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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for "disrespecting Indian democracy". Speaking to the Indian diaspora in Boston, Rahul had alleged that the Election Commission (EC) has been "compromised."Addressing a press conference, BJP MP Sambit Patra pointed out that this was not the first time that Rahul had disrespected India on foreign soil. Calling Rahul a "traitor" Patra said that it was shameful that while the US VP is India, Rahul is "disrespecting" the country in US.Also read: Rahul Gandhi rakes up voter fraud claims during US visit"He gave a lecture at Brown University in Boston, and look at the irony, while the Vice President of the US was here, he chose to go to the US and speak against India and its democracy. This has become a pattern for the […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Om Prakash, former Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG & IGP) of Karnataka, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his residence in Bengaluru’s upscale HSR Layout on Sunday. He was 68.His body, lying in a pool of blood on the ground floor of his three-storied house, bore multiple injuries, raising suspicions of foul play. A weapon is believed to have been used in the assault. The police were alerted to the incident by his wife, Pallavi, and reached the scene around 4:30 pm.Career of a veteran officerOm Prakash was a 1981-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and a native of Champaran in Bihar. Holding a Master’s degree in Geology, he began his career as an additional superintendent of police in Harapanahalli, Ballari district. Over the decades, he served in several key roles including SP […]

[ad_1] Amazon founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos once showed interest in buying Netflix. In a recent interview, Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings revealed that Bezos wanted to buy the streaming platform in 1998, as part of Amazon’s strategy to expand into the video market. However, Hastings and Marc Randolph, both declined the acquisition proposal. Hastings further added that Bezos never made a formal offer. He said “It never got to be like a formal offer. It was sort of exploratory.”“And here's the Shocker, we said no. And then we worked our ass off for 20 years. Okay, and then if you compare the stock return, you know if we had sold and they'd just ridden the Amazon stock up”. During the interview, Hastings further explained that Bezos’ team suggested a price in the low eight figures. Marc Randolph, in his […]

[ad_1] LUCKNOW: A woman murdered her husband with the help of her paramour and tried to dispose of the body by chopping it into two pieces and stuffing it into a trolley bag in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria. The crime bears chilling resemblance to the Saurabh murder case in Meerut.The victim, 38-year-old Naushad Ahmed, had returned from Dubai just 10 days ago. His dismembered body was discovered on Sunday morning by a farmer in a field under the Tarkulwa police station area, approximately 55 kilometers from his residence in Bhatauli village, Mail police station limits.The discovery was made when Jitendra Giri, a local farmer, arrived at his field in Chakarpakdi Chapar Patkhauli village with a harvester and noticed a suspicious trolley bag lying nearby in a vacant plot. He immediately informed the police via Dial 112. Upon arrival, Tarkulwa police cordoned […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi president Saurabh Bharadwaj announced on Monday that the party will not field a candidate for the upcoming Mayor elections in the national capital, clearing the way for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to take charge of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).Bharadwaj said the decision was made to allow the BJP to elect its own Mayor, form its standing committee, and govern Delhi’s civic body “without any excuses.”"We have decided that we will not field an Aam Aadmi Party candidate in the Mayor's elections this time. BJP should elect its own Mayor, BJP should form its own standing committee and should rule Delhi without any excuses, " Bharadwaj said.Criticizing the BJP’s approach since the announcement of the MCD elections, Bharadwaj accused the party of attempting to grab power through unethical means. "From […]

[ad_1] BENGALURU: Isro has successfully managed to dock the two Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) satellites for the second time, an achievement that would give the space agency data to further better its technology in the future.V Narayanan, chairman, Isro, told TOI: “This is a significant achievement and further activities are being planned now.” Stating that the docking operation was “smooth” he said his team managed to do it as if it were “child’s play”.Union minister Jitendra Singh announced the docking and said: “Glad to inform that the second docking of satellites has been accomplished. As informed earlier, the PSLV-C60/SpaDeX mission was launched on Dec 30, 2024. Thereafter, the satellites were successfully docked for the first time on Jan 16 at 6.20am, and the successfully undocked on March 13, 2025, at 9.20am.”Isro is yet to release an official statement with details […]

[ad_1] Elon Musk announced on X on Saturday about his anticipated visit to India this year. (AI image) Elon Musk-led Tesla has started talks with American memory chip manufacturer Micron and Mumbai's CG Semi, a Murugappa Group subsidiary, to explore supply alternatives whilst expanding its global supply network, according to informed sources. This development follows Tesla's earlier strategic partnership with Tata Electronics for semiconductor procurement for worldwide operations.Elon Musk announced on X on Saturday about his anticipated visit to India this year."Tesla spoke to representatives from the three large semiconductor facilities that have taken off in India — Micron, CG Semi and Tata Electronics," a source told ET. It "called meetings about a month-and-a-half ago… to get a sense of what kind of chips are expected to be packaged, when they'll be ramping up and the timelines for operations."The Gujarat-based […]

[ad_1] A major geological find has been unearthed under the frozen waters of the Davis Strait, the narrow ocean channel between Baffin Island in Canada and Greenland. A combined research team from Sweden and the United Kingdom has found a previously unrecognised landmass under this area. The newly identified feature, now called the Davis Strait proto microcontinent, is made up of abnormally thick continental crust and is about 12 to 15 miles (about 19 to 24 kilometres) wide.Scientists discover buried proto-microcontinent beneath Greenland’s western offshoreThis buried landmass is situated under the western offshore sea of Greenland and has been assigned a primitive microcontinent category. Microcontinents are pieces of continental crust that have separated from extended landmasses but did not completely detach in major tectonic episodes. For this proto-microcontinent, it seems to have remained partially attached when Greenland and North America […]

[ad_1] Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma In any sport, big money doesn’t always guarantee big performance — and the Indian Premier League (IPL) is no exception. Every year, massive auction prices grab headlines and fuel fan expectations, but by mid-season, the numbers often tell a different story. The 2025 edition of the IPL followed last year’s mega auction, where franchises splurged record sums to assemble their squads. The buzz around top buys was sky-high — experts and fans alike closely tracked whether these investments were paying off. Now, at the halfway stage of the league, with all ten teams having played at least seven of their 14 matches, it's time to assess the performances of the tournament’s most expensive stars.Here’s a look at the top five underperformers among the marquee players of IPL 2025 so far:1. Rishabh Pant (Lucknow Super […]