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The fictional misanthrope Dr House would often joke that if one could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people. Of course, the savant made those observations before Donald Trump became president, an event so catastrophic that it has forced the most openly religious person in the world to act as a voice of reason.With the democratic powers of his home country electing the presidential version of Pope Alexander VI, a man whose foreign policy is based on nepotistic self-aggrandisement, it has fallen on the first American Pope to provide a moral compass to his countrymen and much…
‘Recovery agents’ arrested Mumbai: The city crime branch has arrested a gang of six “recovery agents” linked to an online loan app for allegedly harassing, threatening and extorting money from a bank employee and his family over repayment of digital loans.During the course of their investigation, Crime Branch Unit 2 said they came across several other people who fell victim to this gang.The arrested recovery agents have been identified as Pavesh Gorivle (28), Pravin Jadhav (49), Pravin Thorat (28), Sudesh Waghmare (27), Ravi Jaiswal (28) and Valmiki Gupta (21). The accused have been booked under sections for threatening, extortion, outraging…
Bengaluru: After over a decade of delay, work has finally begun on the long-pending Hope Farm Junction underpass in east Bengaluru, with the civic corporation setting a roughly 200-day deadline to complete the project.The underpass, proposed over 11 years ago, is expected to make the junction signal-free for a major section of traffic movement, bringing relief to thousands of daily commuters, who currently spend long time navigating one of the Whitefield’s worst choke points.The project is estimated to cost around Rs 35 crore. Officials say while groundwork at Hope Farm has begun, work is yet to start at two other…
Chennai: Leader of Opposition in the assembly Udhayanidhi Stalin and AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday slammed TVK govt for its crop loan waiver announcement, saying that chief minister C Joseph Vijay diluted the party’s poll promise of a complete waiver for small farmers.In a post on X, Udhayanidhi said Vijay assured during the election campaign that all crop loans taken by farmers owning up to five acres would be waived, but the govt now restricted the benefit to loans up to ₹50,000. “This is an injustice to farmers and a breach of trust. They are carrying out…
The businessman received a call from a man claiming to be a CBI officer from Mumbai. The caller claimed that illegal financial transactions had been carried out through the businessman’s bank account using his identity card and demanded access to his bank details Coimbatore: A 63-year-old foundry owner in Coimbatore lost Rs 20 lakh in a digital arrest scam.Police said the victim, a resident of Peelamedu, received a call from a man claiming to be a CBI officer from Mumbai. The caller claimed that illegal financial transactions had been carried out through the businessman’s bank account using his identity card…
Jamshedpur: Over 1.50 lakh people living in Govindpur and surrounding suburban areas on the southern outskirts of Jamshedpur are facing severe hardships due to a major water scarcity triggered by ongoing power outages.For two consecutive days, residents have struggled to secure water for drinking and domestic chores. Locals reported that the prolonged power failure has dealt a double blow to the community.“The power outage has completely halted the tap water supply, and residents are also unable to operate their personal borewells without electricity,” said Shailesh Tiwary, a local resident on Tuesday.The crisis has been severely aggravated by extreme temperatures and…
Thiruvananthapuram: Vigilance and anti-corruption bureau (VACB) on Tuesday launched ‘Project Zero’, an ambitious anti-corruption initiative aimed at transforming the state into a corruption-free administrative system through proactive enforcement, technology-driven monitoring and public participation.Launching the project at the vigilance headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram, home and vigilance minister Ramesh Chennithala said the primary objective of the project was to eliminate corruption and establish a system of zero tolerance towards corrupt practices.The minister said the project would be implemented with public participation and urged people to report corruption-related information without fear. He assured that all information received would be kept strictly confidential, and that…
Iran may be edging toward Pakistan’s model of power concentration: A system where elected leaders remain in office, but the military-security establishment holds the real levers of authority.Reports of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) tightening its grip on government functions, isolating President Masoud Pezeshkian, and controlling access to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei evokes an old pattern seen in Pakistan, where the army has long overshadowed civilian rule and turned elected governments into managed facades.In both cases, formal institutions still exist, but the decisive question is not who occupies the office — it is who controls the chain of command…
Mumbai: The School Bus Owners Association (SBOA) president Anil Garg on Monday announced a school bus fee hike of 15% from the academic year beginning June, citing a sharp rise in diesel prices and mounting operating costs ahead of school reopening in June. He said that the latest fuel spike has pushed operators into a corner, with diesel rates rising by Rs 8 in the past 11 days and indications of further increases.“We are compelled to revise transportation fees because fuel is the single biggest variable cost and it is moving up rapidly. Fuel comprises 65% of operational costs,” he…
NEW DELHI: A fire incident has been reported from a building in west Delhi’s Kriti Nagar area on Tuesday evening. No casualties were reported, saidan official of the Delhi Fire Service.According to the fire department officials, the fire began in an electrical board inside the building. They received a call regarding theincident around 6 pm, after which four fire tenders rushed to the spot.The officer said that the firefighters managed to completely douse the fire by 6.25 pm, bringing the situation quickly under control.The Delhi Fire Service official confirmed that no injury was reported, and timely action helped prevent the…