jailed him in a completely false case to stop him from campaigning in the Lok Sabha polls, said Mann, who held a road show for his party's Bharuch candidate Chaitar Vasava. ''They put hi

Modi's Seventh Bihar Rally Ignites Voter Connection Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday seemed to be enjoying himself at a rally he addressed in the north Bihar town of Darbhanga. In a state where the total number of Lok Sabha seats is 40, Modi, the BJP-led NDA's biggest crowd puller, has already addressed seven rallies, with four more phases of voting to go. At the election meeting in Darbhanga, the capital of the erstwhile princely state of Mithila, the PM was presented with a garland mad

French Embassy in UK apologizes after doctor denied entry for Senate meeting on Gaza war A well-known British-Palestinian surgeon who volunteered in Gaza hospitals said he was denied entry to France on Saturday to speak at a French Senate meeting about the Israel-Hamas war. Authorities wouldn't give a reason for the decision. Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta was placed in a holding zone in the Charles de Gaulle airport and will be expelled, according to French Sen Raymonde Poncet Monge, who had invited him

Original Headline: HIGHLIGHTS Revised Headline: Match Highlights: Key Moments and Plays Following are the top stories at 9 pm NATION ELN92 ELECTIONS-BJP-LD LOVELY ****Former Delhi Cong leaders, including Arvinder Singh Lovely, join BJP New Delhi: Former Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh Lovely joined the BJP on Saturday along with a few other leaders, including former MLAs Raj Kumar Chauhan, Neeraj Basoya and Naseeb Singh.**** ELN91 ELECTIONS-BH-LD MODI ****At Bihar rally, Modi targets Lal

Akhilesh Yadav's daughter on holiday, campaigns for Samajwadi Party candidates Aditi Yadav, a student and daughter of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, is campaigning for party candidates for Lok Sabha elections here. On Friday, Aditi reached Saifai in the Etawah district of the state along with party workers and conducted a door-to-door campaign. Etawah Lok Sabha constituency will undergo polls on May 13 in the fourth phase and SP has filed Jitendra Dohare from the constituency. Voters show

NCC cadets to be engaged in poll duties in Himachal Pradesh: Chief Electoral Officer National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets will be deployed on election duties on June 1 for four Lok Sabha seats and assembly bye-elections in the state, said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Maneesh Garg here on Saturday. He said that this step would go a long way in educating and inspiring the youth while engaging them in the biggest festival of democracy and this will instil ideas of selfless service and develop a democ

Male cheetah rescued from Rajasthan's Karoli district A male cheetah Pawan was rescued from Rajasthan's Karoli district under challenging conditions after after straying from Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh and crossing into Rajasthan, said an official statement on Saturday. The animal is being shifted to Kuno National Park and will be released in the wild. Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Director Lion Project in a statement said, With an enormous crowd of onlookers an

Paytm COO Bhavesh Gupta Departs Amid Management Reshuffle Paytm's parent company One97 Communications president and chief operating officer Bhavesh Gupta has resigned from the company, an official statement said on Saturday. As part of a change in leadership structure, fintech firm Paytm has appointed Rakesh Singh as chief executive officer of Paytm Money. The company has moved Varun Sridhar, who was heading Paytm Money, as CEO of Paytm Services -- which deals in the distribution of mutual funds

Hip Injury Forces Home Favorite Jannik Sinner to Withdraw from Italian Open Second-ranked Jannik Sinner announced Saturday that he is withdrawing from the Italian Open because of an injured hip denying the tournament of its most anticipated home player in decades. Sinner joins third-ranked Carlos Alcaraz on the sidelines after the Spaniard withdrew from Rome a day earlier due to a right forearm injury. The 22-year-old Sinner raised the Australian Open trophy in January to become the first Itali

Ipswich and Tom Brady's Birmingham Enter Premier League and Face Relegation Respectively Ipswich Town will play in the Premier League for the first time since 2002 after securing the second automatic promotion spot from the second-tier Championship on Saturday. Ipswich beat Huddersfield 2-0 to finish as the runner-up behind champion Leicester on the final day of the regular season, sparking a pitch invasion at Portman Road. It is the second straight promotion for the team nicknamed the Tractor B

