Month: June 2025

[ad_1] Wayne Gretzky sparked debate by highlighting financial disparities in the NHL (Getty Images) Wayne Gretzky, the face of hockey greatness, has ignited a fierce debate that goes beyond the ice rink—one that’s raising eyebrows across NHL circles and beyond. While appearing on The Pat McAfee Show, "The Great One" opened up about the financial disparities in the league, taking subtle aim at how no-state-income-tax franchises like the Florida Panthers might be gaining an upper hand in the talent war.Wayne Gretzky says NHL players face a ‘business decision’ between culture and cashSpeaking candidly, Wayne Gretzky stated, “Obviously Florida and Tampa Bay is a unique situation…from a financial point of view, if that’s what a player’s thinking about, obviously, but if a player’s thinking, you know, what I want to play in a hockey culture, like playing and living in the […]

[ad_1] SRINAGAR: Srinagar’s historic Jamia Masjid was locked and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq placed under house arrest Saturday on Eid-ul-Adha, denying devotees the opportunity to offer prayers and provoking a backlash from many, including CM Omar Abdullah.Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid Srinagar, which looks after the mosque management, said the gates were closed early Saturday morning and police deployed outside. Mirwaiz and Hurriyat Conference chairman Umar Farooq’s family has traditionally led prayers at the mosque for generations.“It is deeply regrettable that once again, people were not allowed to offer Eid prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid,” Omar said. He expressed helplessness, saying law and order in J&K Union territory fell under the purview of lieutenant governor (LG) Manoj Sinha’s administration. “I have no idea on what grounds such decisions are made,” the CM said.Omar urged the authorities to trust J&K’s residents, saying […]

[ad_1] Cameron Skattebo (via Getty Images) New York Giants first-year running back Cameron Skattebo became the focus of an unintended NFL tempest—nothing on the field, but for seemingly not knowing anything about the league's greatest legends. In one recent video making its rounds on the internet, Cameron Skattebo can't recognize NFL legends from their pictures, kicking off an emotional Reddit discussion in which fans toggle between anger and empathy.Cam Skattebo's viral moment provokes criticism over NFL history blind spot Cameron Skattebo, who played college football at Sacramento State Hornets and Arizona State Sun Devils before the New York Giants drafted him in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, soon found himself a topic of conversation on Reddit—but not the kind related to his athleticism.In one clip of him now circulating, Cameron Skattebo misidentifies players during a quiz segment. […]

[ad_1] NAGPUR: A 42-year-old man from Mumbai, posing as a suitor on social media, drugged and raped a 47-year-old woman in Nagpur and siphoned off 12 lakh from her and her brother under the pretext of big returns from stock market investments. The accused, Kalpesh Kakkad, now in police custody, is also linked to a similar offence in Hyderabad, pointing to a wider web of exploitation across cities, said police.Senior police inspector Arun Kshirsagar of Jaripatka police station said, Kakkad gained the woman's trust through online interaction on Facebook, promising marriage and financial growth. In January 2024, he allegedly visited her home in the city and got engaged to her. Following that he administered a numbing substance and forcibly established physical relations. Alongside, he allegedly conned her and her brother into handing over 12 lakh for fake investments and did […]

[ad_1] Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and Nobel laureate recently said that he is so overwhelmed by daily emails that he’d gladly “pay thousands of dollars per month” just to be free of them. Speaking at the SXSW London festival, Hassabis revealed that his team is working on an AI-powered email system designed to do exactly that—take over the exhausting task of managing inboxes. The tool, he said, will be aimed to help users manage their inboxes by automatically sorting through emails, replying to routine messages, and making sure important ones don’t go unnoticed.Hassabis said, “I would love to get rid of my email. I would pay thousands of dollars per month to get rid of that”.Stating “The thing I really want – and we’re working on – is can we have a next-generation email?,” he revealed that the AI […]

[ad_1] In Telangana's Adilabad, Inspector Bandari Raju cleverly disguised himself as a farmer to bust a loan fraud racket HYDERABAD: For inspector Bandari Raju of Ichoda police station in Telangana's Adilabad district, solving a crime didn't require a gun—it needed a towel and a white lungi.He knew the power of the khaki uniform. But on this day, it would only get in the way. Determined to bust a growing racket of agents cheating vulnerable farmers at banks, Raju ditched his uniform, walked into a shop, bought a towel and a lungi, and transformed himself into what no one would suspect: An unassuming farmer.The disguise worked flawlessly.Disguised as a distressed farmer, Raju approached middlemen who had built a business out of robbing the very people they claimed to help. Once he earned their trust, the trap was sprung. Two plainclothes officers, […]

[ad_1] Investigators have identified Nasir, a former Pakistan Police officer, as a key figure in cross-border espionage. He and Naushaba Shehzad allegedly recruited Indian influencers for ISI. They facilitated visas and accommodation for those who created pro-Pakistan content. NEW DELHI: Investigators probing the recent cases of espionage have identified a former sub-inspector of Pakistan Police as a key handler in the cross-border spy networks. The suspect, identified as Nasir, had been recruited by ISI a few years ago after which he voluntarily retired from service and turned a YouTuber.Nasir and his female accomplice, Naushaba Shehzad aka Madam N, were specifically tasked by ISI to cultivate Indian influencers, sources said. The two had become a bridge between the ISI and Indian YouTubers."After initial onboarding, Nasir would connect Indian YouTubers visiting Pakistan with high commission official Danish and others who would then […]

[ad_1] PUNE: A 20-year-old college student almost lost his voice after 33 glass pieces got stuck in his throat when his two-wheeler crashed into a pickup truck in Chakan. Surgery and care helped him regain it in just over a month.The biker was without a helmet when he collided head-on with the four-wheeler. He was flung into its wind shield and the glass cut deeply into his neck. He was bleeding heavily and semi-conscious when brought to the emergency ward of a private hospital, where doctors removed all the glass pieces after one-and-a-half-hour of surgery and ligated the blood vessels.Dr Manohar Suryawanshi, ENT and head & neck surgeon at Medicover Hospital, said during the critical surgery, the team found that the cut was too close to his voice box, also known as the larynx, with several major blood vessels—including those […]