MUMBAI: In probably a first for India, industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata has made provisions in his will to ensure “unlimited” care for his German Shepherd, Tito. While leaving wealth for pets is not uncommon in the West, this is rare in India. Ratan Tata, whose estate is estimated at over Rs 10,000 crore, also…
NEW DELHI: Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch on Thursday cited “personal exigencies” to skip Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting, which soon led to a fight between the panel’s head K C Venugopal and NDA members who accused him of taking unilateral decisions and proceeded to lodge a protest with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.The…
Leader of opposition Vijay Wadettiwar MUMBAI: A day after Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut declared that MVA partners Congress, NCP (SP) and UBT Sena would contest 85 seats each, a top Congress politician said that his party would contest 104 seats, while UBT Sena and NCP-SP would fight from 94 and 84 seats respectively.“The…
NEW DELHI: Indian and Chinese troops have kicked off the process to disengage in phases at Depsang and Demchok in eastern Ladakh, even as defence minister Rajnath Singh Thursday said “broad consensus” has been reached to restore “ground situation” in some areas on principles of equal and mutual security.“The dismantling of temporary posts and structures…
Srinagar: Two soldiers of 18 Rashtriya Rifles and two porters were killed in a terrorist ambush on a military truck carrying supplies near the Nagin area of Botapathri along the LoC, 11km from Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday evening.Three more RR men and two porters were wounded in the fourth terrorist attack…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan authorities Thursday released Bushra Bibi, wife of jailed former PM Imran Khan, from prison in Rawalpindi, a day after Islamabad high court granted her bail in an alleged graft case involving purchase and sale of state gifts.Bibi, 50, was arrested on January 31. She and her husband were convicted of corruption and illegal…
SRINAGAR: A 19-year-old barber named Shubam Kumar from UP’s Bijnor suffered a gunshot wound in his right arm in a terrorist attack at Batagund village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district Thursday morning. Kumar was rushed to a hospital in nearby Tral, where officials confirmed he is out of danger.This marked the third targeted attack on…
Pakistan Army soldiers. (Reuters) ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces killed nine insurgents, including a high-level target, in a shootout overnight in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the volatile northwestern region that borders Afghanistan, the military said Thursday.A statement issued by the Pakistan army’s media wing said that troops also seized weapons and ammunition…
Godwin’s Law is a popular internet adage that argues the longer an online discussion goes on, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1. For those not familiar with probabilities, when a probability approaches 1, that simply means it’s inevitable. Coined in 1990, Godwin’s Law – much like Neo in the third…
Cyclone Dana, a severe cyclonic storm, is rapidly approaching the coasts of Odisha and West Bengal. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that the cyclone will make landfall between midnight on October 24 and the early hours of October 25, bringing wind speeds between 100-120 km/h. Authorities have urged residents in the coastal regions…