Tharoor Accuses PM of 'Fabricating' Ideas to Criticize Congress Manifesto Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was coming up with imaginary ideas regarding the Congress' manifesto to attack the party. The situation today was such that ''the very idea of Indian democracy that our forefathers fought for is in peril'', he told reporters here. ''Our manifesto is a strong document with a vision for the future. Modi is making up imaginary ideas that are not in o

Arsenal Bolsters Title Hopes with Convincing 3-0 Victory Against Bournemouth Arsenal maintained its pursuit of the Premier League title with a 3-0 win over Bournemouth that lifted Mikel Arteta's team four points clear of second-place Manchester City on Saturday. City can reduce the gap back to a point by beating Wolverhampton Wanderers later and still has another game in hand. Bukayo Saka converted a penalty in the 45th minute after a trip on Kai Havertz before Leandro Trossard and Declan Rice a

Bowlers must out-strategize batters: Mohammad Amir on crucial T20 challenge Veteran Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir believes the greatest challenge in Twenty20 cricket for bowlers now-a-days is to out-think the batters. He, however, said that the bowlers could prevail in the format with some smart thinking. ''You have to out-think the batters (in T20 format),'' he said on a YouTube channel. Amir, who came out of a forced retirement to make a comeback to the Pakistan team after nearly four years, al

Noida Private College Faces Notice for Substandard Food Quality The administration of a private college in Greater Noida and its canteen operator were served notice by the Food Safety Department for alleged poor food quality and unhygienic conditions on Saturday, officials said. Purported pictures also surfaced on social media, showing mosquitoes and insects in certain food items. The inspection was carried out over complaints by some students who expressed dissatisfaction about cleanliness and

Cong leader Gehlot attacks electoral bonds scheme, calls it a major scam The electoral bonds scheme was the biggest scam in the world, alleged senior Congress leader and former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday. He was addressing a poll rally in Rajgarh, where party colleague Digvijaya Singh is pitted against two-time sitting BJP MP Rodmal Nagar. Even Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's husband Parakala Prabhakar, who is an economist, claims the electoral bonds scheme was

Panchkula Court Imposes Death Penalty on Four Convicts for Heinous Crimes of Gangrape and Double Murder Nuh gangrapes and double murder: Panchkula court sentences four convicts to death.

Hamas negotiators begin Gaza truce talks; CIA chief also present in Cairo Hamas negotiators began intensified talks on Saturday on a possible Gaza truce that would see a halt to the fighting and the return to Israel of some hostages, a Hamas official told Reuters, with the CIA director already present in Cairo for the indirect diplomacy. The Hamas delegation arrived from the Palestinian Islamist movement's political office in Qatar, which, along with Egypt, has tried to mediate a follow-up to a

Candidate for Germany's Ruling Party Attacked During European Election Campaign A candidate for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left party in next month's election for the European Parliament was beaten up and seriously injured while campaigning in an eastern city, the party said Saturday. It was the latest in a series of incidents raising political tensions in Germany ahead of the polls. Scholz's Social Democrats, or SPD, launched their official campaign for the June 9 vote with a rally last we

Mamata alleges erosion of democracy under Modi's leadership Claiming that the BJP has not been able to deliver on its promise of ''acche din'' (good days), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that the Narendra Modi-led government was turning ''democracy into a jail.'' She claimed that though the saffron party was repeatedly saying that the BJP-led NDA will get above 400 seats in the Lok Sabha polls, it will ''lose'' the elections. Addressing an election rally here in R

Tennis-Injured Sinner withdraws from Rome Masters Jannik Sinner has been forced to withdraw from the Masters 1000 event in Rome next week due to a hip injury he suffered at the Madrid Open, the world number two said on Saturday, hampering his preparations for the French Open. Sinner pulled out before his quarter-final against Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime in Madrid and the 22-year-old Italian said he was heartbroken to take the decision to skip his home tournament which runs from May 8-19. It i

