WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: Indian spice merchants and tea growers will be among global exporters who will breathe easy along with American consumers after US president Donald Trump, feeling the heat of rising domestic prices due to tariffs, moved to lower import duties on nearly 200 food, farm, and agricultural items. Tucked deep in the list is…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An RSS worker from Thrikkannapuram in Thiruvananthapuram died by suicide on Saturday evening after allegedly being denied a BJP ticket for the upcoming local body elections. The deceased has been identified as Anand Thampi.The 32-year-old reportedly shared his suicide note with friends via WhatsApp shortly before he was found hanging at his residence around…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella brushed off concerns about losing coding assistant market share to upstart competitors, calling the emergence of new rivals like Cursor and Claude Code a positive sign for the industry rather than an existential threat. Speaking on the Dwarkesh Podcast during a tour of Microsoft’s new Fairwater 2 datacenter, Nadella responded to…
Carlos Prates and Leon Edwards. Image via: MMA Fighting Carlos Prates walked into UFC 322 with confidence, but he left Madison Square Garden with a career-changing knockout over former welterweight champion Leon Edwards. The Brazilian striker delivered the kind of finish that shifts the balance of a division, handing Edwards the first knockout loss of…
KAPURTHALA: Sarabjeet Kaur , 48, who accompanied the Sikh Jatha to Pakistan and did not return, appeared before a magistrate in Sheikhupura on Saturday and recorded her sworn statement that she embraced Islam and married a Pakistani citizen, Naseer Hussain, of her free will without any pressure, reported Pakistani media. A purported video also emerged…
NEW DELHI: In a major development in the Red Fort car blast case, Delhi Police sources on Sunday confirmed that the three cartridges recovered from the site—two live and one empty—were 9mm calibre, a type of firearm prohibited for civilian use.A senior official said that although a cartridge was recovered, no pistol or its parts…
5 Daily Meditation Practices to Combat Anxiety and Emotional Overload Some days, your mind feels like a crowded railway platform with thoughts rushing in, opinions pushing, anxieties jostling and your inner critic waving a bright red flag saying, “Hey, remember that one thing you forgot eight years ago?” You cannot control every “train” of thought…
SONBHADRA: One worker died and at least eight workers are feared trapped after a portion of a stone quarry caved-in in UP’s Sonbhadra district on Saturday afternoon.Senior officials, including DM and SP, reached the spot and started rescue operations on a war footing. Teams of NDRF and SDRF are carrying out the rescue operations at…
Travis Kelce’s ex faces new scrutiny as fans claim her heartfelt apology shows signs of AI-generated scripting (Getty Images) Kayla Nicole seems to never escape the storm that follows her name online. The former longtime girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce is once again pulled into a new wave of backlash, and this…
A 13-year-old girl tragically died after being subjected to 100 sit-ups with her schoolbag on her back for being ten minutes late. The Vasai student developed severe back pain following the punishment and her health rapidly declined. While police have registered an accidental death report, the family holds the school and teacher accountable. Investigations are…
Nanki Devi with husband Rakesh Kumar MADIKERI: Three Haryana natives were found transporting a woman’s body in a car to an undisclosed destination on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, prompting Kodagu district police to launch an investigation.Vigilant forest department personnel discovered the body inside the vehicle while conducting a routine check at Lingapur…
Umar Un Nabi, the doctor at the heart of the Delhi terror plot who was in the i20 that blew up outside Red Fort metro station on Nov 10, killing 13 lives, hid in Hidayat Colony in Nuh for 10 days before the incident, investigators have found. FARIDABAD: Umar Un Nabi, the doctor at the…
NEW DELHI: Dr Umer Un Nabi, the bomber behind the Nov 10 blast near Red Fort, had set up a laboratory at his house near the Al-Falah University in Faridabad, where he would test various kinds of explosives and try out the bomb-making techniques shared with him by his Pakistani handlers via Telegram.Sources close to…
Seattle Mariners (Image via Getty) The Seattle Mariners enter the offseason with a mix of pride and urgency after coming within a single win of reaching their first-ever World Series. Their deep playoff run showcased a roster capable of competing with the best in baseball, but it also highlighted the need for another major offensive…
NEW DELHI: The smooth and peaceful conduct of Bihar assembly elections with the highest-ever turnout of voters, particularly after the first SIR of its electoral roll in over two decades, will boost the confidence of EC as it goes about Phase 2 of SIR across a dozen other states and UTs, including those due for…
PATNA: Union minister and LJP(RV) chief Chirag Paswan on Saturday said the RJD was highly mistaken and under illusion about its strength as the people of the state have never voted in its favour for the last 20 years, since 2005.“Their (RJD) performance in 2015 was due to alliance with JD(U) of CM Nitish Kumar…
PATNA: An electoral rout and a daughter’s fury spilling into public view. Rohini Acharya – the second of RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s nine children and the donor of the kidney that saved him – announced Saturday she was quitting politics and “disowning” her family, igniting a storm that cut across party lines and private loyalties…
Kishor would at best be a spoiler, many of his critics had said NEW DELHI: Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party lost its deposit in 236 of the 238 seats that it contested but data suggests it may have played spoiler in quite a few seats, reports Atul Thakur. In 35 constituencies, the party’s votes were…
NEW DELHI: India and France will on Sunday kick off the ‘Garuda’ air combat exercise at Mont-de-Marsan to enhance military interoperability and coordination and boost the strategic partnership between the two countries. The IAF has deployed six Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets, backed by IL-78 mid-air refuelling and C-17 Globemaster-III strategic lift aircraft, for the eighth edition…
Lalu clan silent on result, Tejashwi not seen in public for 48 hoursPATNA: The RJD appears to be trying to come to terms with its dismal performance in the just-concluded Bihar assembly election, though it has so far refrained from seconding the allegations of ‘vote theft’ being levelled by its ally Congress.Although Tejashwi Yadav, who…
