Yamunanagar: Palaram became an example of humanity, quenching the thirst of passers-by by standing barefoot in the scorching sun

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In the deserted forest bordering Haryana and Himachal, such an example of humanity is being seen, which has won everyone’s heart. In this period of scorching heat, where people are avoiding leaving their homes, Palaram of Yamunanagar has been busy quenching the thirst of passers-by for the last 12 years. Every day, Palaram stands barefoot on the forest road leading from Nagli to Ranjitpur village, stops people passing by and gives them cold water.

They bring water from a distance of five kilometers with a pot on their head.

There are five big pots kept in his small hut built in the middle of the forest, which are always filled with water. The special thing is that this water does not come from any pipeline or tanker, rather Palaram himself brings water from about five kilometers away with a pot on his head.

I find peace by giving water to the thirsty – Palaram

Palaram tells that he started this service on the advice of Baba of Sirsa. In the beginning he did not even think that this work would continue for so long, but the prayers and blessings of the passers-by continuously inspired him. They say that when a thirsty person drinks water and moves ahead with a relaxed face, he gets spiritual peace.

Palaram is no less than an angel!

Palaram is no less than an angel for the travelers passing through the forest in this scorching heat. Many passers-by told that there is no water facility in the far distance and in such a situation, this service of Palaram has become a great relief for the people. Passersby say that they get great relief by drinking cold water in the summer and this effort of Palaram is an example of humanity.

Palaram does not ask for anything in return for service.

Although Palaram does not ask for anything in return for this service, many people on the way happily give him 10 or 20 rupees, so that his noble work continues. In today’s era, where people are busy with their own selfish interests, Palaram is setting an example of humanity without any greed. His service gives a message to the society that if there is a feeling of service in the mind, then even a small effort can become a relief for thousands of people.

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Sudanese army advances in Blue Nile state deepen displacement crisis | Newsfeed

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The Sudanese army has made advances in Blue Nile state, with renewed fighting forcing more families into overcrowded camps. Some of these camps were already sheltering people, and now severe water shortages and fears of flooding and disease hound all the residents, old and new. Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan reports from al-Karama 5 camp in Blue Nile state.



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Akhilesh Yadav’s first reaction on division of departments in UP Cabinet, pointing towards Manoj Pandey?

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National President of Samajwadi Party and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav has reacted on the division of departments after the cabinet expansion. In a post on social media site Facebook late night on Sunday, May 17, he also pointed towards the portfolio given to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manoj Pandey. Akhilesh has indicated in the post that instead of giving importance to its own people, the Bharatiya Janata Party has expressed more trust in SP rebel Manoj Pandey.

He wrote that ‘Apne people fiss, aan village ke siddha.’ Let us tell you that Manoj Pandey has been given the Food and Logistics Department in the Yogi government. This department is considered very important.

It is noteworthy that a week after the expansion of the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, portfolios were allotted to the new ministers on Sunday. Yogi Adityanath Under the second cabinet expansion of the government, on May 10, two cabinet ministers and four ministers of state were made. Two ministers of state were promoted and made ministers of state with independent charge.

Division of departments took place on the 8th day of cabinet expansion in UP, know which department Bhupendra Chaudhary, Surendra Diler, Manoj Pandey got.

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Officials said that among the two cabinet ministers, former BJP state president Bhupendra Chaudhary has been allotted the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) department. Ajit Pal Singh and Somendar Tomar, who were promoted to the post of Minister of State with Independent Charge, have been given the portfolios of Food Safety and Drug Administration and Political Pension, Soldier Welfare and Provincial Guard respectively.

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Four new ministers of state Krishna Paswan, Surendra Diler, Hansraj Vishwakarma and Kailash Rajput have also been allotted their departments. Paswan has been given the Livestock and Dairy Development Department, while Diler has been made the Revenue Department, Vishwakarma has been made the MSME Department and Rajput has been made the Minister of State for Energy and Additional Energy Sources Department.

