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Image Credit: (TOI Archive)/Kempamma alias Mallika, who trapped women in distress and killed them with cyanide, was arrested by the city police in Bangalore on December 31, 2007. BENGALURU: She is a killer. She is a predator who hunted in silence. She is no ordinary Mallika — she is ‘Cyanide Mallika’, Karnataka’s most chilling murderer…
NEW DELHI: For over a decade, Ashutosh Pandit lived as invisibly as a ghost.After allegedly orchestrating a Rs 17-crore fraud against Indian Overseas Bank in Pune in 2013, the director of House of Laptops, a private company, vanished into the ether.By the time CBI took over the case from the economic offences wing of Mumbai…
Viewing India’s foreign policy debate from outside the capital has its uses. Distance makes it easier to see how starkly arguments are drawn in Delhi, and how quickly the actual constraints on Indian policy disappear from view. Today, the sharpest criticism of Indian foreign policy is that it has tilted in the wrong direction: too…
The research suggests the Indus Valley Civilisation could be far older than previously believed, not just by a few centuries, but by thousands of years. Experts studying pottery and animal remains at Bhirrana in northern India say the roots of this ancient society may stretch back around 8,000 years. If confirmed, that would place its…
Gold and silver prices are likely to remain elevated unless global geopolitical tensions ease and trade wars are resolved, the Economic Survey 2025–26 said, pointing to sustained safe-haven demand amid heightened uncertainty.The survey, tabled in Parliament, noted that both precious metals touched lifetime highs in 2025, driven by a weakening US dollar, expectations of persistently…
Photo credit: X/@FaisalNasym NEW DELHI: Recalling Atal Bihari Vajpayee as a statesman who believed peace had to be consciously practised through restraint and institutional respect, former Maldives vice-president Faisal Naseem on Wednesday said the late prime minister’s political legacy remains deeply relevant for South Asia amid democratic and social turbulence in the region.Delivering the 8th…
The wealthiest families in Asia keep on consolidating their power in 2026 by accumulating more money in the traditional fields and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and energy infrastructure. As per the latest ranking by Bloomberg, most of the family empires that have been around for some time not only retain their status…
The annual budget for year 2026-27 was presented before Parliament by the Finance Minister Ms Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, ’26. The broad breakup of the Revenue Budget numbers is given in the table below: Values in Rupees crores.A. Broad Revenue Budget breakup: Emerging Issues: 1. Gross Individual income tax receipts are higher than corporate…
American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released after being kidnapped in Iraq by the Iran-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah, US and Iraqi officials confirmed Tuesday. Her release follows coordinated efforts involving Iraqi authorities and US agencies, including the State Department and FBI.Kittleson, who was abducted in Baghdad in late March, was freed after approximately a week…
The year 2026 is a year, and amid all the cheer, a lot of stars have paused to reflect on the year 2025. The Telugu star, Teja Sajja, also stopped for a moment to look back at 2025. While speaking to us in an exclusive conversation, he described his 2025 as ‘adventurous,’ and added, “just…
