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NEW DELHI: Faced with a pile of cases under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (Fema) and eager to avoid prolonged legal battles, the Enforcement Directorate is settling for large-scale compounding of offences and termination of adjudication proceedings after obtaining the Reserve Bank of India‘s approval.In the last 15 months, more than 150 Fema cases have...

NEW DELHI: A day after directing Meta to pause WhatsApp’s proposed username feature, govt has issued similar notices to Telegram and Signal over their existing username systems, asking them to explain how they prevent fraud and impersonation.The IT ministry wants detailed responses on safeguards against scams, phishing, digital arrest frauds and identity impersonation. Like WhatsApp,...

Usain Bolt and Kasi Bennett combined net worth in 2026: Career earnings, endorsements, lifestyle and more(Getty Images) Usain Bolt remains one of the most recognizable sporting icons in the world even nine years after retirement. From Olympic tracks to boardrooms, Bolt has transformed his dominance in athletics into long-term financial success, while his longtime partner...

AYODHYA/LUCKNOW: Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, which manages the Ram temple complex, is not accountable to either central or UP govt.The ministry of home affairs told the Central Information Commission on Feb 20 last year that all decisions are taken internally by the trust, with the authority resting solely with its permanent trustees.An RTI...

Chinese president Xi Jinping (File photo) DHAKA: China said Thursday it is “determined” to build an economic corridor with Bangladesh and Myanmar, but remains open to “other countries” joining its “transnational initiative” – a project on India’s eastern flank that mirrors the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor’s (CPEC) strategic role on its western frontier.The corridor – discussed...

NEW DELHI: An Indian Navy warship thwarted a piracy attempt on an India-bound merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday night, the Navy said on Thursday.On getting information about an attempted piracy attack, INS Trikand, a guided-missile Talwar-class frigate, approached bulk carrier MV Golden Arsenal and Marine commandos (Marcos) boarded the vessel and...

NAGPUR: Eight bikers on a wild romp, hours before midnight allegedly assaulted a traffic cop in civvies, wrecked his private vehicle and threatened to kill him following a frivolous traffic dispute near a shrine on Mankapur Road on June 28. Fourteen persons have been arrested.The cop, Kunal Singh, 35, attached to MIDC branch, was driving...

J&K CM Omar Abdullah (File photo) SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah Thursday backed the calls for reopening of dialogue between India and Pakistan, saying that was the only way to ease tensions between the two neighbours. He also questioned why appeals from J&K politicians for engaging with Pakistan led to a backlash when...

Former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti (File photo) SRINAGAR: People’s Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti flew from New Delhi to Tehran on Thursday evening to attend funeral ceremonies of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from July 4, becoming the only non-Shia politician from J&K and Ladakh invited by Iran.PDP representative Waheed Parra said Tehran had arranged a special...

Delhi’s civic projects gather dust behind closed gates (AI image used for representational purpose only). NEW DELHI: Delays in completion of civic projects are often attributed to financial constraints, pending approvals or procedural bottlenecks. While such explanations are all too familiar, what’s far more difficult to justify is not opening projects, which have already been...