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US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) announced plans to cap credit card interest rates at 10% for one year, saying the move is aimed at easing affordability concerns for American consumers. He also criticised the previous Joe Biden administration for not checking high interest rates in recent years.In a post on Truth Social,...

BENGALURU: Corporate forensic teams and background verification firms are flagging cases of location spoofing, particularly among hybrid employees and gig workers. In several instances, employees have been pulled up after allegedly misrepresenting their actual work location, with such discrepancies surfacing during random audits, compliance checks, or client reviews.Investigations found that some used travel routers or...

KOLKATA: Aftershocks of the showdown between Enforcement Directorate (ED) and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over raids on Trinamool-linked political consultancy I-PAC jolted Calcutta high court Friday, prompting Justice Suvra Ghosh to postpone hearing petitions filed by either side till Jan 14 on grounds of “enormous disturbance and commotion” in the courtroom.The judge, seemingly annoyed...

SA20 Commissioner Graeme Smith during the Betway SA20 Captain’s day prior to the start of season 4. Held at the Westin Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa on the 23rd December 2025. (Photo credit: Shaun Roy / Sportzpics for SA20) TimesofIndia.com in Durban: SA20 is in the middle of its fourth edition and the league commercially...

LUCKNOW: Lucknow police on Friday arrested the resident doctor of King George’s Medical University (KGMU) accused of repeatedly raping a junior colleague on the false promise of marriage, forcing her to undergo an abortion, and coercing her into religious conversion. Rameezuddin alias Rameez (31) was nabbed near the city station by a joint team comprising...

Image Credit: TOI VIJAYAWADA: A student from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh and pursuing his MS degree in Houston, Texas, has allegedly gone missing during a solo trip to Alaska. Karasani Hari Krishna Reddy, 24, embarked on a solo trip during the Christmas holidays on Dec 22, travelling on public transport. He last contacted his friends...

DEHRADUN: The post-mortem report of 24-year-old Tripura youth Anjel Chakma, who was killed in Dehradun on Dec 9, 2025, points to a brutal battering inflicted on the MBA student, with injuries to the head, possibly by a kada, being the cause of death.TOI accessed a copy of the report on Friday, which mentions “13 stitches...

Representational Image PATNA: A cybercrime gang was busted in Nawada district on Friday for running a fraudulent scheme that promised young men Rs 10 lakh to impregnate women. The gang, operating under the guise of “All India Pregnant Job” and “Playboy Service,” lured victims into paying a registration fee before disappearing with the money. Police...

‘Dhurandhar’, starring Ranveer Singh and Akshaye Khanna in lead roles, has seemingly met its match with the release of the Prabhas starrer ‘The Raja Saab’. The Bollywood film that was enjoying an undisputed run at the box office over the past week, entered week 6 at the box office, but did so by hitting a...

Mustafizur Rahman; Tamim Iqbal A senior Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official’s comment calling former captain Tamim Iqbal “an Indian agent” has drawn criticism from players in the country. Tamim, one of Bangladesh’s leading openers, had advised the BCB not to be driven by emotion while deciding on the national team’s participation in the T20 World...