File photo: US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the American campaign against Iran was performing beyond expectations, rating it “about a 15” on a scale of 10 and pledging to press ahead with operations alongside Israel.“We’re doing well on the war front, to put it mildly. Somebody said on a…
Ashmolean museum acquired the statue in 1967. In 2019, a French scholar flagged that its provenance was unclear, leading to a probe A 16th-century bronze statue of Saint Tirumankai Alvar, taken from a temple in Tamil Nadu, is among several Indian heritage items that are being returned to India from the UK.The Ashmolean Museum in…
Pitted against Balen, Oli faces litmus test of 50-year-old career KATHMANDU: As Nepal votes on Thursday, a generational shift has reshaped the political mood in the Himalayan nation. In Kathmandu and other cities, many Gen Z voters – the cohort that toppled the KP Sharma Oli govt and propelled figures like the 35-year-old (Balen) into…
MUMBAI: The rupee dropped to a new low of 92.30 in the foreign exchange market as the conflict in the West Asia risks damaging the economy on multiple fronts. The domestic unit breached the 92 level for the first time at the opening and hit a record low before recovering on suspected RBI intervention to…
MUMBAI: The government’s decision to hold back cuts in retail petrol and diesel prices despite the earlier fall in global crude has given oil marketing companies (OMCs) room to cushion the impact of fresh spikes. According to a report by Nomura, this buffer means that a 10% rise in crude oil prices is likely to…
Newlyweds Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna were joined by several prominent names from the Indian film industry as they hosted a grand wedding reception in Hyderabad on Wednesday night.Among the guests in attendance was Rashmika’s ‘Cocktail 2’ co-star Kriti Sanon, who arrived at the venue with filmmaker Karan Johar. The duo briefly posed for photographs…
Chennai: Choked by encroachments, traffic snarls and inadequate facilities, the Tambaram bus terminus is set for a complete overhaul. Tambaram City Municipal Corporation has earmarked 7 crore to modernise and decongest the transport hubs before the onset of monsoon.With Tambaram as the origin point, more than 500 bus trips operate daily to areas such as…
An Arkansas father awaiting trial on a second-degree murder charge after allegedly shooting his teenage daughter’s suspected sexual predator has secured the Republican nomination for Lonoke County sheriff. Aaron Spencer defeated incumbent Sheriff John Staley in Tuesday’s primary, winning more than 53% of the vote, according to unofficial results from the Arkansas Secretary of State,…
The United States on Wednesday ordered non-emergency staff at its consulates in Karachi and Lahore to leave Pakistan, citing security concerns as tensions escalate across the Middle East following Iranian retaliation to US-Israeli strikes.The US embassy in Islamabad said the State Department directed non-emergency US government employees and their family members at the two consulates…
An elderly Indian‑origin couple from Leicester, England, lost more than £2,500 after falling victim to a sophisticated online flight ticket fraud, police said. The couple only realised they had been tricked when they tried to check in for their flight at London’s Heathrow Airport, reports PTI.Dinesh Jansari (80) and his wife Shashikala (78) had booked…