NEW DELHI: Political bigwigs gathered in New Delhi on Tuesday evening to attend the wedding reception of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra and former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Pinaki Misra. The reception, held at Hotel Lalit, followed the couple’s private wedding in Germany.Photographs from the event showed Congress leader Sonia Gandhi seated at…
Made in US: A 24K gift for Trump, a tariff shield for Apple – Tim Cook plays the long game at Oval Office It was a remarkable day for US President Donald Trump at the White House as Apple CEO Tim Cook gifted him an American-made glass engraving. But it is Cook who walked out…
England’s Chris Woakes, right, runs between the wickets with his arm in a sling. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: England pacer Chris Woakes has opened up about the dramatic final day of the fifth Test against India at The Oval, where he walked out to bat despite a serious shoulder injury. In a candid chat with…
DEHRADUN: It wasn’t just the rain. A preliminary geological assessment conducted after Tuesday’s devastating flash flood in Dharali village, suggests a far more complex and violent trigger – a massive collapse of glacial sedimentary deposits, possibly caused by a retrogressive slope failure high up in the mountains.Initial estimates made by experts, based on satellite data…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday said naming of welfare schemes after political netas was all pervasive in states and at Centre and ruled that no exception could be taken to Tamil Nadu govt’s ‘Ungaludan Stalin’ scheme, which translates into ‘Your’s Stalin’.Setting aside Madras HC’s July 31 interim order restraining use of names of political…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed deep anguish over the prevailing inhuman practice of hand-pulled rickshaws ferrying visitors in the eco-sensitive and automobile-free Matheran hill station in Maharashtra’s Western Ghats and said this belittles India’s march towards a developing country and its Constitution which promises social and economic justice.A bench of Chief Justice…
MUMBAI: The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at its 56th meeting voted unanimously to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.5% and retained its neutral stance even as it maintained growth forecast for FY26 at 6.5% and lowered inflation projection to 3.1% from its earlier estimate of 3.7%. RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra said the…
India and China are in touch about a likely visit by PM Narendra Modi to the country for the Shanghai Cooperation Summit (SCO) on August 31-September 1. There was no official confirmation by either side about Modi’s visit but government sources said preparations were on for Indian participation in the summit that will be hosted…
NEW DELHI: Former India opener Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday praised head coach Gautam Gambhir for showing conviction and belief during India’s hard-fought Test series in England, and questioned his critics, asking if they would now “stand up and greet him” after the 2-2 draw. India, touring without recently retired legends Virat Kohli and Rohit…
There are haunted houses, and then there are houses that haunt you. Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan mansion wasn’t just another billionaire’s gilded hideout. It was a gothic horror wrapped in leopard print, surveillance cameras, and unsettling proximity to power. Think Eyes Wide Shut directed by a deeply depraved real estate agent.It had all the trappings of…
