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As 2025 draws towards its end and December moves into its second week, banks across the country are gearing up for their final stretch of closures for the year. Throughout the month, branches in several regions will shut on different days to observe regional, cultural and other scheduled holidays. This week, starting December 8 to…
SRINAGAR: A court in J&K’s Kupwara on Monday rejected bail pleas of eight policemen, including a deputy SP, who are accused of illegally detaining a constable in custody for six days in Feb 2023 and subjecting him to gruesome torture.“The applicants have not been able to make out any case for grant of bail at…
Rallies by UML and Royalists are expected to gather on Republic Day (Image credit: ANI) Kathmandu is bracing for two opposition rallies on Thursday, one led by the ruling CPN-UML and the other by the royalists as the nation marks Republic Day.The Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) have called for a cultural…
Some users joked their Spotify Wrapped showed a listening age of 2000 after “spending the year deep in Mongolian throat singing from 25 AD Wrapped remains the only annual event where people brag about sounding older than their parents.Spotify Wrapped arrived on 3 December, and, as always, the internet posted its results faster than most…
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir high court has given the Union Territory administration and the Centre three months to respond to petitions challenging a ban on 25 Kashmir-related books, an official in the additional advocate-general’s (AG) office said.The ban was clamped by the home department under lieutenant-governor (LG) Manoj Sinha on Aug 5 this year on…
Actor and former rugby player Rahul Bose has found himself embroiled in a controversy in Himachal Pradesh, following accusations that he acquired a state domicile certificate under questionable circumstances to qualify as the national president of the Rugby Federation.The dispute goes back to 2023, when Bose reportedly assured the erstwhile royal family of Shimla that…
ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company on Monday set the price band for its much-awaited public issue, putting a valuation of about Rs 1.07 lakh crore on the fund house as it prepares to tap the capital markets later this week.The Rs 10,602-crore initial public offering will open for subscription on December 12 and close on…
Congressman Steve Chabot. (Getty Images) WASHINGTON: Pakistan and its intelligence service have played a key role in fostering the Taliban and allowing it to eventually take over Afghanistan, a top Republican lawmaker has alleged, stating that it is disgusting to watch Islamabad celebrate the group’s victory that will bring “untold brutality” to Afghans.Congressman Steve Chabot,…
Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: The return of Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya adds fresh energy and much-needed balance to reigning T20 World Cup champions India as they kick off their official preparation for the home T20 World Cup with the first match of a five-game series against South Africa on…
Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya NEW DELHI: India skipper Suryakumar Yadav believes India’s T20 formula is about to get stronger—thanks to the return of two familiar game-changers. On the eve of the first T20I against South Africa, the captain called Hardik Pandya and Shubman Gill‘s comeback “invaluable,” adding that their presence gives India the perfect…
