US President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, for gun and tax fraud charges. The pardon covers federal crimes Hunter Biden may have committed between January 1, 2014, and December 1, 2024. Hunter Biden faced sentencing in December for tax and gun convictions. The Democrat leader had repeatedly said he would not use his…
Flood alert issued to 14 villages as water from Sathanur dam in Tiruvannamalai CHENNAI: A family of seven including five children is feared buried alive in Tiruvannamalai after mud and boulders came tumbling down from a hillock behind their house around 4.30pm on Sunday following heavy rain in the aftermath of Cyclone Fengal.Police tried to…
The ICC Test mace (Photo Source: X) With each Test unfolding in the home stretch of the World Test Championship‘s (WTC) 2023-25 cycle, the equation keeps changing in the WTC leaderboard, which at present is headed by India, who face a serious challenge from No. 2 South Africa and third-placed Australia. New Zealand‘s defeat against…
Massad Boulos (Picture credit: X) US President-elect Donald Trump appointed his daughter Tiffany Trump‘s father-in-law and a Lebanese-born billionaire Massad Boulos as senior adviser for Arab and Middle Eastern affairs.Trump announced via Truth Social, commending Boulos’s legal expertise and his dedication to Middle Eastern peace initiatives.“I am proud to announce that Massad Boulos will serve…
BENGALURU: A 29-year-old IT professional working in a private firm in Electronics City was extorted Rs 8.1 lakh after booking an escort service on an online portal.Gautham (name changed), a resident of Electronics City, got the number of a call girl, Amrutha Gill, on massagerepublic.com. He called her who introduced herself as Roopa, aka Kushi,…
KOLKATA: Sixty-three Iskcon monks, all Bangladeshis with valid travel documents, were prevented from crossing over to India on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, several Bangladeshi media outlets and Iskcon Kolkata reported on Sunday.These 63 people were stopped at the Benapole land port, the Bangladesh side of the international border, by Bangladeshi authorities for “suspicious activities“,…
KOLKATA: Sixty-three Iskcon monks, all Bangladeshis with valid travel documents, were prevented from crossing over to India on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, several Bangladeshi media outlets and Iskcon Kolkata reported on Sunday.These 63 people were stopped at the Benapole land port, the Bangladesh side of the international border, by Bangladeshi authorities for “suspicious activities“,…
On Nov 30, US President-elect Donald Trump issued this threat on his social media TruthSocial: “The idea that the BRICS Countries are trying to move away from the Dollar, while we standby and watch is OVER. We require a commitment from these Countries that they will neither create a new BRICS currency, nor back any…
DHAKA: Bangladesh high court on Sunday acquitted all the accused in the Aug 21, 2004, grenade attack cases, including BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman and former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar. The ruling has sparked renewed hope among BNP supporters for Rahman’s return from London after overcoming remaining legal issues. Rahman is former PM Khaleda Zia‘s…
NEW DELHI: Goods and services tax (GST) collection rose 8.5% to Rs 1,82,269 crore in Nov, the fourth highest since the new regime kicked in over seven years ago.The growth in Nov, based on transactions in Oct, was driven by domestic consumption, rising 9.4% to just under Rs 1.4 lakh crore, while imports saw a…
