NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the latest fuel price hikes, accusing the government of burdening consumers through repeated increases in petrol and diesel prices after the conclusion of elections.In a post on X, Rahul took a jibe at Prime Minister calling…
CJI Surya Kant (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Reacting to PIL filed by a lawyer against Cockroach Janta Party, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Monday said ‘don’t take it so sentimentally.’The plea filed in the Supreme Court alleged that a distorted and malicious narrative was being pushed to malign the judiciary despite the…
Inside crowded convention halls, hotel conference rooms and late-night Zoom classes, one man has quietly become one of the most powerful figures in American competitive spelling. Scott Remer charges families up to $180 an hour to prepare children for the Scripps National Spelling Bee and is widely believed to be the country’s only full-time elite…
Every country is full of patriotic people, those who are willing to sacrifice their lives for their country, or devote their all to its growth. While many of these get recognised with awards and accolades, others are at times, failed by the system. One such person is Dr Santosh Goyal, a man who dedicated his…
Russia on Sunday launched one of its heaviest aerial assaults on Kyiv in recent months, deploying the nuclear-capable Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile alongside hundreds of drones and advanced missiles in a strike that once again highlighted Moscow’s growing reliance on next-generation weapons.The attack followed Russian accusations that Ukraine had struck a student dormitory in Starobilsk,…
‘No more torture’: Venezuelan inmates take control of prison over alleged abuse, set it on fire Hundreds of inmates took control of a prison in western Venezuela on Sunday, protesting alleged torture and demanding the removal of the prison director, AFP reports.Thick smoke billowed from the Barinas Judicial Detention Center after prisoners set mattresses and…
Jamie Dimon, CEO America’s largest bank JPMorgan has now assured the global invests that the United States still remains a safe heaven for investments, even as he acknowledged shifting dynamics in China’s global relations. Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg TV in the sidelines of the bank’s financial conference in Shanghai, Dimon said, “America is…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has now taken suo motu cognisance of the death of Noida-based model-turned-actor Twisha Sharma, a development that has pushed the case beyond a local criminal investigation into a matter of national judicial scrutiny. The case, which began with the 26-year-old’s death under suspicious circumstances at her in-laws’ home in Bhopal…
Rupee began the week in green, gaining 40 paise to 95.20 against the US dollar in early Monday trade. The currency was driven by optimism in global markets over hopes of a potential peace deal between the United States and Iran. In the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 95.36 against the US…
Bijendra (victim; L), CCTV footage (R) NEW DELHI: A 60-year-old security guard was killed after being run over by a vehicle in West Delhi‘s Peeragarhi early on Sunday. The police initiated a murder investigation after CCTV footage revealed that the elderly man was run over twice by the same car before the driver fled the…