Spread the love The BJP has revealed a report detailing election expenses that spotlight various social media influencers embroiled in controversies KOLKATA: Election expense data submitted by BJP to Election Commission regarding payments made during the pre-poll period from Jan to May has thrown up the names of several prominent personalities, including a set of social media influencers, some of...
Masked men try to abduct woman in Dehradun; police form teams to nab them
Spread the love A few women sanitation workers who witnessed the incident rushed to her aid. DEHRADUN: An investigation has been launched to identify and arrest two men who allegedly attempted to abduct a 46-year-old woman on Sahastradhara Road of Dehradun’s Raipur area, police said on Friday.The incident took place around 6.45am on Wednesday when the woman was returning home...
Trump-Xi bonhomie set to continue, leaders announce two more meetings
Spread the love The two leaders held a 90-minute closed-door meeting on Thursday. According to the Chinese government’s readout, they discussed the Middle East, Ukraine and the Korean Peninsula. The White House did not release details of those talks. US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet twice more this year, with the two leaders...
Girl started lemonade stand with $10 goal; 7 summers later, sisters raised $55,000
Spread the love What began as a simple goal for a six-year-old to raise $10 for charity has now come to an end, leaving the local community with tens of thousands of dollars in charitable support. Grace Hendrian and her younger sister, June, have finished the final season of their “Lemon-Aid Stand for Good” in Quincy, Illinois. What started as...
India impress against Panama in 1-1 draw; Blue Tigers stand firm against WC side
Spread the love India hold World Cup-bound Panama to 1-1 draw in major test for Khalid Jamil’s side/ Image: X India had to surrender a first-half lead, but the Blue Tigers came away from Bengaluru with plenty to take from a 1-1 draw against Panama, a side ranked 94 places above them in the FIFA rankings and featuring several players...
Trump embraces Xi as peer, alarms partners and critics
Spread the love TOI correspondent from Washington: A 48-hour state visit to the United States by China’s President Xi Jinping yielded no immediate major breakthroughs but confirmed the broad impression, in visuals and much as words, that Washington now accepts China as a peer in a new G-2 formulation.For all the talk of trade, artificial intelligence, Taiwan, Iran and strategic...
Hardik Pandya set to miss India A fixtures; racing against time for New Zealand tour
Spread the love Hardik Pandya during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 match between India and USA at Wankhede Stadium on February 07, 2026 in Mumbai, India. (Photo/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Hardik Pandya‘s return to competitive cricket has been delayed again as the all-rounder is set to miss the three India A fixtures against Australia A in Puducherry starting...
Repaid Rs 1.41 crore loan, but bank lost property papers; couple wins Rs 15.5L
Spread the love After the bank failed to return their original property papers, the couple approached the Banking Ombudsman. (Image for representative purpose only) You take a home loan and you repay it in full, but the bank loses the property papers. What do you do and what are your rights?A Delhi-based couple faced precisely this situation. After the bank...
CBSE names Mandeep K Bhandari as new chairman, appointment follows OSM controversy
Spread the love Senior IAS officer Mandeep K Bhandari has been appointed chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education (Image via Social media) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has appointed 2001-batch IAS officer Mandeep K Bhandari as its new chairperson, with the government upgrading the post temporarily to the rank and pay of an Additional Secretary. His...
Tea output slips, exports drop in January-July 2026
Spread the love India’s tea production declined 1.7% year-on-year (YoY) to 658.3 million kg during January-July this year, according to data shared by the United Planters’ Association of Southern India (UPASI). While the country’s tea output in 2025 had grown 7.1% YoY, production during the first seven months of this year sw pressure across major tea-growing regions. Output in South India...
