Hindu religious and charitable endowments minister C Ramesh CHENNAI: The Hindu religious and charitable endowments (HR&CE) department has announced the formation of a special inspection committee to conduct a comprehensive review of the properties belonging to the Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple in Palani. Similar committees are expected to be constituted for the remaining temples of…
Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming says she will not apologise and that she misunderstood the meaning of the term “headlock”, after alleging her party room colleague Matthew Guy had assaulted her. Ms Deeming, who is overseas, today released a statement through her lawyer Tim Houweling, to “correct the public record regarding her recent complaint to…
War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith’s bail conditions have been varied so he can attend an opening at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra next week. Mr Roberts-Smith has been on bail since mid-April, when a Sydney court found that it would take years for his case to be heard and any risks raised by prosecutors could…
Brad Lightcap, one of OpenAI’s longest-serving senior executives and a primary architect of its enterprise sales business, announced his resignation on Tuesday (August 11), marking the latest departure in a series of high-level executive exits at the artificial intelligence (AI) company. Lightcap joined OpenAI in 2018 and served as its COO for four years. He…
Where are the Gandhi siblings? This is the question the BJP is asking after leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra did not visit the constituency following the July 7 landslide that claimed eight lives.Priyanka is the sitting MP, while Rahul was elected from Wayanad twice in…
Divyanshi Bhowmick (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: At an age when most teenagers are juggling school and exams, 15-year-old Divyanshi Bhowmick is already measuring herself against some of the world’s best table tennis players. Competing at the 22nd Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in New Delhi, Divyanshi once again underlined why she is regarded as one of…
Aryna Sabalenka brushes aside gender criticism after fiery outbursts (Getty Images) Aryna Sabalenka has heard the criticism before. Her racket-smashing, angry reactions and raw displays during matches have often drawn attention, with some questioning whether female players face tougher judgment for showing emotion. The world No. 1, however, does not appear interested in turning that…
A court has been told the death of a toddler on the NSW Mid North Coast was “a tragedy, but it wasn’t a murder”. WARNING: This story contains details of child abuse that some might find distressing. The child’s 40-year-old stepfather is standing trial in the Supreme Court, accused of murdering a two-year-old boy at…
Police investigating the murder of Pune-based realtor Ketan Agarwal are examining whether his fiancée, Siya Goyal, had secretly married her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary PUNE: Police investigating the murder of Pune-based realtor Ketan Agarwal are examining whether his fiancée, Siya Goyal, had secretly married her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary, months before Agarwal’s death.Goyal (20) and…
The Election Commission has asked K Kavitha’s Telangana Rakshana Sena to consider alternative names The Election Commission has asked K Kavitha’s Telangana Rakshana Sena to consider alternative names after receiving objections to the party’s proposed acronym, TRS, according to party sources.Although the poll body received hundreds of objections during the registration process, it has so…