File photo: Princess Diana attending a fundraising dinner hosted by Vanity Fair at the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens, London Twenty-nine years ago, on August 31, 1997, a woman was ‘hunted’ to her death.And yet her carcass still finds its way onto paper and television screens, every few years hollowed out, stuffed and reconstructed into…
Dinesh Thakkar with his buy (@dineshdthakkar/Instagram) A Class 12 graduate who once chose business over conventional higher education is now making headlines for one of India’s most expensive residential property purchases. Meet Dinesh Thakkar, founder, chairman and managing director of Angel One. In a recent news update, Thakkar has agreed to buy an entire residential…
CJI Surya Kant (File photo) NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Saturday asserted that the judiciary would not “look the other way” when students’ fundamental right to hold peaceful protests is “infringed.”The CJI made the remarks during an “unfiltered interaction” with students at Chanakya National Law University (CNLU) in Patna. According…
Iraq is facing significant economic difficulties as its oil exports are disrupted by the ongoing Iran war (Photo credit: Sedat Suna) Iraq is facing a growing economic squeeze as the Iran war disrupts oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz, while fuel shortages and rising import costs expose the country’s dependence on both oil revenues…
GIFT Nifty breaks the $23 billion mark GIFT Nifty’s expansion since its full-scale launch in July 2023 has taken the international platform to another trading milestone, with turnover, volume and open interest all hitting fresh highs on September 25.The platform’s cumulative turnover reached $3.52 trillion as of September 25, 2026, while more than 76.19 million…
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami participates in BJP’s ‘drug-Free Punjab’ campaign, takes on AAP government. NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami participated in the BJP’s anti-drug campaign, which is being seen as the party’s outreach effort ahead of next year’s state elections. Dhami arrived in Mukerian in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur Rural area and participated…
Police said Thakuria left home around 11 pm to spend the night with her friend, Ashiq Ali, 26, at a homestay GUWAHATI: A 21-year-old Sociology student of Gauhati University, Nimisha Thakuria, was found dead at a homestay in the Garal-Dharapur area under Azara police station late Friday night, sparking a blockade of NH-17 on Saturday,…
“What is happening in Yemen is not linked to Iran,” Pezeshkian said (Photo: Reuters) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday denied any involvement of Iran in the re-escalated Houthi-Saudi conflict, offering to help resolve the conflict.“What is happening in Yemen is not linked to Iran,” Pezeshkian told Al Jazeera, adding that both countries must resolve…
Election officials during a meeting amid the ongoing SIR controversy NEW DELHI: Union minister Prahlad Joshi on Saturday hit out at the opposition over its protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying there was no “concrete proof” to support the allegations…