Six MPs didn’t turn up for the parliamentary party meeting MUMBAI: The crossover of two-thirds of Shiv Sena (UBT)’s nine LS members to the Eknath Shinde-led party seems more or less complete as the six MPs, who had written to the LS Speaker Wednesday about forming a separate group, didn’t turn up for the parliamentary…
Bill Yuen (left) and Peter Wai have been jailed for 8 and 10 years respectively A British court on Thursday jailed two dual Chinese-British nationals for spying on UK-based Hong Kong dissidents, calling their actions “deliberate, concerted, and serious.”Judge Bobbie Cheema-Grub sentenced former UK Border Force official Peter Wai, 40, to 10 years in prison…
Social security relief extended for Indian execs in UK NEW DELHI: Indian professionals working with their company’s affiliates in the UK or on an onsite assignment will be exempted from social security contributions for five years, instead of three years agreed earlier, on producing a certificate that they are contributing to EPFO here.The move will…
The highly anticipated fourth instalment in the ‘Spider-Man’ franchise – ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ – is already off to a record-breaking start at the box office, just a day after opening its advance ticket sales. The film that brings back Tom Holland as Peter Parker in the next chapter of the Marvel superhero franchise has…
Your standing rises today. The Moon touches your career zone, and that often brings visibility, responsibility, and the sort of attention that can help your future if you handle it well. Superiors are more likely to listen, and your efforts won’t remain hidden.There is seriousness in the air, but also reward. If you stay composed,…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has sought the stand of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on an interim bail plea filed by Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui, an accused in the Al-Falah Trust money laundering case.Siddiqui has sought six weeks’ temporary release, citing his wife’s ongoing treatment for cancer.Justice Madhu Jain issued notice to the agency after Siddiqui…
Mumbai: The Andheri Police registered a case against a youth, Abhinandan Sule, for trespassing on Metro tracks and causing a delay in services, after metro services between Dahisar and Versova were suspended for 17 minutes.The complainant, a security guard at the Metro One Andheri station, was on duty on Wednesday afternoon when he received a…
Crown of… BJP president BY Vijayendra felicitates the party’s winning candidates Lingaraj Patil and Raghu Kautilya (left) at Vidhana Soudha on Thursday. JD(S) candidate Govind Raju bit the dust Bengaluru: While Congress basked in a comfortable five-seat win in the legislative council elections Thursday, the BJP-JD(S) bloc was left to hunt for ‘black sheep’ since…
FCNR(B) accounts nosedived to $900 million in FY26 Chennai: After three consecutive years of growth, net inflows under Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) [FCNR(B)] accounts nosedived to $900 million in FY26 from $7.1 billion in FY25. The 87% year-on-year decline, the sharpest since 2022-23, comes despite the rupee weakening over the past year. Meanwhile, major banks…
Representative photo: Paneer Hyderabad: Task force sleuths seized 825 kg of adulterated paneer during searches conducted at 45 outlets across various parts of the city on Wednesday.All the outlets were sourcing paneer from different manufacturers, who were selling it without proper labelling. “It has come to the notice of the authorities that cheese analogue products,…
