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Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu’s lawyer refutes a $1.7 billion bond order in his divorce case, calling it invalid and made a year ago on an emergency application. The lawyer claims the judge was misled, stating Vembu offered 50% of his ZCPL shares, which his wife refused. A report recently said that a US court has…

After laying off 14,000 employees last year, e-commerce major Amazon has now introduced a sharper question for its corporate workforce. As reported by Business Insider, Amazon has now asked its employees to list three to five accomplishments from the past year. As part of the annual performance review process, internally known as Forte, the employees…

Image: https://www.prada-beauty.com/ Prada, the Italian luxury house that usually makes you think of sleek leather, minimalist couture, and runway vibes, just dropped a perfume inspired by chai. Yes, chai, that beloved, steaming cup of milky, spicy goodness that’s basically a cultural institution here.Their latest fragrance is called Infusion de Santal Chai, and it’s part of…

MEERUT: A 50-year-old woman who was struck on her head with a sharp-edged weapon while trying to shield her daughter from abductors in Meerut’s Kapsaad village on Thursday morning later succumbed to her injuries during treatment, police said.Meerut SSP Vipin Tada said a case of murder and abduction has been registered, and five police teams…

Iran has imposed sweeping restrictions on communication, shutting down internet services and telephone lines across large parts of the country as protests against economic hardship intensified on Thursday. There are also concerns that authorities may attempt to interfere with satellite signals to prevent footage of the unrest from reaching the outside world.Amid the clampdown, exiled…

When, in November 2025, the Indian cinema world lost one of its most shining stars, Dharmendra, it felt like someone had stolen the heart and soul from the industry. Thus, when 2026 began with the film ‘Ikkis,’ which featured his last on-screen presence, the industry and fans felt a sense of sentimentality. In the war…

NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump’s approval to a new bill that allows for up to 500% tariff on countries importing Russian petroleum is a threat not just for China and India, but even others, such as the European Union, which have opposed Moscow’s offensive against Ukraine but have been buying energy. An analysis by…

AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami NEW DELHI: Pushing for expansion of NDA in Tamil Nadu, BJP is crafting a high-pitched campaign to position the alliance as a natural choice for anti-DMK voters amid emergence of actor Vijay-led TVK as the third force in the state’s traditionally bipolar politics. AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami’s meeting with…

MEERUT: After razing at least 17 mosques and other structures in Sambhal, the district administration has escalated its crackdown on “illegal” encroachments by imposing heavy financial penalties on the structures built on government and pond land. On Thursday, tehsildar Dhirendra Pratap Singh announced that violators would face a fine exceeding Rs 75 lakh for six…

DHAKA: Bangladesh police have arrested the main accused – an imam of a mosque – in the Dec 18 lynching of Hindu garment factory worker Dipu Chandra Das on blasphemy allegations in Mymensingh, reports Ahsan Tasnim. Yasin Arafat (25), who was arrested from Sarulia under Dhaka’s Demra police station area, had “supervised the attack on…