France listening to 10 ‘new’ suspected victims of Epstein: Prosecutor | Human Trafficking News

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French magistrates are investigating possible offences involving French perpetrators who facilitated Epstein’s crimes.

A prosecutor in France has revealed that about 10 new suspected victims have come forward in the European country’s probe into the network of late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Speaking with the RTL broadcaster, Paris Public Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said on Sunday that about 20 suspected victims had made themselves known after she, in February, urged potential victims to speak up.

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While some were already known to investigators, she said, “new victims come forward, ones we didn’t know at all”.

“There are around 10 of them,” she added, noting, “The choice we’ve made for the time being is to listen to these victims.”

“A certain number of them are abroad, so the investigators have tried to set up meetings to suit when they are able to come to Paris,” the prosecutor said.

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Public Prosecutor of Paris Laure Beccuau delivers a news conference on March 25, 2026 [File: Blanca Cruz/AFP]

Following the release of the cache of files from the investigation into the disgraced financier by the United States Justice Department, France also opened a human trafficking investigation.

French magistrates are seeking to investigate possible offences committed in France or involving French perpetrators who facilitated Epstein’s crimes.

“We have also once again pulled out Mr Epstein’s computers, his telephone records, his address books,” she said, adding that her team would be “making requests for international assistance”.

Epstein died in US prison in August 2019 while facing charges of trafficking underage girls for sex. The next month, French investigators searched Epstein’s luxury apartment in Paris.

Suspected victims already known to investigators included women who had spoken during probes into former European model agency boss Gerald Marie and late model agent Jean-Luc Brunel, reported the AFP news agency.

Fifteen women in March urged France to investigate Marie for possible links to Epstein.

French authorities arrested Brunel in 2020 after allegations that he sexually abused minors and procured victims for Epstein. He was found dead in prison in 2022.

Two former models have told AFP that a modelling scout named Daniel Siad groomed them with the aim of delivering them to Epstein in one case in the 2000s, and Marie in the other case in the 1990s.



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London mayor criticises plans for north of England bid to host Olympics | North of England

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The mayor of London has criticised plans to explore a bid for the north of England to host the Olympics, saying that excluding London would be a “missed opportunity”.

Ministers have commissioned an assessment by UK Sport which could inform a bid for the international sporting event in the 2040s. If the campaign were successful, it would be the first time the Olympic Games and Paralympics were hosted in Britain since London 2012.

The London Aquatics Centre at Stratford. Using London’s existing facilities ‘would help deliver the greenest and most sustainable Games’, said the mayor’s office. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

A spokesperson for Sadiq Khan said: “London is the sporting capital of the world and the mayor has openly expressed his ambition for the capital to be part of a future Olympic and Paralympic Games.

“Sadiq believes that a potential country-wide bid, using all the assets we have in the UK, including the publicly owned London Stadium, would deliver the very best possible Olympics.

“Using London’s existing world-class infrastructure would help deliver the greenest and most sustainable Games, as well as unlocking huge economic growth both here in London and around the country.

“Not including the capital in an Olympics bid would be a missed opportunity, and mean our country fails to unleash the full benefits of a UK-wide games.”

The strategic assessment will examine the costs, the socioeconomic benefits to the north, and the bid’s chance of success.

Rachel Reeves pointed to regeneration plans for the Elland Road stadium, home to Leeds United, as part of the agenda for the north of England. Photograph: Lee Keuneke/Every Second Media/Shutterstock

The plans were welcomed by two ministers whose constituencies are in the north: Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary and Wigan MP, and the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, the MP for Leeds West and Pudsey.

Nandy said: “London 2012 showed what the Olympics can do for our country. It inspired a generation through sport, attracted huge investment and showed the best of Britain to the world.

“But while the north of England has driven so much sporting excellence, no matter the talent we produce, the sporting moments we create, and the world-class events we attract, for too long we have been told the Olympics is simply too big and too important to be hosted in the north.

“Not any more. It’s time the Olympics came north and we showed what we can offer to the world.”

Reeves said Britain’s sporting prowess was “recognised and respected around the world”.

