US midterms: FBI, ICE agents will not serve as election monitors, DOJ says
FBI agents will not be “monitoring” midterm polling booths The US Department of Justice said FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel will not serve as monitors during the November midterm elections, amid concerns from civil rights groups that the Trump administration’s plans for federal election oversight could intimidate voters.In a court filing late…
Man finds a brand-new car scratched overnight outside his home; viral post sparks debate over jealousy and damage to personal property
Buying a new car is a milestone for many people, often representing years of hard work, careful saving and a long-awaited dream. But imagine waking up the morning after bringing home a new vehicle and finding its body covered in scratches. This is the situation described in a viral post on X that has prompted…
Bad air, bigger bills: Air pollution drives health insurance claims up fourfold in 3 years
Pollution-related health insurance claims in India have risen 4.3 times in three years NEW DELHI: Pollution is not just leaving people gasping for breath but also burning a bigger hole in their health insurance bills. Claims linked to pollution have surged more than fourfold in just three years, with working professionals bearing the biggest brunt,…
No regrets on leaving cricket: Pinki Singh eyes NZ challenge | Cricket News
KOLKATA: Long before she became a Commonwealth Games gold medallist in lawn bowls, Pinki Singh was making a name for herself on the cricket field, playing for the Delhi women’s team and sharing the ground with some of India’s biggest stars, including Mithali Raj.Today, nearly two decades after she first picked up a lawn bowl…
India opposes UN call for death penalty moratorium, says no global consensus | India News
“Travesty to term” capital punishment “state-inflicted death,” said the India rep India voted against a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for a global moratorium on the death penalty, maintaining that there is no international consensus against capital punishment and that sovereign states have the right to decide their own laws and penalties.The resolution, which…
‘Invested Rs 40,000’: Mumbai’s 21-year-old pays her own Rs 2.73 lakh engineering fees, spends Rs 3.25 lakh in October and shares where her money goes
At 21, many college students are still figuring out how to manage their monthly pocket money. But a young woman from Mumbai has taken on a much bigger financial responsibility: paying her own engineering college fees while managing rent, groceries, shopping and investments.The fourth-year engineering student recently shared a breakdown of her October spending in…
Scientists studied an endangered Australian lizard on a working farm; rotational cattle grazing benefited pygmy bluetongue lizards as opposed to continuous grazing |
Adelaide pygmy blue-tongue skink. Image Credit: Wikipedia An endangered Australian lizard has responded positively to changes in livestock grazing practices on a working sheep farm, providing a possible means of reconciling wildlife conservation with agricultural production. Studies of pygmy bluetongue lizards showed that rotational grazing increased vegetation cover, an important feature of the habitat, researchers…
Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma miss the beat in their last dance on New Zealand soil | Cricket News
Virat Kohli throws his bat in the air after he was dismissed during the one day cricket international between New Zealand and India in Auckland, New Zealand. MIUNT MANGANUI: The coastal city of Tauranga broke away from the wet script witnessed in Auckland, Wellington and Hamilton, but even the bright sunshine couldn’t change the narrative…
‘These tricks don’t work on me’: Eisenkot rejects Netanyahu’s ‘unity government’ appeal
“These tricks don’t work on me,” Eisenkot said. Israel’s caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday renewed his call for a national unity government with political rival Gadi Eisenkot, who dismissed the appeal as a political “trick” and accused him of trying to sow division.The exchange comes as Eisenkot negotiates to form a government after…
Portugal Housing Protest: ‘Lower rents, higher salaries’: Tens of thousands protest across Portugal over soaring housing costs
A person shouts slogans during a protest against the housing crisis and the cost of living in Lisbon, Portugal Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across more than 30 cities and towns in Portugal on Saturday in the largest demonstration yet against rising housing costs, with protesters demanding more affordable homes, limits…
Mumbai office boy earning Rs 3,500 a month faces Rs 1.46 crore tax assessment; alleges ex-employer misused KYC documents to obtain second PAN, ITAT quashes demand over invalid service of notice
In its September 21, 2026, order, the tribunal ruled that the department had failed to establish valid service of notice. (Image for representative purpose only) A man who says he worked as an office boy for Rs 3,500 a month found himself facing an income-tax assessment of nearly Rs 1.47 crore after the tax department…
Times Shield is an institution, says Amol Muzumdar | Cricket News
MUMBAI: India women’s cricket team head coach Amol Muzumdar urged young cricketers to respect the game, embrace failure and put the team first at the Times Cricket Shield prize distribution function at the MCA Lounge, Wankhede Stadium, on Friday.Recalling his early days in Mumbai cricket, Muzumdar spoke about the advice he received from former India…
