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According to officials, the Paris landmark and its immediate surroundings were evacuated as a precaution and a bomb squad was also dispatched.           A view shows the illuminated Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, July 30, 2023.    After receiving a bomb threat, the famous Eiffel Tower in France was closed to the public on Saturday as a precaution, a French police source told news agency Reuters.The tower's three stories have all been evacuated. A team of bomb disposal specialists and police are reportedly monitoring the area, including a restaurant on one of the levels, according to the authority that manages the property, SETE.According to a spokeswoman, "It's a usual procedure in this kind of situation, which is, however, rare," AFP said. One of the most popular tourist destinations worldwide is the Eiffel Tower. At the south pillar of the tower, there is a police station. Before allowing guests into the premises, authorities conduct video monitoring and security ch

Vimalkumar Trivedi of Plainfield, Indiana, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison, a statement issued here on Friday said.     Authorities said Trivedi was part of an imposter scam that used scare tactics and identity theft to scam innocent victims out of hard-earned money. After entering a plea of guilty to having fraudulent identification documents and running an unregistered money transfer company that cost victims USD 1.5 million in damages, a 41-year-old man of Indian descent was given a sentence of almost four years in jail. According to a statement released here on Friday, Vimalkumar Trivedi of Plainfield, Indiana, was given a 46-month term in federal prison. The sentence was given, and once Trivedi was released from federal prison, US Probation Office monitoring was mandated for three years by USDistrictCourt Chief Judge Tanya Walton Pratt. Authorities claimed Trivedi was a participant in an impostor scheme that exploited identity theft and scare tactics to defraud unwitt

Fourteen drones were downed by air defence systems and six more through electronic warfare, the defence ministry said on the Telegram messaging service.    There were no casualties or damage, said Russia. (Representational) Moscow:  On Saturday, Russia claimed to have shot down 20 unmanned Ukrainian drones in the vicinity of the Crimean Peninsula, where Kiev has intensified its attacks. The defence ministry announced on the Telegram messaging platform that air defense systems shot down 14 drones and destroyed six more using electronic warfare. It said there were no injuries or property damage. Governor Vladislav Shapsha announced on Telegram that a drone was also caught in the Kaluga area, roughly 150 kilometers (95 miles) southwest of Moscow. The latest in a series of attacks on the city in recent days, officials in Moscow announced on Friday that they had destroyed a drone that was directed towards the capital. The defense ministry reported that a Ukrainian drone was shot down over M

Opposition had largely boycotted the proceedings raising the Manipur crisis and insisting on the Prime Minister speaking on it. The session witnessed a dramatic, three-day-long debate on the No Confidence motion. (file) New Delhi:  After 17 sittings spread over 23 days, the monsoon session, which started on July 20, came to a close on Friday. The parliament passed 23 bills during the session. None of these had a thorough debate, with the exception of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023. The Manipur problem was brought up throughout the proceedings, and the opposition insisted that the prime minister talk about it. A contentious discussion resulted in the passage of the Delhi services bill. The Congress party was also seen firmly backing the AAP for the first time. The no-confidence motion was the subject of a heated, three-day discussion during the session. Rahul Gandhi and other prominent figures challenged the government.  Setting the stage fo

On the strip of land, 35 km apart between these two districts, are some Meitei Pangals, or Muslims, who are caught in the deadly crossfire between the Kuki tribe and the Meiteis   Muslims in Manipur's Kwakta said they are worried by the Meitei-Kuki clashes Kwakta:  Over a hundred days have passed since Manipur saw ethnic violence. The situation is gradually returning to normal, and for the previous few days, no significant event has been recorded. But in the area where the fighting took place, which is between the Meitei- and Kuki-dominated Churachandpur and Bishnupur districts, incessant gunfire and bombings have replaced the previous normal. Some Meitei Pangals, or Muslims, live on the narrow strip of territory that separates these two regions by 35 kilometers and are thus trapped in the fatal crossfire between the Kuki tribe and the Meiteis. 9 percent of Manipur's 32 lakh estimated residents are Muslims.Muslims who are caught up in the turmoil between the Kukis and Meiteis a

Delhi Services Bill: At least two of these Bills, now signed into law, drew stiff resistance from opposition parties. Delhi Services Bill: President Droupadi Murmu today gave assent to four bills. (file) New Delhi:  Four bills that were passed during the turbulent monsoon session of the parliament received today's assent from President Droupadi Murmu. Now that they have been signed into law, the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, and the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill. Two of these Bills, which have since been enacted into law, encountered fierce opposition from the opposition parties. The INDIA group has voiced strong opposition to the Centre's bill on control of services in the city, which replaces an order that took authority over Delhi's bureaucracy away from the Aam Aadmi Party-led administration. MPs from the opposing alliance

Amit Sahu confessed to the crime and was arrested along with one other person from Ghora Bazar area of Jabalpur by a team of Nagpur Police.   Sana Khan's body has not been recovered yet, the police said. Nagpur:  Sana Khan, a BJP activist from Nagpur, has been missing for ten days. Her husband, Amit Sahu, was apprehended on Friday for her murder in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, according to police. A team from the Nagpur Police detained Amit Sahu and another individual from the Ghora Bazar neighborhood of Jabalpur after they both admitted to the crime.  Sahu allegedly dropped Ms. Khan's body into a river, according to the police. However, the victim's body has not yet been located, according to the police. Sana Khan, a native of Nagpur and a member of the BJP minority cell, vanished after visiting Jabalpur. Her family claims that on August 1, Ms. Khan was last seen in Jabalpur, where she had traveled to meet Sahu. Ms. Khan took a private bus out of Nagpur, and when she arrived