“It’s something we are determined to capitalise on to breathe life into our communities and build a stronger and more secure economy,” the chancellor said. “That’s why we’re throwing our full support behind bringing the Games back home which will boost our northern growth corridor. It’s also why we’re backing stadium regeneration plans, like at Elland Road, to deliver new homes, business opportunities and public spaces in Leeds and beyond.”

The opening ceremony for the London 2012 Games. ‘London 2012 showed what the Olympics can do for our country,’ said Lisa Nandy. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

The groundwork for a potential Olympics bid comes as the government has laid out a series of recent measures to support major sporting events.

This includes appointing the Labour peer Lord McConnell as a ministerial adviser on soft power and major events, given the former Scottish first minister’s experience in campaigning to take the Commonwealth Games to Glasgow in 2014.

The government also introduced a sporting events bill to parliament, aimed at making it easier to bid for major sporting events.

Boris Johnson, Khan’s predecessor, was the mayor of London during the 2012 Olympic Games.

Los Angeles will host the next summer Games in July 2028 for the third time.



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NWA wrestler Cristiano Argento’s journey from Italy to pro wrestling in US


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Cristiano Argento has been tearing up opponents in the ring for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) as he worked his way up the ladder to get a few shots at some gold.

But the path to get to one of the most prestigious pro wrestling companies in the U.S. was long and a path that not many wrestlers have taken.

Argento was born and raised in Osimo, Italy – a town of about 35,000 people located on the east side of the country closer to the Adriatic Sea. He told Fox News Digital he started training in a ring at a boxing gym before he got started on the independent scene in Italy. He wrestled in Germany, Sweden, France and Denmark before he came to the realization that, to become a professional wrestler, he needed to make his way to the United States.

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He first worked his way to Canada to get trained by pro wrestling legend Lance Storm. He moved to Canada, leaving most of his friends and family behind and without a firm grasp on the English language.

“At the time, my English was horrible. I didn’t speak any English at all,” he said. “But I was with my friend, Stefano, he came with me and he translated everything for me. I probably missed 50% of the knowledge that Lance Storm was giving to us because I was unable to understand. I was only given a recap and everything I was able to see. I’m sure if I was doing it now with a proper knowledge of English, it would have been a different scenario.

“Eventually, I moved back to Italy after the training and I said, OK, now, I want to go to the U.S. So, I studied English more properly, and eventually I got my first work visa that was in Texas. I was in Houston for a short period of time. I trained with Booker T at Reality of Wrestling. I got on his show, which was my debut in the U.S. That was awesome. I eventually got a new work visa in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I currently live since 2017. Since then, my wrestling career, thankfully, kept growing, growing, growing and growing until now wrestling for the NWA. One of the bigger promotions in the U.S.”

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Argento said that his family thought he was “nuts” for chasing his pro wrestling dream.

He said they were more concerned about his well-being given that he was half-way around the world without anyone he knew by his side in case something went sideways.

“My family, friends, everybody was like why do you want to move to the opposite side of the world not knowing the language, not knowing anybody, by yourself, to try to become a professional wrestler? And I was like, well, we have one life, I love, and that’s what I’m gonna do,” he told Fox News Digital. “Eventually, my family was really supportive. But when I first said, ‘Hey, mom and dad, I want to do that.’ They looked at me like, ‘Are you nuts? Are you drunk or something? What are you talking about?’ And I said, no that’s what I want to do. And they knew I loved this sport because in Italy I was traveling around Europe, spending time in Canada training, so they started to understand slowly that’s what I want to do with my life. They were proud of me.

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Cristiano Argento works out in the gym. (Instagram)

“They’re still proud of me. I think more like the fact that you’re gonna try that, that it’s hard than more like you’re gonna leave us. The fact like, oh, my son is gonna go on the opposite side of the world for a six-hour time difference and we’re gonna see him maybe, when, like, I don’t know. Not often. I think it was more that. And for me too, it was really hard. It was heartbreaking not being able to see my family every day or every month. Like once a year if I’m lucky. I think that was the biggest part for them because of concern or that I was here by myself and if I have any issue or any problem, I didn’t have nobody. So they were scared. Like, you get sick, if you have a problem, anything, and they’re not being able to be here next to me. But they were really supportive since day one.”

