[ad_1] New Delhi: It was a regular Sunday for the Kushwaha family. Their youngest daughter, Preeti, was alone at home while her siblings – elder brother and sister – and parents were out. In the evening, Preeti’s mother received a call from her daughter, informing her that she had cooked some chapatis for her and…
[ad_1] London: The High Court in London on Thursday ordered US President Donald Trump to pay £625,000 ($741,000) in legal costs after he unsuccessfully sued a former British spy over a salacious dossier. Trump had sought to bring a suit against former MI6 officer Christopher Steele who authored the so-called Steele dossier which alleged the…
[ad_1] It was a sight to behold when K. Annamalai, the Tamil Nadu president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), flogged himself with a rope in Coimbatore last December. The self-flagellation was an act of protest—prompted by the sexual assault of a student at Anna University—even if it left people wondering whether Annamalai was trying…
[ad_1] Trump declared a national economic emergency and announced tariffs of at least 10% across all countries. Washington: IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday said new US tariffs “clearly represent a significant risk to the global outlook” and urged Washington to work with its trade partners. The statement was the first from the IMF chief…
[ad_1] Washington: President Donald Trump acknowledged the shock brought by his tariffs onslaught Thursday, but said the US economy would emerge “far stronger,” even as world markets tumbled. “THE OPERATION IS OVER! THE PATIENT LIVED, AND IS HEALING. THE PROGNOSIS IS THAT THE PATIENT WILL BE FAR STRONGER, BIGGER, BETTER, AND MORE RESILIENT THAN EVER…
[ad_1] Bengaluru: A 19-year-old woman from Bihar was sexually assaulted near KR Puram railway station in Bengaluru. The two alleged assailants have been arrested. The woman was attacked around 1.30 am on Wednesday after she reached Bengaluru from Kerala’s Ernakulam. Â She was on way home after completing a training programme and her brother had…
[ad_1] Miami, US: President Donald Trump said his administration was “very close” to a deal to find a buyer for TikTok, which faces a US ban if not sold by its Chinese owner by the weekend. “We’re very close to a deal with a very good group of people,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force…
[ad_1] Bhopal: A routine well-cleaning activity turned into a disaster in Madhya Pradesh’s Kondawat village when eight people died after inhaling toxic gas. The incident happened on Thursday when villagers were preparing the well for idol immersion as part of the Gangaur festival celebrations. Five villagers initially descended into the 150-year-old private well to remove…
[ad_1] Washington: The Acting Inspector General (IG) of the US Department of Defence (Pentagon) will investigate Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal in a group chat with other national security officials to discuss military actions against the Houthis in Yemen last month, according to a letter from the IG’s office on Thursday, CNN…
[ad_1] The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day down 4 per cent. Washington: US stocks plunged Thursday as traders reacted to Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement a day earlier, with the broad-based S&P 500 recording its biggest one-day decline since 2020. The widely watched Wall Street index closed down 4.8 per cent at 5,396.52…
