US President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting US President Donald Trump on Wednesday held an expansive Cabinet meeting at the White House, addressing issues ranging from ongoing negotiations with Iran and tensions in the Strait of Hormuz to Ebola preparedness, immigration detention protests and domestic anti-fraud initiatives.Trump said talks with Tehran were progressing…
The live-in assistant of actor Matthew Perry has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role in supplying ketamine that contributed to the star’s fatal overdose in 2023, bringing a major chapter of the case to a close.60-year-old Kenneth Iwamasa pleaded guilty in August 2024 to conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death….
Image used for representative purposes Hamas’s armed wing on Wednesday confirmed that its military chief, Mohammed Odeh, was killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza a day earlier, after Israel had announced his death on Tuesday.In a statement identifying him as the “Chief of Staff of the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades”, Hamas’s armed wing said Odeh…
Rajasthan Royals stormed into Qualifier 2 of IPL 2026 after beating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 47 runs in the Eliminator on Wednesday. The night belonged to 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, whose 97 off just 29 balls put RR in complete control of the contest. Chasing a place in Qualifier 2, Rajasthan Royals first piled up 243 for…
LUCKNOW: A full emergency was declared by Air Traffic Control (ATC) after an Akasa Air flight operating as QP 1503 issued a “PAN PAN” call due to low fuel while en route from Bengaluru to Bhubaneswar, officials said on Wednesday.The flight was diverted to Lucknow airport following bad weather conditions along the original route.The flight,…
AHMEDABAD: Police have registered a murder case against a woman for allegedly poisoning and strangling her three children before attempting suicide by consuming phenyl, officials said on Wednesday. She is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital.According to Valsad deputy superintendent of police (DSP) JK Patel, police received information that a woman had killed her children,…
Amid the ongoing stalemate over US-Iran deal, credit rating agency Moody’s Ratings on Wednesday said Indian banks are among the more exposed lenders in the Asia-Pacific region to risks arising from the ongoing Middle East crisis because of India’s heavy dependence on energy imports from the region, PTI reported.The ratings agency said sustained high oil…
NEW DELHI: The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that a single meeting between a married woman and her former partner cannot by itself be treated as proof of adultery, while upholding a divorce granted on the separate ground of cruelty.A bench comprising Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill and Justice Ramesh Kumari made the observation…
TOI correspondent from Washington: In the summer of 1976, a Kanpur-born teenage engineering student from BITS Pilani stood in the lobby of the US embassy in New Delhi after being denied a student visa for the third time. His father, who had accompanied him, refused to leave. He had seen the photo of the consular…
NEW DELHI: Congress MLA Ashok K Pattan on Wednesday claimed that Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah will resign from the post on Thursday after 3pm.While talking to reporters, Pattan said that both the leaders will obey the Congress high command and claimed that deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar will likely succeed Siddaramaiah.“We went to the CM’s…