Spread the love This New Year eve, hotels are pulling out a range of attractions — morning yoga, DIY cocktail stalls, recovery brunches and much more, to lure in guests. However, these celebrations come with a hefty price tag, pushing room tariffs higher for the year ending period. Hotel operators told ET that New Year rates for 2026 are broadly...
Video: Sitting outside home, 92-year-old killed as gravel dumper overturns on him in MP
Spread the love BHOPAL: A 92-year-old man was crushed to death on Friday afternoon after a gravel-laden dumper overturned while passing his house in Gwalior.The victim, Girraj Prasad Sharma, was sitting on the platform outside his home in Arnav Green City, soaking in the sun, when the dumper’s rear wheel sank into the road. The vehicle lost balance and toppled,...
ISRO’s LVM3 to launch next-generation communication satellite on December 24
Spread the love ISRO’s upcoming LVM3 M6 mission will carry the BlueBird Block-2 satellite into orbit on December 24, as part of a commercial deal with U.S.-based AST SpaceMobile. The historic mission will deploy the next-generation communication satellite designed to provide high-speed cellular broadband directly to smartphones worldwide. AST SpaceMobile (AST & Science, LLC) is building the first and only...
ISRO’s LVM3 to launch next-generation communication satellite on Dec. 24
Spread the love ISRO’s upcoming LVM3 M6 mission will carry the BlueBird Block-2 satellite into orbit on December 24, as part of a commercial deal with U.S.-based AST SpaceMobile. The historic mission will deploy the next-generation communication satellite designed to provide high-speed cellular broadband directly to smartphones worldwide. AST SpaceMobile (AST & Science, LLC) is building the first and only...
‘Stuck in India’: US cancels H-1b interviews, leaving workers stranded back home
Spread the love Indian H-1B visa holders who traveled to India this month to renew their US work permits are now stranded after American consulates abruptly canceled their appointments and rescheduled them months later, according to immigration lawyers.The disruptions follow the rollout of the Trump administration’s expanded social media vetting policy, leaving hundreds—possibly thousands—of high-skilled workers stuck abroad with expired...
It’s giving 2025: Gen-Z slangs that were ‘caught in 4K’ this year
Spread the love Representative image (AI-generated) “He soft-launched the relationship with a blurry fit pic, but the NPC behaviour, mid aura and breadcrumbing gave everyone the ick.”If that sentence made instant sense, then congratulations – you’ve clearly spent enough time online in 2025. If it doesn’t, don’t worry. You weren’t alone. For much of the year, Gen-Z slangs dominated comment...
Bangladesh unrest: Mob torches BNP leader’s house; 7-year-old daughter burnt to death
Spread the love A seven-year-old daughter of a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader was burnt to death in Bangladesh’s Lakshmipur Sadar upazila as a mob of protestors set his residence ablaze on Sunday, the Daily Star reported.According to the report, the incident occurred at around 1.00am at the residence of Belal Hossain,a businessman and assistant organising secretary of Bhabaniganj Union...
Watch: Mumbai BJP MLA slaps auto-rickshaw driver; Congress hits out
Spread the love MUMBAI: A video of BJP MLA from Ghatkopar (East) Parag Shah slapping a rickshaw driver for allegedly driving on the wrong side of the road. BJP functionaries said that the rickshaw driver was driving on the wrong side of the road and when Shah asked him what the urgency was, the driver replied he was in a...
South Africa shooting: Gunmen arrive in two vehicles and begin firing at a pub; nine killed
Spread the love The attack took place around 1am at a bar in Bekkersdal. (X photos) At least nine people were killed and 10 others wounded when unknown gunmen opened fire at a tavern in a township near Johannesburg early on Sunday, in the latest mass shooting to shock South Africa.The attack took place shortly before 1am at a bar...
US visa delays: Indian H-1B workers stranded as Trump admin starts social media checks
Spread the love Many Indian professionals are left with no way to return to the US after Trump administration began strict social media checks of applicants. This has prompted many US firms to rethink travel and work out plans to bring back employees stranded in India due to prolonged delays in visa stamping. Immigration experts said that while some companies...
