With a few days left before the cut-off to upgrade prepaid electricity meters, Elizabeth Kunene, 62, slept outside Eskom's offices in Zola, Soweto, on Monday night.

“Colonel was not just a natural leader; she was a force of nature. Her passion for advancing sports, education, social development, and cultural heritage resonated deeply within our community and beyond. She championed these causes tirelessly,...

WESTERN BUREAU: Unhappy with the poor state of their roads, residents in several St James communities brought traffic to a standstill on Tuesday morning, mounting blockades to draw attention to their plight. Police and fire personnel were kept busy...

WESTERN BUREAU: Amorkard Brown, the councillor for the Leamington division in the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), is calling for central government to increase the property tax allocation to municipal corporations from 7.5 per cent to...

ON JULY 1, 1870, the Jamaican Government opened a home specifically for elderly women, but eventually it opened its doors to destitute and crippled old men, and children. It came to be called the Eventide Home for the Aged. One hundred and ten...

Craig Moult was found dead inside his flat on Boldmere Close in Sutton Coldfield on September 3, 2023. Leroy Lawrence stands accused of his murder, along with two counts of theft and two counts of fraud

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Teachers at upgraded mini Anganwadi centres are up in arms against the Congress-led State government, accusing it of failing to implement the promised salary hikes despite upgrading their centres to...

Some owners may have been offered more in compensation than their blades were worth, the BBC finds.

In her response, Aparna M. Kolla, a member of the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR), said that the KSCPCR had already sought details of the schools that lack toilets, and assured that immediate measures would be taken to address the issue.

The 2024 Maharashtra and Jharkhand Assembly elections are underway, with intense battles between ruling alliances and opposition parties. Leadership uncertainty and local issues will play a crucial...

Madras High Court orders CBI probe into Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, transferring case from CB-CID due to 68 lives lost.

Harvesting olives is an economic necessity for many Palestinians, but it is increasingly precarious.

'This is a special location'

What an achievement

Independent Ireland leader Michael Collins, the poll topper in Cork South West at the last general election, suggests a meeting in Dunmanway: West Cork's forgotten town, as he describes it.

Since the last general election in 2020, there have been some changes in the Longford Westmeath constituency.

It is in the middle of one of the most hotly contested three-seaters in the country, but passing through Abbeyleix in Co Laois, you could be forgiven for not noticing an election is on. The lampposts are bare, there are no candidate posters.

An order has been made for the dog's destruction.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has condemned the killing of six people, including three women and three children, by suspected Kuki militants last week. He assured that his government would not rest until the culprits are brought to justice. Search operations are underway for the killers, who had taken the victims hostage in Jiribam district. Singh also expressed gratitude to the CRPF for their swift action in repelling an attack on displaced persons' camps in Jiribam, which led to the deaths of 10 insurgents. The CM has appealed for peace and condemned the violence as a crime against humanity.

Biren Singh expressed grief over the killings of women and children by Kuki terrorists and asserted that his government would not rest until the culprits are brought to justice

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle made the warning while preparing to tell Ofcom to be more assertive with tech firms

Homes are less affordable, homelessness is rising and waiting lists for social housing are still getting longer, according to a new report

The Samajwadi Party on Wednesday accused police personnel of deterring some people from casting votes in Uttar Pradesh where bypolls are underway, while the Bharatiya Janata Party alleged that the faces of some burqa-clad women voters are not matching with their IDs.

Iraq conducts first census in decades, aiming to modernise data collection and planning amid political tensions and implications.

A Government spokesperson described the predicted figures as “simply unacceptable”

Aircel-Maxis case: Delhi High Court stays trial court proceedings against P. Chidambaram in Aircel-Maxis case, seeks Enforcement Directorate’s response.

The government is appealing to members of the public to not disturb the process of registration by blocking “certain” shop owners from registering.

The year 1992 ended with Windsor Castle in flames on November 20 - a fateful day that also happened to be the Queen and Prince Philip's 45th wedding anniversary.

Experts close to the Kremlin say a ceasefire deal is possible despite numerous complexities.

Alipurduar District Police claimed to have solved within four days, the chilling murder of a private schoolteacher at Jaigaon, where his private part was chopped off and inserted in his mouth. ...

Taliban authorities are working to remove "un-Islamic" and anti-government literature from circulation through tactics like checking imported books and removing texts from libraries.

An average voter turnout of 20 per cent was recorded in the first four hours of voting in the bypolls to 15 assembly seats spread across Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala and Uttarakhand on Wednesday amid an incident of stone pelting in a village in UP's Meerapur and allegations of police personnel deterring voters from casting their ballot.

The Wagner Group has generated over $2.5 billion from illegal gold mining since the start of the Ukraine invasion, according to a report by the World Gold Council.

India's envoy at the UN calls for Security Council reform, emphasizing the need for a multilateral system fit for today's realities.

A high-level meeting of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) held at the party headquarters has condemned the Union Government’s move to impose Hindi on non-Hindi speaking states. In a...

The group also asked NNPCL to announce a clear date that the refineries would commence operations.

Vladimir Putin, 72, has not been definitively seen since an appearance at the Valdai Forum in Sochi on November 7 when he congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory