Indian-origin motel manager arrested in Los Angeles in connection with sex trafficking ring. An Indian-origin motel manager was among the 10 people arrested and charged as several agencies targeted locations near the notorious Figueroa Corridor in Operation Broken Blade. Figueroa Corridor, an area of South LA, is known for trafficking and underage prostitution. 45-year0old Mukeshkumar…
MUMBAI: Sebi chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Wednesday said that among several market reforms that the regulator was working on, it was in the process of putting in place “a framework to support global fund-management activity from India.” He also said that the Securities Lending & Borrowing Mechanism (SLBM) and the short selling frameworks were…
NEW DELHI: A woman and her two children died after a fire broke out in a third-floor house in BK Dutt Colony in south Delhi’s Lodhi Road area on Tuesday morning, fire officials said.According to the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), a call about the blaze was received at 10.21am from a house located in B-Block,…
Quote of the day by Marie Curie (AI-generated image) Marie Curie is widely quoted as saying, “Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.” It remains one of her most repeated lines, often shared as a reminder to spend less time on gossip and comparison and more time on genuine learning. Curie said…
Chennai: From folk-percussion instruments to music storytelling, sand sculpting and pot-painting, students of govt and aided schools will get a dose of traditional competitions in the fourth edition of the state-wide arts fest, to be held from July to Oct.With 105 competitions spread across five categories — school, block, zonal, district and state-levels — the…
(Pic credit: Cristiano Ronaldo’s Instagram page) Cristiano Ronaldo is back at work. Just two days after confirming his marriage to long-time partner Georgina Rodriguez, the Portugal superstar returned to training with Al-Nassr and shared pictures from the session on social media with a simple caption: “Back.”The 41-year-old posted a series of images from his training…
The Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC) has introduced a One-Time Registration (OTR) system to make the application process easier for candidates appearing in the Preliminary Eligibility Test (PET) and other recruitment examinations.The new facility is available free of cost and is aimed at reducing the need to fill in the same details every…
While one might assume that lowering huge white blocks of concrete into the sea was an attempt at dumping construction waste offshore, in Britain’s North Sea it is a conservation effort. The country is dumping 20 carefully designed structures into the deep waters to restore the population of the European native oyster, Ostrea edulis, along…
Ireland stun India to win the series 2-0. (Pic credit: Cricket Ireland) NEW DELHI: Former India batter Ambati Rayudu has admitted he was “not really surprised” by India’s stunning 0-2 T20I series defeat to Ireland, saying the reigning world champions were simply not prepared for the vastly different conditions after the high-scoring Indian Premier League…
Manju colluded with her 20-year-old lover, Chaman, to carry out the killing. NEW DELHI: At 5am on Aug 10, the alleyways of Ratiya Marg in south Delhi awoke to a robbery and brutal murder. Inside a ransacked house, 55-year-old Munna Lal, a small-time builder, lay in a pool of blood. Drawers were open and clothes…
