Tamil Nadu finance minister N Marie Wilson (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu finance minister N Marie Wilson on Sunday said the state government will table an “audit report on corruption” during the upcoming Budget session, alleging that it will expose irregularities in the collection of “party funds” during the previous MK Stalin-led DMK…
MUMBAI: The rupee weakened to a record closing low of 96.53 against the dollar on Tuesday, marking its sixth consecutive session of decline, as sustained high crude oil prices and adverse global cues weighed on the currency. The local unit closed 18 paise lower compared to 96.35 in the previous session, after touching an intraday…
Gyaneshwari won the silver medal in the 53 kg Weightlifting event at CWG 2026. Long before Indian star weightlifter Gyaneshwari Yadav stood on the podium with a silver medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, she was lifting gas cylinders and concrete slabs in a modest home in Chhattisgarh. Because that’s what her father…
The Madhya Pradesh government has reorganised the 10-member Wakf Board. NEW DELHI: Madhya Pradesh has become the first state in the country to reconstitute its Wakf Board under the Wakf (Amendment) Act, 2025, with the newly formed body including two Hindu members for the first time. The move follows changes introduced under the amended law,…
(Top) From left to right: Champat Rai, Ram Shankar Yadav aka Tinnu, Lavkush Mishra. (Bottom) From left to right: Subhash Srivastava, Anukalp Mishra, Karunesh Pandey LUCKNOW: The eight named as accused in the Ram temple cash embezzlement controversy had designated roles. Of them, only Ram Shankar Yadav alias Tinnu was not directly involved with the…
Virginia teens save family after kayaks overturn on Lake CulpeperGavin Cain, 17; Andrew Tuggle, 15; and Jackson Castro, 17Photo credit: Town of Culpeper Police Department Three Culpeper teenagers are being hailed as heroes after they rushed into Lake Culpeper and rescued a family whose kayaks overturned on Monday afternoon. The teens were attending golf team…
NEW DELHI: Truecaller on Wednesday said users are blocking four lakh calls originating from 140-series and over 1.2 lakh calls from 1,600-series numbers everyday as it lobbied against whitelisting (verified number system).Since Oct, users have recorded 7.4 crore blocking actions on the two number series, while nearly four out of five calls from them are…
Salman Khan had filed a plea against the makers of ‘Kala Hiran’ alleging that the film violates his personality rights. A hearing was scheduled for the same on June 19 and as per the latest update, the Delhi High Court on Friday has postponed the hearing. The adjournment came after lawyers representing the filmmakers requested…
Originally designed to be a groundbreaking canal project, this site succumbed to a fate of pollution as industrial and municipal waste accumulated over decades. The catastrophic rainfall in 1976 triggered the release of these harmful chemicals into nearby homes, displacing numerous families. This incident catalyzed the formation of the Superfund program, dedicated to remedying toxic…
Driving the news President Donald Trump’s China visit is coming at a time when the US-Iran war is at a stalemate. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is causing disruptions all across the world, with no end in sight. Many analysts think that Xi Jinping will have more cards when he meets Trump in…