An official said ex-mill prices increasing from Rs 48 per kg to Rs 58-60 per kg in just a few days showed that speculation and stocking were the main reasons behind the price spike. NEW DELHI: In what could improve availability of sugar in the market immediately and bring down prices, around 3-3.5 lakh tonnes…
‘Politically motivated, highly malicious’: India denounces UN racial discrimination committee remarks NEW DELHI: India has rejected as politically motivated and highly malicious observations made by a UN committee on the alleged targeting of minority communities and Rohingya refugees.UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination had “highlighted” in a report the increase in law enforcement…
Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and the smug concierge in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” has sadly passed away. He was 80.Curry, who suffered a stroke in 2012 that put him…
466 foreigners in untraced list Water rose 30 feet and at least 160 people were killed, while hundreds of others, including scores of Kailash Mansar-ovar pilgrims from India, remained missing after a flash flood and mudslide of unprecedented scale in Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers tore through a part of Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday morning….
Raksha Bandhan is here, and it’s the perfect excuse to tell your brother or sister what they mean to you – even if you usually spend most of your time pulling each other’s leg.The festival celebrates the bond between brothers and sisters, but anyone with a sibling knows it’s rarely just about the sweet moments….
Narasamamba (centre) flanked by her daughters, a doctor and an immigration lawyer. RAJAHMUNDRY: Venkata Narasamamba Vasamsetty, the Indian-origin woman and US legal permanent resident who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) despite having her immigration case dismissed by a judge has been granted bail by a federal court in Georgia, according to her…
A Hindu businessman and four members of his family have been missing from Bangladesh’s Chandpur district since August 20, with police investigating reports that he had received threats, according to local media reports.Pintu Das, who runs a shop and is also involved in lending money against gold jewellery, went missing along with his wife, two…
Ananta is officially set to release in January 2027 (Image via NetEase) After years of anticipation since it was first revealed, Ananta has officially received a release date, a brand-new gameplay trailer, and a wealth of new details about its open world and story. NetEase Games and Naked Rain are finally ready to show the…
The operation follows two other heroin seizures on Aug 12 and on Aug 13. JAMMU: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) busted a major cross-border heroin trafficking cartel in Jammu, seizing 5.2 kg of heroin, and arresting the suspected mastermind and two of his accomplices.“On a tip-off on Aug 22, a vehicle was intercepted in Jammu‘s Panjtirthi…
Zane Maloney joins Nissan Zane Maloney once watched Oliver Rowland from afar as the British driver built his career and won races. Now, the young Barbadian will line up alongside the Formula E World Champion as his teammate at Nissan, filling in Norman Nato’s seat, who left Formula E after a disappointing season. Maloney will…
