CHENNAI: Congress made a comeback into govt in Tamil Nadu ending its 59-year exile, with two of its legislators among 23 new ministers sworn in, as CM C Joseph Vijay Thursday expanded his cabinet in an exercise that rewarded loyalists, accommodated allies and signalled attempt at rewriting social engineering in state politics. With 21 TVK…
Elon Musk agrees with what Jeff Bezos says on philanthropy. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, in his interview with CNBC, said his businesses do more good to the society than his charity works. Elon Musk seemed to have agreed with that. “If I do my job right, the value to society and civilization from my for-profit…
Kangana Ranaut has once again grabbed the internet’s attention after a recent video of the actress-politician surfaced online. In the now-viral clip, Kangana was seen wearing a mangalsutra and green bangles, leaving fans speculating whether she had secretly tied the knot.The video shows Kangana stepping out of a house surrounded by her security team before…
Educational consultancy operator Shubham Khairnar, suspended junior college teacher Manisha Mandhare, beauty parlour owner Manisha Waghmare and a Latur-based paediatrician moved centre stage Thursday as CBI widened its NEET-UG 2026 paper leak probe, chasing money trails, digital footprints and a growing list of suspected beneficiaries. CBI brought Khairnar to Pune for questioning while Mandhare and…
A viral social media post on the struggles of an H-1B laid off from Meta drew flak and people celebrated that an Indian lost his job in the US. A woman’s post on an Indian engineer losing his job in the recent Meta layoff went viral as many people celebrated that now there will be…
US is exploring the possibility of India procuring crude from Venezuela. ‘We want to sell them as much energy as they will buy,’ Rubio said NEW DELHI: Ahead of his visit to India, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said Thursday that the US wants to sell India as much energy as possible and that…
China’s race to create a permanent base on the moon is speeding up, exerting additional pressure on the US and influencing the future direction of moon exploration. With its International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) programme, China, in collaboration with Russia, aims to construct an operational research facility at the South Pole of the moon, with…
KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court, hearing a plea filed by the parents of the RG Kar rape-murder victim, on Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to form a three-member special investigation team (SIT) within 48 hours to probe alleged “lapses” by the state police and hospital authorities during the initial investigation and the…
One of the 15 men, charged in the $90 million healthcare fraud in Minnesota, fled on foot when FBI agents went to arrest him. A man jumped from a fourth-floor balcony when FBI agents went to his house on Thursday to arrest him in connection with a $90 million fraud case in Minnesota. Immediately, the…
Officials said there were instances where land sold to developers was used to show capital gains as agricultural income. In some cases, authorities used satellite maps to detect misuse of the tax provision NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has come across many cases where individuals have claimed income tax exemption on…