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Amal Clooney and George Clooney were recently spotted arriving in Venice ahead of the 83rd Venice Film Festival. The actor will be honored during the opening ceremony. (Instagram) The Clooneys are now in Venice! New reports and photos revealed that the beloved actor and his lawyer wife of 12 years recently arrived in Venice. The couple arrived at the coastal city on Tuesday ahead of the Venice Film Festival.George Clooney and Amal Clooney arrive in Venice in styleAhead of the official Venice Film Festival, Clooney and his wife arrived in town on Tuesday dressed in their casual best. It has…
At 86, Mervin Raudabaugh had a decision to make over 261 acres of Pennsylvania farmland he had spent decades working. The land had caught the attention of data-centre developers, who reportedly put forward offers exceeding $15 million, including one estimate of about $60,000 an acre. On paper, it was the kind of figure that could have changed the future of the property overnight. Raudabaugh chose a different path. Reportedly, rather than selling the farms for development, he accepted roughly $1.9 million through a conservation agreement that paid him to give up the right to develop the land. He kept ownership,…
Oil prices extend gains as U.S. and Iran trade fresh strikes Oil prices rose in early trade, extending the previous session’s surge, as concerns over supply disruption intensified after the U.S. and Iran exchanged strikes overnight, dimming hopes for a quick easing of tensions in the West Asia.Brent crude futures rose 75 cents, or 0.8%, to $95.40 a barrel by 0345 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures climbed 44 cents, or 0.5%, to $90.66.“Developments in recent days brought risks to regional oil supplies back into focus…We’ve seen oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz despite the stalemate between…
A striped hyena in Bhigwan, Maharashtra, August 2025. | Photo Credit: Tisha Mukherjee Thanks to its unusual appearance, preference for decaying meat, and nocturnal activities, the Indian striped hyena is a tragically misunderstood animal. Estimates suggest there are around 5,000 to 14,000 striped hyenas worldwide of which some 1,000 to 3,000 are in India — possibly one of the largest groups in any country. These estimates are a benchmark for research since data on striped hyenas is otherwise scarce. India itself lacks an official census for the animal.According to the non-profit Wildlife SOS, hyenas are the mounts of witches in…
NEW DELHI: The Karnataka high court has quashed a criminal case against a man accused under Section 75(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), holding that accidentally coming in front of a woman while answering nature’s call, without any sexual intent, would not amount to outraging her modesty. The court said the allegations did not meet the requirements of the offence, as per a LiveLaw report.Why was the case filed against the man?The man had got off a bus and was looking for a public toilet. As he could not find one, he went towards a railway track to answer…
BEST has booked thousands of electricity theft cases and assessed substantial fines MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking has launched aggressive vigilance drives against power pilferage across the island city, but the utility finds itself largely powerless when collecting dues.Over the past two years, BEST booked 3,669 electricity theft cases and slapped offenders with penalties totaling Rs 54.25 crore.However, Rs 42.23 crore—nearly 78% of the assessed fines—remains uncollected, deepening the cash-strapped transporter’s fiscal crisis.-With an overall recovery rate of just 22%, the undertaking has managed to claw back only Rs 12.02 crore. The pilferage trail stretches across…
A still from Wo Subah Hum Hi Se Aayegi Wo Subah Hum Hi Se Aayegi begins with a lot of promise. It suggests that it will be a revolutionary, passionate tale of youth rising to the challenge, that it will address the transformation of both the self and the state, and how the two are often correlated.However, ten minutes into the Mahesh Bhatt play, you realise that it is instead reminiscent of a ’90s Bollywood film, where a hard-working ladka crosses paths with an effervescent ladki, and they end up falling for each other.Much like a Hindi movie, there are…
Bengaluru: While deboarding a crowded train at KR Pura, a passenger did not realise that his bag, which contained valuables worth Rs 29 lakh, had been left behind on the train.Santosh, who was travelling by 16316 Thiruvananthapuram North-Mysuru Express, inadvertently left behind the bag in coach B3 while deboarding the train. One staffer on board the train alerted RPF about the bag, and Vijayalaxmi M Gudi, ASI, RPF, contacted on-duty staff. When the train arrived at KSR Bengaluru station’s platform no. 5, RPF personnel searched the coach and secured the unattended bag.Santhosh later arrived at the station along with family…
HYDERABAD: Telangana high court on Tuesday directed the health and medical department to file a detailed affidavit on the action taken against the alleged indiscriminate sale of medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) kits without prescriptions or the supervision of registered medical practitioners.The division bench passed the direction while hearing a PIL filed by a registered medical practitioner, Prabhu Kumar. He urged the court to direct strict compliance with the provisions in view of rampant over-the-counter sale of medical abortion pills and MTP kits in violation of statutory safeguards. Source link
Chennai: Hundred days after the TVK govt took office, the municipal administration and water supply (MAWS) department floated more than 1,000 tenders for several low and high-value civic works across the 25 corporations and municipalities. The tenders are seeing competitive bidding, saving upto 30% of project costs to the exchequer.TOI analysed about 10 random tenders from various corporations and municipalities, including Madurai, Salem, Trichy, Karur, Vellore, Salem and Nagapattinam. The tenders for works such as road laying, biomining, water supply schemes, and digging wells saw negative bidding, with up to 10 contractors participating in the works, ranging from ₹50 lakh…