Argento is living out his dream in the U.S. He suggested that the moniker of the U.S. being the “land of opportunity” wasn’t far from what is preached in movies and literature – it was the real thing.

“I was inspired by people who came to the U.S. and made it big,” Argento told Fox News Digital. “The U.S. was always like the land of opportunity. That’s how they sell it to us and this is what it is. I feel like, in myself, that was true because anything I tried to do so far I was able to reach a lot more than if I wasn’t here. I’m not yet where I’d like to be but I see like there’s so many opportunities in this country. Not just in wrestling but like in any business to reach the goal. I’m really happy of the choices I did here.

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National Wrestling Alliance star Cristiano Argento poses in Times Square in New York. (Instagram)

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“But my big inspirations were big-time actors who moved to the country, who didn’t know English, with no money, no support system. I had one dream, I have to go right there to make it happen and I’m gonna go and do it and I’m gonna make it happen. So those people were always the biggest inspiration even if it wasn’t in wrestling, just how they handled their passion, how they pursued their dream without being scared of anything, how far you are, how alone by yourself … You don’t know the language, you’re like, let’s go, let’s do it.”

Outside of the NWA, Argento has performed for the International Wrestling Cartel, Enjoy Wrestling and Exodus Pro Wrestling this year.



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Trump attacks Massie as Republican critic describes ‘desperate’ attempts to oust him from primary | US politics

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With two days to go before the next big test of Donald Trump’s iron grip over his party, the president went head-to-head on Sunday with his nemesis, Thomas Massie the Kentucky congressman who is in a fight for his political life in Tuesday’s Republican primary.

Over an eight-hour period starting in the early hours of Sunday, Trump took to his bully pulpit on Truth Social to taunt Massie, one of very few senior Republicans who has dared to defy him. Massie is the “worst and most unreliable Republican Congressman in the history of our Country”, the rant began, followed by a mid-morning exhortation to Kentucky voters to “vote the bum out on Tuesday”.

Massie has been a consistent thorn in Trump’s side, voting against his signature tax and spending cuts bill, helping to force the justice department to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, and insisting on congressional oversight over the military actions in Venezuela and Iran. Now he faces a bruising primary against his Trump-endorsed challenger, Ed Gallrein.

Undeterred by Trump’s lurid attacks, Massie put on a brave face on the Sunday political show This Week on ABC News. “I’m the only one they haven’t been able to bully,” he said, adding: “I’m ahead in the polls, and they’re desperate … That’s why the president’s losing sleep and tweeting about this.”

In fact, Massie’s position is not as comfortable as he made out. An independent poll by Quantus Insights last week put Gallrein, a farmer and retired US Navy Seal, ahead of the incumbent representative 48% to 43%, with 8% undecided.

Massie insisted on CNN that he was buoyed up by the support of anti-abortion and gun rights groups in the state, and by millions of dollars in donations from grassroots voters. By contrast, he blamed super-wealthy donors including Miriam Adelson and Paul Singer and what he called the “Israeli lobby” for bombarding Kentucky with money to unseat him.

The prevailing political wind is certainly in Trump’s direction, as he continues to stamp out any sign of autonomous thought within his party. On Saturday Bill Cassidy, the Republican senator from Louisiana, was ousted in a primary as punishment for having voted to convict Trump in his 2021 impeachment over the January 6 insurrection.

Julia Letlow, a US representative endorsed by Trump, and the state treasurer John Fleming both surpassed Cassidy and will now compete in a runoff election on 27 June.

Though Cassidy did not mention the president by name, he left little to the imagination in his concession speech. “If someone attempts to control others through using the levers of power, they’re about serving themselves, they’re not about serving us, and that person was not qualified to be a leader,” he said.

