Priyank Kharge questions delay in Umar Khalid’s trial NEW DELHI: Karnataka home minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were “afraid” of jailed student activist Umar Khalid and challenged them to conduct his trial.“Why are they (BJP government) not bringing up the trial? It’s been…
After slamming ‘Dhurandhar’ for recreating old songs, Sameer Anjaan blames industry monotony and exhaustion for Arijit Singh’s playback singing exit: ‘Every song sounds the same’ Noted lyricist Sameer Anjaan has weighed in on superstar singer Arijit Singh‘s decision to step away from playback singing, pointing to repetitiveness in today’s music as a key factor behind…
Businesses should bear modest UPI transaction costs, govt cannot subsidise everything: NITI Aayog VC Lahiri NEW DELHI: NITI Aayog vice chairman Ashok Kumar Lahiri on Wednesday defended the Centre’s decision to introduce a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on high-value UPI transactions, saying businesses must find ways to become self-sustaining rather than depend on government subsidies.Quoting…
Hidden cost of US-Iran war revealed TOI correspondent from Washington: The war that Iran was supposed to lose in days if not hours has now lasted more than six months and is costing America billions – $33.4 billion to be precise. A Pentagon report and startling new photos of wreckage at US bases in the…
At just 11, Anirudh Rao began looking at tornado warnings from a different angle: not how to predict storms perfectly, but how to give people more time to respond. Growing up in Colorado, where tornadoes are a recurring threat, Rao developed Revere, a prototype system combining drones and sensors that measure factors such as infrasound,…
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Wednesday announced the reconstitution of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), with an 18-member board featuring several well-known names from the film and entertainment industry. The new panel includes actors Preity Zinta, Suniel Shetty, Roopali Ganguly, Pallavi Joshi, Pankaj Tripathi and Prosenjit Chatterjee, among others.The board has been…
Hollywood actress Cassandra Peterson shared this amusing story in an interview. A story about Brad Pitt and his former Los Angeles estate has drawn attention for an unusual reason. The actor reportedly bought a neighbour’s house while expanding his property, but allowed the elderly man living there to stay without paying rent until his death…
ChatGPT maker OpenAI may be looking at Canada for data centre partnerships. This comes after putting its Stargate UK project on hold earlier this year. According to a report by Bloomberg, George Osborne, OpenAI’s managing director and head of OpenAI for Countries said that the company is exploring Canada because of the availability of energy…
The brother-in-law had argued that the GPA’s “power to gift” effectively gave him ownership. (Image for representative purpose only) Family disputes can be tricky especially those involving property. In one such case a brother-in-law allegedly did not pay the full due amount to the sister-in-law for the sale of land. The family property dispute over…
US President Donald Trump. The Trump administration has cut or frozen up to USD 177 billion in federal grants since President Donald Trump began his second term, with disruptions affecting all 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to a tracking tool released by the States United Democracy Center and Grant Witness.According to the…