Congress Candidate Jai Prakash Agarwal Files Nomination from Chandni Chowk Constituency Congress candidate from Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency Jai Prakash Agarwal on Saturday filed his nomination for the seat. Agarwal said it is his 10th Lok Sabha election. ''I am very happy. This is my 10th Lok Sabha election. The party has shown trust on me,'' he said. Jai Prakash Agarwal, along with a large number of Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers and leaders, went in a procession to the DM

Olympics-IOC bans former senior Olympic member Sheikh Ahmad for 15 years Kuwait's Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has been banned for 15 years from all positions within the International Olympic Committee over ethics breaches, the Olympic ruling body has decided. In a letter seen by Reuters, IOC Director General Christophe De Kepper informed all IOC members of the Executive Board decision to sanction the once-powerful Sheikh Ahmad over a court case in Switzerland. The IOC Executive Board decided

Adani Ports Eyes Philippine Port Development Adani Group firm APSEZ is eyeing the Philippines' Bataan province to develop a port, a statement issued by the office of the president of the Philippines said. APSEZ Managing Director Karan Adani met the Philippines President Ferdinand R Marcos Jr at Malacanang on May 2 in a courtesy call to discuss Adani Group's plans for the port. APSEZ is planning to open a port in the Philippines due to the nation's stable leadership and environment, the statement

Supreme Court to Review Acquittal of Surendra Koli in Nithari Killings Case The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea challenging Allahabad High Court's order acquitting Surendra Koli in the 2006 Nithari serial killings case. A bench of Justice BR Gavai, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sandeep Mehta issued a notice on an appeal filed by one Pappu Lal, the father of one of the victims. Senior advocate Geeta Luthra and advocates Rupesh Kumar Sinha and Sataroop Das, appearing for Lal, s

Japanese Foreign Minister to Visit Nepal on Sunday Japanese foreign minister Kamikawa Yoko will be here for a day-long trip on Sunday to meet Nepal's top leadership and discuss broader issues of bilateral and mutual interests. The Japanese embassy in Kathmandu earlier this week expressed hope that the foreign minister's visit will give a good impetus for further strengthening our friendly relationship towards the year 2026, the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations betwee

BJP criticizes Rahul Gandhi's Rae Bareli nomination, citing 'beta bachao, beta badhao' concerns The BJP on Saturday took a swipe at the Congress over Rahul Gandhi's decision to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli, saying the opposition party seems to believe in ''beta bachao, beta badhao'' (save son, promote son). Speaking to reporters as five former Delhi Congress leaders, including Arvinder Singh Lovely, joined the BJP, the ruling party's national general secretary Vino

India waits for details on arrests in Canada over Sikh separatist's murder India will wait for Canadian police to share information on the three Indian men it has arrested and charged with the murder of a Sikh separatist leader last year, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Saturday. Canadian police charged the three on Friday over the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar and said they were probing whether the suspects had links to the Indian government. Jaishankar

Few people's selfish motives and aspirations grow a lot: DPCC interim president on Arvinder Singh Lovely joining BJP Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee Interim President, Devender Yadav on Saturday slammed his former colleague, Arvinder Singh Lovely, who joined the BJP and said that some people have selfish motives but pointed out that the turncoat leader might have had some 'compulsions'. A few people's selfish motives and aspirations grow a lot. This is the same Lovely who had advocated for an a

RLD spokesperson resigns in protest against BJP's alliance with Brij Bhushan Singh's son National spokesperson of BJP ally Rashtriya Lok Dal Rohit Jakhar has resigned from the party in protest against the BJP giving a ticket to the son of incumbent MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is facing criminal charges of sexually harassing women wrestlers. ''Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is an accused in the sexual harassment case of women wrestlers. Giving tickets to his son is an insult to the women wrestle

SIT Arrests JD(S) MLA HD Revanna in Bitcoin Scam JD(S) MLA H D Revanna, whose son Prajwal is facing sexual abuse allegations was taken into custody on Saturday, police said. He was picked up by a Special Investigation Team after a court rejected his anticipatory bail plea. He is also facing sexual abuse allegations.