Cassidy’s ejection means that of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in the January 6 impeachment trial, only two remain in place – Susan Collins, who is in a tough re-election fight in Maine, and Lisa Murkowski from Alaska. Only one of the 10 Republican House members who voted to impeach Trump in 2021 are left running for re-election in November: David Valadao from California.

“The headline is: Trump strong,” said Lindsey Graham, the Republican senator from South Carolina, on NBC News’s Meet the Press. “Bill Cassidy lost because he tried to destroy Trump, Massie is going to lose because he tried to destroy the agenda. If you try and destroy him, you are going to get destroyed – that’s the takeaway.”

Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the US House, issued the same effective threat to would-be dissenters in his party in an interview with Fox News Sunday, though he cast it in more fluffy language. Trump’s impact on elections across the country showed that he wielded “the most powerful endorsement in the history of politics”.

Trump’s enduring ability to spread fear across his party and effectively silence any internal opposition runs counter to his overall standing with the American people. The US-Israel war with Iran, and the consequent economic fallout including rising fuel prices, are taking their toll.

A new CBS News poll found that approval of Trump’s handling of inflation among Republicans has fallen from 74% in March to 63%. When asked how they felt about Trump’s approach to the economy, 70% of all respondents said they were frustrated or angry.

The combination of Trump’s unpopularity among American voters as a whole and his rigid control of his party is being read as a potential opportunity by Democrats. Pete Buttigieg, the former US transportation secretary under Joe Biden and a possible 2028 presidential contender, told CNN’s State of the Union that he saw a “big opening for Democrats”.

Under Trump’s unbending control, “we are seeing more and more extreme candidates put forward in their House and Senate races,” Buttigieg said. “The Republican party is organized less and less around conservative principles, more and more around one man, and as that one man remains deeply unpopular they’re finding they’re having a very hard time convincing the rest of America to vote for them.”



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Trump warns Iran’s ‘clock is ticking’: Move ‘fast’ or ‘there won’t be anything left’



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President Donald Trump renewed his stern warnings for Iran to come to peace and end its nuclear weapons aspirations Sunday.

“For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

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Trump’s post came after a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday.

Trump, fresh off his trek to meeting China’s Xi Jinping face to face, is weighing restarting military action on Iran, Fox News Digitial reported earlier Sunday.

“Our eyes are also open regarding Iran,” Netanyahu said Sunday morning, as translated from Hebrew. “I will speak today, as I do every few days, with our friend President Trump.

“I will certainly hear impressions from his trip to China, and perhaps other matters as well. There are certainly many possibilities, and we are prepared for every scenario.”

Trump remains at the White House on Sunday, but no public or press appearances were on his schedule.

The call with Netanyahu came amid regional intelligence assessments on Iran that restarting of military strikes might be coming because of Trump’s frustration with Iran’s tactics amid the closing of the Strait of Hormuz and the rejection of his demand to give up nuclear weapons aspirations.

“The prevailing assessment inside Iran is that President Trump may resort to restarting military action, and Tehran is now deliberately pursuing a strategy of ‘deception and delay’ with the hopes that buying time will complicate any potential return to war,” two regional intelligence officials told Fox News.

Intelligence officials believe that the Iranian regime thinks it can delay developments and stretch the crisis out for at least two more weeks, so that the situation could become more difficult for Trump to restart the military campaign, both politically and operationally.

These sources say Iranian officials are looking at the World Cup and America’s 250th anniversary as a backstop that could work in their favor.

Fox News has reached out to the White House for comment, but they did not immediately respond.

The impact of the U.S.-led blockade is becoming increasingly visible inside Iran, according to a senior Israeli official.

Early signs of a developing fuel crisis started emerging over the weekend, including long lines at gas stations and growing public discontent over fuel shortages, and distribution problems.

Prices continue to rise, unemployment is climbing and inflation is accelerating sharply.

“It’s getting exponentially worse,” the official added.

Fox News’ Trey Yingst and Yonat Friling contributed to this report.



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