Spread the love       Indian Expat in UAE Wins $1 Million in Dubai Duty Free Draw For thousands of expatriates living and working in the Gulf, the dream of striking it rich often begins with a simple raffle ticket. For one Indian resident in the UAE, that dream has just become reality after winning $1 million (about Dh3.67 million) in the...

Spread the love       Kumbh girl Monalisa gets married in Kerala under police protection THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Mahakumbh Mela girl Monalisa Bhosle, who became a celebrity after her videos had gone viral, got married to the man she was in a relationship with for nearly six months at a temple in Poovar in the city on Wednesday.Monalisa, hailing from Indore, reached Thampanoor police...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Foreign minister S Jaishankar discussed the situation in the Strait of Hormuz with his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi in a phone conversation on Tuesday evening. While Jaishankar stressed the need for safe merchant shipping, an Iranian readout said that they discussed the “consequences of the US and Israeli regime’s military aggression on the security...

Spread the love       Bed-Space Living in Dubai Under Fire as New Law Imposes Dh500K to Dh1 Million Fines Dubai has introduced a sweeping new law aimed at regulating shared housing and partition-style living arrangements, with violators facing fines of up to Dh500,000 and up to Dh1 million for repeat offences. The legislation marks one of the strongest steps yet by...

Spread the love       The US military likely relied on outdated intelligence about a nearby naval base when it accidentally struck Iranian elementary school, CNN reported citing two sources briefed on preliminary findings of an ongoing investigation. The attack on February 28 killed at least 168 children and 14 teachers, according to Iranian state media.United States Central Command generated the strike’s...

Spread the love       Stranded in Doha as Iran vs US–Israel War Erupts, Indian Man Makes Daring Desert Escape to Riyadh A dramatic story of an Indian traveller stranded in Qatar has gone viral after he decided to abandon waiting for flights and instead take a long desert road journey to Saudi Arabia in order to continue his trip home. The...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Opposition’s resolution for the removal of Speaker Om Birla was defeated in Lok Sabha with a voice vote on Wednesday following a two-day discussion that concluded with home minister Amit Shah‘s fiery counterattack, which especially targeted Rahul Gandhi. Shah slammed the bid to put the chair’s “dignity” in the dock and asked opposition parties not...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Former National Security Adviser and Intelligence Bureau chief M K Narayanan said on Wednesday “our country has every right to buy oil from wherever it is available” and that no country should impose condition on India, and that Pakistan won’t “dare go for another conflict with India” in the immediate future especially after Operation Sindoor.In...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: An India-bound Thai cargo vessel with 23 crew members was among four ships that came under attack in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. The projectile attack left the ship heading for Gujarat’s Kandla port ablaze. While 20 crew members have been rescued by the Omani Navy, the fate of three sailors is unknown.Reacting to...

Spread the love       DEHRADUN: The Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) has approved a proposal to bar “non-Sanatanis” – people who do not follow Sanatan Dharma – from entering 47 temples under its jurisdiction in Uttarakhand, including Badrinath and Kedarnath. The decision was taken at the temple committee’s budget meeting at its Dehradun office, chaired by BKTC chairman Hemant Dwivedi. The chairman...