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Luthra brothers, Gaurav (L) and Saurabh PANAJI: Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, owners of Birch by Romeo Lane at Arpora where 25 people died in a fire on Saturday, filed for transit anticipatory bail before the district and sessions court, Rohini, New Delhi, for four weeks in the event of arrest. The court didn’t grant interim...

US Fed chair Jerome Powell (File photo by AP) The US Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), led by Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday cut the key rate by 25 basis points. The rate now stands between 3.5 percent and 3.75 percent, the lowest level in nearly three years. “In support of its...

GUWAHATI: A foreign tourist has alleged that she and her female friend were harassed and “touched without consent” during American rapper Post Malone’s debut concert in Guwahati on Monday. But, despite Guwahati police reaching out to them on social media for details, no response has been received so far.The woman, who described herself as a...

Philip Rivers’ status for week 15 (Image via: Getty Images) The Indianapolis Colts have shocked the NFL by pulling 44-year-old Philip Rivers out of retirement after Daniel Jones went down with a season-ending Achilles injury. With the playoff race tightening and stability at quarterback slipping away, the Colts turned to a trusted veteran who already...

NEW DLEHI: The external affairs ministry on Wednesday received a request from the Goa government seeking to revoke the passports of Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, and the request is currently under examination, reported PTI citing sources. The move comes amid an expanding probe into the nightclub blaze in North Goa that killed 25 people last...

File photo NEW DELHI: Newly elected KSCA president Venkatesh Prasad began work on Wednesday by visiting the Stadium in Belagavi and holding meetings with Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar to discuss steps to resume top-level cricket at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.Prasad, along with KSCA vice-president Sujith Somasundar and secretary Santosh...

Nvidia’s data focused on what are known as mixture-of-expert AI models. Nvidia has refuted a report which claimed that the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek is utilising smuggled Blackwell chips to develop its upcoming AI model. DeepSeek drew attention in January this year when it launched the R1 AI model which, the company claimed,...

Credit: Instagram/ sophiekinsellawriter Sophie Kinsella, the beloved pen name of Madeleine Sophie Wickham, passed away on December 10, 2025, at the age of 55. Her family confirmed that she died peacefully at home after a long battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Kinsella had publicly shared her diagnosis in 2024 while choosing...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125893571,imgsize-887731,width-400,resizemode-4/vhp-flags-pressure-on-judiciary-seeks-debate-on-minority-status-at-delhi-meet-2.jpg" alt="Goa club blaze: Luthras booked Thailand tickets as fire raged; manhunt on" title=" . ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> NEW DELHI: Goa police said the brothers purchased seats on a Phuket-bound flight at 1.17 am on December 7, even as firefighters and local authorities were struggling to contain the flames and rescue staff at Birch...

Japan on Wednesday recorded another strong earthquake, the third in as many days, after a 6-magnitude tremor struck eastern Aomori and Hokkaido. No tsunami warning was issued, authorities said. The fresh jolt comes after a 7.6-magnitude quake on Monday and 6.7 tremors on Tuesday in Honchō. Monday’s earthquake injured 51 people so far, with the...