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Representative image LONDON: An Indian-origin senior British diplomat has quit the UK foreign office, criticising it for being woke, stuffed with paper-pushers and underperformers and putting the “worship of international law” above national security.In a column in the UK Times titled ‘Foreign Office fails to put Britain first’, Ameer Kotecha wrote: “Our impotence on Iran...

Mohammad Kaif and Mohammad Amir (Agency Image) Former India batter Mohammad Kaif has delivered a sharp response to ex-Pakistan quick Mohammad Amir after the latter continued to cast doubts over India’s campaign in the ongoing T20 World Cup.Amir had initially predicted that India would stumble against the West Indies and miss out on a semifinal...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-129058536,imgsize-59786,width-400,resizemode-4/untitled-design-67.jpg" alt="‘A day of hope, peace and unity’: Donald Trump, Melania Trump extend Holi greetings" title=" File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday extended greetings to those celebrating Holi, describing the Hindu festival as...

Jailer 2 is taking the entertainment world by storm, with reports hinting that the iconic Shah Rukh Khan might be joining forces with the legendary Rajinikanth. A mysterious social media update from a costume designer, paired with Jatin Sarna’s announcement about wrapping up his part—mentioning Vidya Balan and Mithun Chakraborty—has ignited a flurry of speculation....

India’s Abhishek Sharma drops the catch of West Indies’ Roston Chase (ANI Photo) Former India wicketkeeper-batter Parthiv Patel has flagged India’s slipping standards in the field as a major worry ahead of their ICC T20 World Cup 2026 semifinal against England at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.Despite an impressive run to the last four, India’s...

File photo: US treasury secretary Scott Bessent US treasury secretary Scott Bessent said that President Donald Trump‘s plan to increase a 10% universal tariff up to 15% will likely be done this week. “That’s likely sometime this week,” Bessent said on CNBC in response to a question about when the increase to 15% would be...

A shocking Holi incident in Nagpur saw a 60-year-old woman, Sindhu Thakre, scald a four-year-old boy with boiling water after he playfully sprayed colour on her (Screengrab: X@gharkekalesh) NAGPUR: Enraged over a four-year-old boy spraying colour at her while playing, his 60-year-old relative, Sindhu Thakre, poured boiling water on him during a Holi celebration in...

File photo MUMBAI: The government’s decision to hold back cuts in retail petrol and diesel prices despite the earlier fall in global crude has given oil marketing companies (OMCs) room to cushion the impact of fresh spikes. According to a report by Nomura, this buffer means that a 10% rise in crude oil prices is...

Pitted against Balen, Oli faces litmus test of 50-year-old career KATHMANDU: As Nepal votes on Thursday, a generational shift has reshaped the political mood in the Himalayan nation. In Kathmandu and other cities, many Gen Z voters – the cohort that toppled the KP Sharma Oli govt and propelled figures like the 35-year-old (Balen) into...

Ashmolean museum acquired the statue in 1967. In 2019, a French scholar flagged that its provenance was unclear, leading to a probe A 16th-century bronze statue of Saint Tirumankai Alvar, taken from a temple in Tamil Nadu, is among several Indian heritage items that are being returned to India from the UK.The Ashmolean Museum in...