Domestic help carries out ‘fake ED raid’ at retired employer’s house

Spread the love       A domestic help teamed up with relatives and associates to stage a fake Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid at the residence of her employer, an 86-year-old retired architect in southeast Delhi’s New Friends Colony. NEW DELHI: A domestic help teamed up with relatives and associates to stage a fake Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid at the residence of her...

Columbia student detained by ICE agents to be released after Mamdani–Trump meeting

Spread the love       (Image credits: X @NYCMayor) New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday for a previously unannounced meeting that lasted about an hour, focusing on major new housing investments in the city while also addressing the arrest of a Columbia University student.After the meeting, Mamdani posted on X, “I...

Inside Yash’s Rs 600 cr budget: How Toxic is creating distribution records across South India

Inside Yash’s Rs 600 cr budget: How Toxic is creating distribution records across South India

Spread the love       3 min readHyderabadFeb 27, 2026 07:55 AM IST Yash’s Toxic: A Fairytale for Grown-Ups has secured its Tamil Nadu distribution for Rs 63 crore on an advance commission basis, according to a report by Hollywood Reporter India. Rather than a single distributor handling the territory, the Tamil Nadu rollout will be split across a network of distributors....

AI use in warfare: Anthropic rejects US demand for ‘unrestricted’ military access

Spread the love       The AI battle: Defence secretary Pete Hegseth and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Thursday said the artificial intelligence company “cannot in good conscience accede” to Pentagon demands for unrestricted use of its technology, escalating an unusually public standoff with the Donald Trump administration that could cost the firm its government contract as early...

Bangladesh tension leads to 9% fall in foreign tourist arrivals

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: The tension between India and Bangladesh, which resulted in fewer visas by both sides, resulted in an over 9% fall in foreign tourist arrivals to 90.2 lakh in 2025, with the eastern neighbour slipping from the second largest source to being the fifth biggest.Latest official data estimated tourist arrivals from Bangladesh at 4.7 lakh in...

Now, no extra charge for air booking tweaks in 48 hours

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Airlines will now provide a “look-in option” for a period of 48 hours after booking a ticket during which a passenger can cancel or amend the ticket without any additional charges, except fare difference, if the departure date is at least 7 and 15 days hence for domestic and international flights, respectively. Airlines will need...

Trump tariff in limbo, US commerce secretary meets Piyush Goyal

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Amid uncertainty over tariffs imposed by the US, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal met US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick in the Capital on Thursday, signalling that both sides remain engaged on the issue.The details of what transpired remain unclear. “Engaged in very fruitful discussions to expand our trade and economic partnership,” Goyal posted on...

‘Open war’: Pakistan’s Khwaja Asif warns as border clashes with Afghanistan resume

Spread the love       Pakistan’s defence minister on Friday declared “open war” on the Afghan Taliban government, following renewed clashes along the shared border. “Our patience has reached its limit. Now it is open war between us and you,” Khawaja Asif posted on X.The escalation came after Afghan forces attacked Pakistani troops along the frontier, prompting Islamabad to launch air strikes...

‘Our video analyst prepared a slide’: Suryakumar Yadav reveals secret behind India’s win

Spread the love       Suryakumar Yadav (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: It was a must-win game for India to stay alive in the T20 World Cup semifinal race, and they delivered in emphatic fashion. Defending champions India crushed Zimbabwe by 72 runs in their Super Eights clash at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium, keeping their hopes alive while giving their net run rate...

ED to court: Got sanction to prosecute Chidambaram

Spread the love       Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram NEW DELHI: In what can potentially speed up the trial of P Chidambaram in the Aircel Maxis and the INX Media money laundering cases, the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday told a special PMLA court here that it had got the necessary nod from the home ministry for the prosecution of the former...

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