Uttarakhand Wildfires: Air Services Halted for Second Day Amidst Hazy Conditions Air services to Pithoragarh and Munsiyari towns of the border district remained suspended for the second day on Saturday due to poor visibility around the Naini-Saini airport caused by smoke rising from the burning forests. Visibility around the airport and its surroundings remained less than 1000-metre, which is required to be at least 5000 metres for air fliers to operate, officials said. ''Visibility in Saur vall

Five arrested for killing youth who threatened people by making reels Five people were arrested here for allegedly killing a man who used to threaten people and record the video of the act for his Instagram posts, police said on Saturday. Ashok alias Thanda Pani, 17, was found with multiple injuries near his residence in East Delhi's Trilokpuri area on April 17. He was beaten up by a group of people with rods and sticks, police said. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Apporva Gupt

Asian U-22 and Youth Boxing Championships 2024: India's Akash, Vishvanath, Nikhil, Preet storm into finals Four Indian boxers Akash Gorkha, Vishvanath Suresh, Nikhil and Preet Malik advanced into the U-22 men's finals at the ASBC Asian U-22 and Youth Boxing Championships 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan on Saturday. Senior national champion Akash extended his dominating run in the 60kg category with a 5-0 win over Ilyasov Sayat of Uzbekistan in the semi-finals. Reigning youth world champion Vishvanath

Sadiq Khan Wins Second Term as Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, the Pakistani-origin Labour Party candidate in the race to be re-elected London Mayor for a third term, looked set on Saturday to register a decisive victory, as the local election results from England and Wales continued to reflect a strong swing in favour of the Opposition party. The 53-year-olds own camp and the BBC have decided to call the election in favour of Khan as borough-wise results poured in for the UK capital to show that he

Mayank Yadav Ruled Out of IPL 2023: Coach Justin Langer Pace sensation Mayank Yadav has been ruled out of the remainder of the Indian Premier League after sustaining a lower abdominal tear, Lucknow Super Giants head coach Justin Langer confirmed on Saturday. That the 21-year-old Delhi man would be out of this IPL with a grade 1 tear (side strain) was first reported by PTI on May 1 along with the news of his induction into BCCI's pace bowling contract list. Asked about Mayank's fitness status, La

Kin Provide Statements to CID in Investigation of Firing Incident near Salman Khan's Residence The state Crime Investigation Department (CID) on Saturday recorded the statement of three family members of Anuj Thapan, an accused in the firing incident outside actor Salman Khans house, who died allegedly by suicide in police custody, an official said. The CID recorded the statements of Thapan's relatives Vikram Kumar, Kuldeep Kumar and Jaswant Singh, the official said. The family members claimed t

Ex-Congress Leaders in Delhi, Including Arvinder Singh Lovely, Switch to BJP Former Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh Lovely joined the BJP on Saturday along with a few other leaders, including former MLAs Raj Kumar Chauhan, Neeraj Basoya and Naseeb Singh. All the former Congress leaders, who have publicly slammed the opposition party's alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi for the Lok Sabha polls, joined the BJP in the presence of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, party genera

Berkshire pares huge Apple stake as cash, operating profit set records Berkshire Hathaway significantly reduced its enormous stake in Apple in the first quarter, as Warren Buffett's conglomerate let its cash hoard swell to a record $189 billion. Buffett's company also posted a record operating profit exceeding $11 billion, as its insurance operations benefited from improved underwriting and higher income from investments as interest rates rose. The value of Berkshire's stake in Apple fell 22% to

Rajasthan CM Gives Green Light to Dismissal of Convicted Government Official Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma has approved the proposal to dismiss a man working with the Deputy Labour Commissioner from service after being convicted in a corruption case, according to an official statement. According to the statement, the Labour Department will take action to dismiss Deshraj Singh Gurjar, Junior Assistant to Deputy Labour Commissioner in Alwar from service, under the policy of zero toler

