MAGA commentator Tucker Carlson claimed that one possible reason President Donald Trump ordered the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro was to legalise gay marriage in the country.Speaking on his show, the right-wing podcaster said that Maduro did not allow homosexual marriages in Venezuela and that might have led the US to attack it, “It’s…
KOLKATA/RAMPURHAT: Sunali Khatun, the pregnant Birbhum woman who was banished to Bangladesh as an illegal immigrant and forced to spend six months in a jail, gave birth to a son on Monday at a state-run hospital in Bengal. “For us, this is nothing short of a miracle. The child was born healthy despite Sunali being…
MUMBAI: India’s deal engines are humming louder than ever, and bankers are counting the spoils. Record IPOs and robust M&As lifted investment banking (IB) fees in India to $1.3 billion in 2025, with Jefferies’ bankers set to take home sizable gains as the American firm’s fees approached $100 million.Jefferies topped India’s IB fee league table…
Renowned mathematician Joel David Hamkins has voiced strong doubts about large language models’ utility in mathematical research, calling their outputs “garbage” and “not mathematically correct.” He highlights AI’s frustrating tendency to confidently assert incorrectness and resist correction, mirroring unproductive human interactions. Despite AI’s benchmark successes, Hamkins finds current systems unreliable for genuine research collaboration. Joel…
A single anonymous trader made a fortune betting that Nicolás Maduro would be removed from power in Venezuela, earning over $400,000 in a matter of hours. The big profit on Polymarket, a crypto-based betting site, has raised questions about whether someone knew in advance about the secret US operation that captured the Latin American leader…
CM Yogi Adityanath meets PM Modi, JP Nadda and Amit Shah LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath met PM Narendra Modi and BJP brass in New Delhi on Monday amid buzz over the recently concluded SIR of electoral rolls and the much-anticipated reshuffle of the state cabinet.An official said Yogi discussed the SIR exercise, in…
MUMBAI: Large banks show a continued trend of credit growth outpacing deposit mobilisation in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2025, with most lenders reporting advances rising faster than liabilities, and shifting deposit mix in favour of term deposits over current and savings accounts (CASA).India’s largest private bank HDFC Bank reported gross advances of around Rs…
In a setback to Bollywood filmmaker Vikram Bhatt, who is currently lodged in jail along with his wife in a cheating case, the Rajasthan High Court on Monday dismissed his petition seeking quashing of the FIR registered against him and his associates in Udaipur.According to PTI, Justice Sameer Jain refused to interfere in the matter,…
GURGAON: Haryana’s pollution watchdog has ordered the closure and sealing of an under-construction hostel and mess block on Al-Falah University’s Faridabad campus for carrying out work despite GRAP-restrictions and without mandated environmental approvals. It also initiated prosecution-linked action after tests showed even treated effluents discharged by the university exceeded permissible limits.The disclosures emerged from an…
Candace Owens blasts CIA narrative after Charlie Kirk assassination sparks fresh public outrage (Image via Getty) Candace Owens is once again at the center of a storm after speaking out about the killing of Charlie Kirk. In a long post shared on X on January 3, 2026, the conservative commentator openly rejected the official explanation…
AMRITSAR: The officiating Jathedar of Akal Takht, Giani Kuldip Singh Gargajj, has summoned Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to appear at its secretariat on Jan 15 over alleged “anti-Sikh remarks”, “objectionable conduct”, and a recently surfaced video that the Takht says deeply hurt Sikh sentiments.Mann posted on X that he would appear before Sri Akal Takht…
MUMBAI: London-based private equity (PE) firm Apax Partners has picked up an over 35% minority stake in iD Fresh Food in a deal pegged at more than Rs 1,500 crore, said people aware of the matter. As part of the transaction, Apax Partners has acquired some stakes from the company’s existing shareholders Premji Invest and…
DEHRADUN/ HARIDWAR: Uttarakhand government is contemplating a ban on entry of non-Hindus in the 105 ghats of Haridwar spread across an area of 120 sq km, following the demand raised by a few seers and Ganga Sabha, the body overseeing the maintenance of the main Har-ki-Pauri ghat in Haridwar. Besides, the state also plans to…
A day after a blistering speech in which she accused the Trump administration of illegally kidnapping Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s head of state, the country’s new acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, released a statement on Sunday night striking a much more diplomatic tone. In a statement posted on social media, Rodriguez said that Venezuela “aspires to live…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh commissioned the Indian Coast Guard’s (ICG) first indigenously designed and built pollution control vessel ‘Samudra Pratap’ in Goa on Monday, saying the ship will “bolster India’s self-confidence”. The 114.5-metre vessel, built by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), has over 60% of indigenous content.During the commissioning of ‘Samudra Pratap’ in Goa,…
MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India on Monday warned non-banking financial companies in Mumbai to tighten underwriting and monitor risks closely, marking the third caution in eight days.The RBI met managing directors and CEOs of select NBFCs, including govt NBFCs, housing finance companies and microfinance institutions. The governor said while NBFCs play a key role in…
Pushpa 2 actress Anasuya Bharadwaj has issued a public apology to actress Raasi after a controversial skit from three years ago resurfaced on social media, reigniting conversations around body-shaming and derogatory humour in television comedy shows.The clip, which featured objectionable double-meaning remarks at Raasi’s expense, went viral recently and drew widespread criticism online.Taking to X…
Watch a woman at Mumbai airport struggling to balance a latte, a boarding pass, and a toddler who has decided the security check is the perfect place to go limp, and you witness a specific kind of energy. It is the same energy often carried by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan—along with a massive, bottomless tote that…
BENGALURU: A timely phone call from an alert citizen to the child helpline (1098) Saturday morning averted what officials suspect to be a case of child sacrifice in Sulibele, near Hoskote, around 50km from Bengaluru. Acting on the tip-off, officials rescued an eight-month-old boy from a house in Janata Colony and later lodged a complaint…
Twitch streamer John “Swifty” Pyle is back on the platform after a brief suspension that surprised both him and his fans. The long-time World of Warcraft streamer, who has been on Twitch since 2011, revealed in a post on X that his account is now active again. Swifty thanked his followers for their support, writing,…
