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Pinterest has fired several engineers who created an internal software tool to track layoffs at the company, according to reports. This move came into light after employees attempted to quantify job cuts following Pinterest’s January 27 announcement that it would layoff less than 15% of its workforce and reduce office space as part of a...

Photo/Agencies Traditional wrestling akhadas in Old Delhi, once central to the city’s sporting life, are seeing a steady decline as public interest in desi wrestling reduces and local competitions fade.A former Indian wrestler, who was not named, told news agency IANS that there was a time when dangals near Jama Masjid and other parts of...

(ANI photo) NEW DELHI: In the Ghaziabad triple death case involving three minor siblings from the same family, police on Wednesday revealed new details hours after the incident. The cops said the children’s father had married twice and has five children, four daughters and a son. Three of the daughters died after jumping from the...

Archie Jackson (Getty Images) On This Day, February 4, almost a century ago in 1929, a batting genius scored his maiden — and only — century in his debut match for Australia against England in Adelaide. He was 19, and the mammoth 164 as an opener in the fourth Ashes Test was supposed to be...

NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee‘s long-running standoff with the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls escalated after the serving CM personally attended the Supreme Court hearing on Wednesday, urging it to intervene to “save democracy.“Mamata challenged the ongoing SIR exercise in the state, alleging that West Bengal...

Father recalls daughters’ gaming habit as police probe Ghaziabad sisters’ deaths GHAZIABAD: The father of three minor sisters who allegedly jumped to their deaths from a ninth-floor flat in Ghaziabad early Wednesday said he was unaware that the online game his daughters were playing involved “tasks”, and recalled that the middle sister, Prachi, appeared to...

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor tripped and fell while descending the stairs at Parliament complex on Wednesday. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and other MPs along with the staff members immediately assisted him to get back on his feet.The Lok Sabha was adjourned amid persistent sloganeering by Opposition members over the suspension of eight...

NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP and advocate Kalyan Banerjee on Wednesday said the Supreme Court flagged “two important points” while hearing West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s plea challenging the Election Commission’s special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, and listed the matter for further hearing on Monday.“Today, the writ petition filed by Mamata Banerjee...

India can save almost $3 billion just by stepping up its crude import game! A recent report by SBI stated that by replacing a portion of Russian supplies with Venezuelan heavy crude and updating its import strategy, India can get several cost advantages. The assessment notes that New Delhi could lock in notable savings by...

NEW DELHI: An eyewitness in the Ghaziabad case said that one of the three minor sisters appeared to have jumped deliberately, while the other two fell while trying to stop her.Arun Kumar, a resident of Bharat City Society, said he noticed something amiss around 2.00am when he saw the girls sitting on a glass balcony...