At Bihar rally, Modi slams Lalu over Godhra, blasts oppn parties for quotas Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday charged RJD president Lalu Prasad, the BJPs principal opponent in Bihar, with having tried to ''shield'' those guilty in two-decade-old Godhra train burning incident and put blame on kar sevaks. Addressing an election rally at Darbhanga, Modi, who was then the chief minister of Gujarat where riots had erupted after the incident, also alleged that the RJD supremo had acted in conni

Afghan Ambassador to India Resigns Amidst Gold Smuggling Allegations Zakia Wardak, the senior-most Afghan diplomat in India, has resigned from her position after reports emerged that she was caught at Mumbai airport last month for allegedly trying to smuggle 25 kg of gold worth Rs 18.6 crore from Dubai. Wardak had taken charge as the acting ambassador of Afghanistan to New Delhi since late last year after working as the Afghan Consul General in Mumbai for over two years. In a statement posted on

Karnataka JD(S) MLA Revanna Arrested by SIT in Connection with Kidnap Case SIT sleuths pick up Karnataka JD(S) MLA Revanna in connection with kidnap case: Officials.

Death toll from rains in southern Brazil climbs to 56, some 70 still missing The death toll from rains in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul rose to 56, local authorities said on Saturday morning, while dozens still have not been accounted for. Rio Grande do Sul's civil defense authority said 67 people were still missing and nearly 25,000 had been displaced as storms have affected more than half of the 497 cities in the state, which borders Uruguay and Argentina. Floods destroyed r

Indian Leaders Exchange Barbs over Political Aspirations Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asserted his governments surgical and air strikes had shaken Pakistan, and the neighbouring countrys leaders are now praying that the Congress shehzada becomes Indias PM. Modi, addressing a poll rally in Palamu, took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi without taking his name, and said Pakistan might want him as prime minister, but India wants a strong country with a strong PM. Objecting to the la

Karnataka HC denies anticipatory bail to MLA H D Revanna in kidnapping case Court rejects anticipatory bail plea of Karnataka MLA H D Revanna in kidnap case.

Chawrasia slides to joint 24th in Maekyung Open SSP Chawrasia carded a sloppy 2-over 73 to slip down to tied 24th at the GS Caltex Maekyung Open here on Saturday. In the third round of the Asian Tour event, he is now 1-under 212 and 10 behind leader Junghwan Lee after being tied 13th a day earlier. Other Indian player Ajeetesh Sandhu who made the cut was tied 51 after 74 on the par-71 course. Lee birdied three of the last five holes to take the third-round lead to give himself a chance of improv

Russia puts Ukraine's Zelenskiy on wanted list, TASS reports Russia has opened a criminal case against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and put him on a wanted list, the state news agency TASS reported on Saturday, citing the Interior Ministry's database. The entry it cited gave no further details. Russia has issued arrest warrants for a number of Ukrainian and other European politicians since the start of the conflict with Ukraine in February 2022. Russian police in February put Estonian

AAP's Raghav Chadha, Atishi Marlena, and Saurabh Bharadwaj Submit Nominations for Delhi Elections AAP candidates from East Delhi and West Delhi Lok Sabha seats filed their nomination papers amid fanfare and in the presence of senior party leaders on Saturday. The three AAP candidates - Kuldeep Kumar (East Delhi), Somnath Bharti (New Delhi) and Mahabal Mishra (West Delhi) - took out roadshows along with senior AAP leaders and volunteers of the party before going for filing nominations. Bharti in

Woman throws acid on boyfriend in Nagpur; booked A case has been registered against a woman for allegedly throwing acid on her 29-year-old boyfriend and injuring him after a fight in Maharashtra's Nagpur city, police said on Saturday. Based on a complaint, the police on Friday registered a case against the accused woman and two others involved in the attack that took place on April 25, an official from Kalamna police station said. The victim, Ganesh Laxman Bhoyer (29), sustained severe injuries