NEW DELHI: Congress leaders, including Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, party general secretary KC Venugopal and several other MPs, staged a protest at Lok Kalyan Marg in Delhi on Tuesday, demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s and Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation.The demonstration comes amid the ongoing political...
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Kremlin says ‘in touch’ with New Delhi after 4 Indians killed in Ukraine ship strike
Russia on Tuesday said it is “in touch” with its partners in New Delhi after four Indians were killed on board a merchant vessel off the coast of Ukraine.This comes after Kyiv claimed that Russia hit the Golden Leo—a Guinea-Bissau-flagged ship manned by a crew from India and Syria—with three cruise missiles on Sunday, killing...
Enzo Fernandez reacts after red card in Argentina’s World Cup final loss to Spain
Argentina’s Enzo Fernandez speaks to Referee Slavko Vincic, of Slovenia (AP/PTI) Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez has spoken publicly for the first time since his side’s FIFA World Cup final defeat to Spain, insisting he remains proud to represent his country despite the painful end to their title defence. Argentina’s hopes of retaining the World Cup...
China conducts rare live-fire drill inside Japan’s claimed EEZ
File photo: A Chinese warship (Picture credit: AP) China conducted a rare live-fire naval exercise inside what Japan claims as its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) near the remote Pacific island of Okinotorishima, prompting Tokyo to lodge a diplomatic protest with Beijing.According to Japan’s defence ministry, it was the first time a foreign navy had carried...
Bill Koch’s Aspen estate once asked $125m, now poised to sell for $33.5m
Image Credit: Instagram/ @robbreport A sprawling mountain estate owned by billionaire businessman and collector Bill Koch is on track to sell for a fraction of its original asking price after spending nearly two years on the market. According to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal, Koch’s 52-acre Aspen property is under contract following...
How constant niggles and breakdowns are hampering 2027 ODI World Cup plans
(L-R) Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah and Washington Sundar got injured in the England tour. NEW DELHI: Shubman Gill was out of character when he addressed the media after the defeat at Lord’s in the third ODI. Generally calm, mostly balanced and always poised, the skipper seemed frustrated after losing his third ODI series since taking...
‘How to kill, dispose bodies’: Bengaluru triple murder accused turned to AI, say cops
The accussed woman M Shwetha (extreme left), her partner J Kenneth; the victimes: Supriya (19) sister, Muthulakshmi (48) mother and Somasundar (52) father) BENGALURU: Investigators probing the sensational triple murder in Bengaluru have approached an artificial intelligence company for access to the accused’s chat history after discovering that he allegedly relied on an AI chatbot...
CJP’s ‘Sansad Chalo’: Young woman injured in police action on ventilator
The march witnessed repeated clashes with police after protesters tried to breach barricades despite prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). NEW DELHI: A young woman injured during the police action at the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) ‘Sansad Chalo’ protest is on ventilator support at Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia (RML)...
‘Fight together’: Mamata urges INDIA bloc unity against BJP, shuts down door on rebels
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday urged opposition parties in West Bengal to bury their differences and unite against the Bharatiya Janata Party.Addressing the annual July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally organised near Birla Planetarium, Mamata also termed the leaders who defected from the TMC as “traitors”, saying they would never be allowed...
Europe’s this tech firm offering employees $20K-plus bonus if they stay until 2030
ASML is reportedly offering employees a $20,000 retention bonus if they stay in Europe’s biggest technology company from 2027 until at least 2030. According to a report by Seeking Alpha, the bonus will be given on January 1, 2027 and vested on January 1, 2030. The announcement comes as US-based companies cut a total of...
