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The High Court has since overturned that ban and downgraded his sanction to a suspension, which expired on Tuesday, paving the way for Mohindru to resume his role as a barrister.London: An Indian-origin lawyer who was found to have misled a UK barrister’s chamber by falsely claiming to have studied medicine at the University of Oxford has won a High Court appeal against his disbarment from the legal profession. Anurag Mohindru, 51, was charged by the UK Bar Standards Board with engaging in dishonest and/or discreditable conduct and disbarred for professional misconduct by an independent tribunal last year. However, the…

The Odyssey box office: Christopher Nolan’s epic crosses $346 million in first week, beats Oppenheimer to record director’s biggest opening Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is showing no signs of slowing down at the global box office. The epic action-adventure has earned an estimated $346 million worldwide in its first week, making it Christopher Nolan’s biggest box office opening ever and one of the highest-grossing films of 2026.According to The Week, the film has matched the first-week worldwide collections of some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters. Unlike franchise titles that rely heavily on opening weekend hype, The Odyssey has continued to gain…

A worker holds a nozzle to pump fuel into a two-wheeler vehicle at a BPCL fuel station | Photo Credit: Reuters Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), the second largest Indian oil marketing company, has kept its expansion plans on as it said the refinery capacities are not expected to be affected by the recent flare-up in West Asia.“We expect this to be a temporary period (the recent flare-up of tensions in West Asia). However, if you look at the overall dynamics of crude availability in terms of supply and demand, it is still in surplus,” Vetsa Ramakrishna Gupta, Director (Finance)…

The Palestinian foreign ministry said it “condemns in the strongest terms the massacre” in Tal.It said “the escalation of settler terrorism is a direct consequence of the protection, political backing, and complete impunity granted by the Israeli government and occupation forces”. “Official Israeli incitement continues to fuel and encourage these crimes, creating an environment in which settler violence flourishes without accountability,” it added.An AFP reporter at the site, south-west of Nablus, said roadblocks had been set up and troops were searching for additional suspects. The IDF later said it raided a hospital in Nablus and “apprehended two terrorists who took…

NEW DELHI: Gitanjali Angmo on Friday came to the defence of her husband Sonam Wangchuk’s decision to end his 26-day hunger strike against the NEET paper leak, urging critics to show compassion instead of rushing to judge him.In a post on X, Angmo said Wangchuk had “chosen sacrifice over comfort” and added that not everyone was qualified to judge a life dedicated to selfless service.”Before you rush to criticise Sonam Wangchuk, first pause to earn the ethos of fasting for 26 days for a cause larger than yourself,” Angmo said.”He lies in the ICU today, having lost 11 kg, including…

According to the Home Office, immigration enforcement teams carried out 2,715 illegal working visits and raids in London during 2025, resulting in 2,172 arrests. The previous year there were 2,008 raids.Greens councillor Hau-Yu Tam, who had proposed the motion, said in January 2026 there had been immigration raids at a nail bar in Catford and a car wash in Brockley which was attended by the then immigration minister Mike Tapp and a Sky News film crew.Cllr Tam, cabinet member for communities, sanctuary and healing, said: “Despite the resources, despite the spectacle, only two people were arrested and both [were] later…

At a rural school in Russia’s Tver region this March, a class of ninth-grade students examined models of fetuses during a lesson. “Future adults have come to understand a woman’s responsibility toward the life of an unborn child,” the school administration wrote of the lesson. “This is the period that determines whether a small human being will live a full life or die forever.” This class was a so-called “chastity lesson,” part of a growing nationwide campaign that brings Orthodox priests into classrooms to promote abstinence before marriage, discourage abortion and reinforce what Russian authorities describe as traditional family values.…

Traffic snarl on Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway Palghar: Thousands of motorists and passengers remained stranded for several hours on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway on Friday after heavy rainfall in Palghar district and neighbouring Gujarat triggered severe traffic congestion.Floodwaters from the swollen Daman Ganga River inundated parts of the highway, bringing traffic to a complete halt and leaving vehicles stranded on both sides of the Maharashtra-Gujarat border.After rainfall subsided past midnight, a large number of vehicles that had been parked along the highway resumed their journey simultaneously, worsening the traffic situation. Traffic on the Gujarat-bound carriageway came to a standstill from around 5.30…

Maulana Ahmad Bukhari had been facing bailable warrants for repeatedly failing to appear before the court in the case. (File Photo) NEW DELHI: Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid, Maulana Ahmad Bukhari, surrendered before a court in Delhi on Friday in connection with a 19-year-old case of alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct during an election campaign, news agency PTI reported.Chief judicial magistrate Kavita Aggarwal granted him bail after he furnished two sureties of Rs 20,000 each.As per the PTI report, Bukhari had been facing bailable warrants for repeatedly failing to appear before the court in the case.Prosecution…

Karnataka mines and geology department secretary Rohini Sindhuri, IAS, chairs a review meeting with senior officials in Bengaluru to assess the department’s performance and outline revenue, enforcement and mine safety targets for the current financial year. Bengaluru: Days after a fatal quarry accident in Bengaluru Rural raised questions over mine safety, Karnataka govt announced a twin-pronged strategy — tightening safety oversight while driving up revenue collection. Every district geologist will now be assigned performance targets as the mines and geology department aims to mobilise a record Rs 11,000-crore revenue this year.The move comes shortly after govt initiated a major restructuring…