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Indian-origin woman shot dead by stalker in California; mother says ‘system failed her’
Investigators said Rohit (L) had been stalking and harassing Thakur (R) for months. A 38-year-old Indian-origin woman was shot dead outside a restaurant in California’s Sacramento after allegedly being stalked and harassed for months by a 22-year-old man, who later died by suicide during a police standoff on a busy highway.Shalini Thakur was being dropped…
Brics Summit 2026: PM Modi pitches emergency support network for safety of seafarers | India News
PM Modi proposes seafarers’ safety network on the opening day of Brics summit The safety of Indian seafarers has emerged as a recurring focus of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Brics engagements. On Saturday, he proposed a seafarers emergency support network among BRICS members to provide distress alerts, medical aid, family communication and evacuation support.The proposal…
BRICS Breakthrough: After an all-nighter, members hammer out consensus for joint declaration | India News
In a “major diplomatic breakthrough”, despite sharply divergent geopolitical positions among members, BRICS countries have reached consensus on a Joint Statement which is expected to be released later on Saturday on the first day of the 18th BRICS Summit being hosted by India at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. In what government sources described as…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s IIT batchmate became a famous monk; what he told Pichai when they met years later: “You deal with Google, which creates stress. I deal with…”
Pichai completed his BTech at IIT Kharagpur in 1993. He later moved to the US for higher studies. One went on to lead Google. The other chose a life of spirituality. Both were IIT graduates from the same year, but their careers took them in entirely different directions. Google CEO Sundar Pichai and ISKCON monk…
Nandigram bypoll: Rebel TMC faction says it will back Mamata if she contests | India News
Nandigram by poll to take place soon NEW DELHI: A five-member delegation of the rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) faction, led by West Bengal LoP Ritabrata Banerjee, on Saturday met officials at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) in Delhi over the party’s claim to the TMC symbol.The delegation included Ritabrata Banerjee,…
Indian man jailed 27 years in Australia for fatal stabbing, faces deportation | World News
Robin Robin/Image: Jay Kogler/AAP PHOTOS A 30-year-old Indian-origin man has been jailed for 27 years in Australia for fatally stabbing a fellow international student and attempting to kill another after a drunken argument in Melbourne.Robin Robin was sentenced in the Victorian Supreme Court on Friday for murdering 22-year-old Navjeet Singh Sandhu and attempting to murder…
A Naples waterfront estate returns to the market at $195 million after a $100 million price cut; why one of America’s most expensive homes still hasn’t found a buyer
After $100M cut, Naples estate returns at $195 million (Image Credit: Realtor.com) A home once listed for a staggering $295 million is back on the market in Naples, Florida, but at a dramatically lower price. Gordon Pointe, the sprawling waterfront estate in the exclusive Port Royal neighbourhood, is now asking $195 million after being reduced…
San Francisco minted just 24 of these dimes in 1894 and only 9 are known to survive; 132 years later, one 10-cent coin has sold at auction for $1.25 million
Legendary 1894-S Barber Dime (Image Credit: Stack Bowers Galleries) A 10-cent coin minted in San Francisco more than a century ago has just sold for about $1.25 million, turning one of the smallest denominations in US currency into a million-dollar collector’s prize. The 1894-S Barber dime is one of the most famous rarities in American…
‘Working on Iran’s NDB membership’: Araghchi reveals Brics bank push, calls Modi-Pezeshkian meet ‘strong’ | India News
Iranian foreign minister joins Brics summit in New Delhi NEW DELHI: Iran has stepped up its bid to join the New Development Bank (NDB), with foreign minister Abbas Araghchi saying Tehran has secured support from some countries and is now working to complete the requirements for membership.Araghchi, who is in New Delhi for the 18th…