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An ISKCON temple employee tasked with collecting money donated by devotees has fled with lakhs of rupees along with a receipt book, officials said on Saturday. “An FIR was filed by the temple’s Chief Finance Officer Vishwa Nam Das late on Friday night,” Superintendent of Police (City) Arvind Kumar said. He said Das had given […]

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is facing criticism from Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Suvendu Adhikari for shifting the blame to the Border Security Force (BSF) regarding infiltration in the state. Mr Adhikari accused Ms Banerjee of indulging in “low-level politics” by blaming the BSF for infiltration, stating that […]

The armed wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, released a video on Saturday of an Israeli hostage held in Gaza since its October 2023 attack. In the undated, three-and-a-half-minute video recording that AFP has not been able to verify, 19-year-old soldier Liri Albag called in Hebrew for the Israeli government to secure her release. […]

Studying abroad offers access to world-class education, diverse cultural experiences, and valuable global networks. However, pursuing education in the United States can be expensive. Due to the high cost of foreign currencies, studying abroad often comes with financial challenges. Students can apply for scholarships or take out loans to fund their education. The U.S. Department […]

Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla is witnessing a rare and age-old religious tradition that is believed to bring together the deities of the Spail Valley, showcasing the region’s vibrant cultural heritage. The four-day event was marked by a unique ‘rope-sliding tradition’ on Saturday in which a ‘jedi’ (a man belonging to the Beda caste) slid through a […]

Quality education cannot be achieved through privatisation and financial incentives, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Saturday, underlining the importance of governments spending more on education and strengthening public institutions. In a conversation with IIT Madras students held sometime back, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha talked on a host of issues including on […]

A bride here in the Khajni area decamped mid-wedding with jewellery and cash leaving her 40-year-old groom high and dry. The drama unfolded at the Shiv Temple in Bharohiya where Kamlesh Kumar was undergoing the rituals for his second marriage, having lost his first wife. He had secured the relationship with the woman paying a […]

DHAKA: Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Saturday shared two possible timelines for the next general elections – Dec 2025 or mid-2026, while assuring a British MP that the polls would be completely “free and fair”.“People could not vote in the last three elections. There was a fake parliament, fake MPs, and a fake speaker,” […]

Matt Gaetz, the former Florida congressman, became the subject of online jokes about his makeup after appearing on his talk show, The Matt Gaetz Show, New York Post reported. In the second episode, which aired on Friday, Gaetz invited his former colleague George Santos to offer beauty advice. This followed a social media frenzy where […]

Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for The Washington Post, said Friday that she was resigning after the newspaper’s opinions section rejected a cartoon depicting Post owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos genuflecting toward a statue of President-elect Trump.In a brief statement posted to Substack, Telnaes – who has worked at the Post since 2008 […]

TOI correspondent from Washington: US lawmakers of Indian-origin are facing the brunt of nativist fury in America after a photograph one of them posted about their “coalition” triggered a racist meltdown. Shortly after being sworn as Representatives in the 119th Congress, California Congressman Ami Bera posted a photograph on X saying, “When I was first […]

Authorities on Friday said that the man who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans had bomb-making materials at his home and had reserved the vehicle for the deadly attack over six weeks in advance.Federal authorities searching Shamsud-Din Jabbar‘s home in Houston discovered a workbench in the garage […]