Singapore has ordered three social media platforms – YouTube, Facebook and X – to block access to 14 posts that targeted the Indian community and undermined the country’s model of multiculturalism, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Saturday.The police issued disabling directions under the Online Criminal Harms Act requiring the platforms to “take all…
Representative image (AI-generated) Amid the ongoing war in the Middle East, new reports have emerged alleging that Israeli intelligence agencies have been eavesdropping on American negotiators involved in efforts to secure a peace agreement with Iran. The incident has raised fresh concerns within the US intelligence officials about Israeli espionage activities.According to a report by…
The controversy surrounding ‘Peddi’ has taken a fresh turn after fan clubs of Janhvi Kapoor shared screenshots of what they claim are private conversations between the actor and fans. The alleged chats, which surfaced on the internet shortly after director Buchi Babu Sana issued an apology over criticism of the film’s portrayal of women, suggest…
Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court remarked that police officers in Uttar Pradesh appear to be more loyal to the ruling dispensation than to the Constitution. Stressing that constitutional governance cannot be held hostage to individual convenience or expediency, the court said the state machinery must remain accountable to the law and the Constitution rather than…
Police have arrested a chef whose alleged actions, they suspect, contributed to a higher death toll in the Hauz Rani B&B fire that claimed 21 lives. New Delhi: Police have arrested a chef whose alleged actions, they suspect, contributed to a higher death toll in the Hauz Rani B&B fire that claimed 21 lives.Keshav Negi,…
Household budgets are set to see another increase as domestic cooking gas prices have been raised by Rs 29 per cylinder, marking the second revision in three months as global energy costs continue to soar. From Sunday, June 7, the price of a 14.2-kg LPG cylinder in Delhi has increased to Rs 942 from Rs…
National Award-winning Malayalam actor and director Salim Kumar passed away on the night of June 6 at a private hospital in Kochi after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 56. The veteran actor had been placed on ventilator support after his health condition worsened earlier in the day. His demise has left Malayalam cinema and…
Billie Eilish has always been quite open about her songwriting process and has always been quite adamant on putting more focus on the words, rather than the external beats that go along with the lyrics. This quote for the day, from when she was a mere 15-year-old, is a resonant reminder about how important it…
NEW DELHI: In a country where Magnus Carlsen’s shadow looms over every square of the chessboard, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa walked into Norway Chess 2026 and did what no Indian had managed before by lifting the title in the World No. 1’s own backyard.The 20-year-old from Chennai began the second half of the event from the bottom…
For one Friday night, Hongdae wasn’t Seoul’s trendiest neighbourhood. It was Jensen Huang’s stage. The Nvidia chief executive landed in Seoul and promptly set the district ablaze – not with hyper-powered graphic-processing units, but with pork belly, fried chicken and an unusual gathering .Around a sizzling Korean barbecue table sat a literal who’s-who of South…