LONDON: More than 500 police officers raided an “Islamic sect” on Wednesday and arrested 10 members for various offences, including rape, sexual assault and human trafficking.The officers, under the watch of a police helicopter, raided the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL) headquarters situated at a former orphanage, Webb House, Crewe, where around 150…
Russian chess grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik (Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP) Former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik has been handed a two-year ban by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) after its Ethics & Disciplinary Commission found that he violated several rules related to player conduct and public accusations. The case centred on a series of statements and…
3 min readKochiSep 23, 2025 09:25 AM IST As expected, superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan’s debut directorial venture, The Ba***ds of Bollywood has become a hot topic in the industry, with many praising the streaming series for its satirical take on show business, celebrities, and vanity culture. Featuring the who’s who of Bollywood…
NEW DELHI: Barely two months after the National Medical Commission (NMC) prohibited medical colleges from charging MBBS fees beyond the prescribed 54 months of academic study, a complaint from Kerala has alleged that colleges continued to collect fees for five years, setting up the first major test of the regulator’s willingness to enforce its own…
Adivi Sesh and Mrunal Thakur’s action thriller ‘Dacoit’ has garnered mixed Twitter reviews, praised for its technical brilliance and gripping sequences but criticized for screenplay inconsistencies. Natural Star Nani lauded it as a ‘True BLOCKBUSTER.’ While performances and visuals impressed, story pacing and predictability divided audiences, raising questions about its box office potential. Adivi Sesh…
Benchmark indices on Wall Street were in wait-and-watch mode on Monday, April 27, but not before the two tech-heavy indices notched yet another record high, powered by shares of Nvidia and Qualcomm. The Dow Jones ended 60 points lower on Monday, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq ended 0.1% and 0.2% higher respectively. This,…
Archana Puran Singh’s younger son, Ayushmaan Sethi, recently revealed that he had fallen victim to an online scam involving Rs 84,000. Earlier he had revealed that on their vlog and also said that he got his money back. However, now, he has spoken about the incident at length and how it happened in his brother…
Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, founder and chairperson of Biocon, has found her successor within the family. She outlined a gradual succession plan, naming her niece Claire Mazumdar as her successor. Taking to X, she said, “Claire will transition into my role at the right time—I’m not planning to hang up my boots just…
Has the time come for Congress’s breakaway parties to return to the fold? NEW DELHI: Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress is not merging with the Congress. That’s final for now. Both the parties have firmly rejected speculations about a merger, dismissing them as “baseless rumours” and “fake news”.But not before the speculations triggered a larger and…
Workers roll up copper rods made from recycled copper at a metal melting facility in Yuexi County, central China’s Anhui Province, Friday, July 11, 2025. Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty Images Prices for metals fell sharply across the board Thursday as investors worried about the impact rising oil prices due to the U.S.-Iran…
