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https://ift.tt/7tacOCi US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in India this week at a moment when global alignments are shifting rapidly and Washington and New Delhi are both trying to recalibrate key strategic priorities. From energy security and defence cooperation to trade and critical technologies, Rubio's four-day visit is expected to cover nearly every major pillar of the India-US relationship. The timing is significant too. His trip coincides with the Quad foreign ministers' meeting. The Quad Meeting Rubio lands just as foreign ministers from the Quad, India, the United States, Japan and Australia gather for talks aimed at strengthening coordination in the Indo-Pacific. For India, the grouping has become increasingly important in recent years, especially on issues linked to defence cooperation, emerging technologies and supply-chain resilience. The Quad is also viewed as a platform through which the four democracies can coordinate more closely amid growing Chi...

https://ift.tt/lpPUMbw The Jabalpur High Court has ordered Rs 10 lakh compensation for a software engineer from Gwalior who spent 57 days in jail after airport authorities wrongly identified amchur powder (dried mango powder) in his bag as a narcotic substance. The case dates back to 2010, when Ajay Singh arrived at Raja Bhoj Airport in Bhopal to board a flight to Delhi. During the security check, airport screening equipment triggered an alert when his bag passed through the detection system. A powdery substance found in the bag was treated as a suspected narcotic, and Ajay Singh was taken into custody. The security personnel stationed at the airport relied on the machine alert and treated the recovered substance as a banned drug. Ajay Singh was arrested on serious charges linked to narcotics and sent to jail. It was only after a forensic examination, 57 days later, that the substance was confirmed to be ordinary amchur powder used in cooking. He was subsequently released. 16-Y...

https://ift.tt/rF0uvsG The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has arrested a 53-year-old actor who had been on the run after failing to return to prison following parole in a murder case. The accused, identified as Hemant Nagindas Purshottamdas (Vaishnav), also known as Hemant Modi, was arrested near Gheekanta Metro Station in Ahmedabad. Police said he had been on the run since 2014 after not surrendering at the end of a 30-day parole period granted by the Gujarat High Court while serving a life sentence. Murder Case Dates Back To 2005 According to police, Hemant Vaishnav was convicted in connection with a murder case linked to a 2005 clash in Ahmedabad's Naroda area. The case was registered under IPC sections 302, 324, 147, 148, 149 and 120(B), along with Section 135(1) of the Bombay Police Act. Investigators said the case stemmed from a fight between two groups over a land dispute in the Parshwanath Township area near Azad Chowk on the night of June 15, 2005. Narendra alias Nan...

https://ift.tt/o4Ppwxv Actor Rhea Chakraborty said she has been missing herself as she announced a break from social media to "reconnect with what feels real". Chakraborty shared a post on her Instagram handle on Tuesday and said online noise feels heavy. "Lately, I've been missing myself a little. The constant noise, the scrolling, the keeping up - it's all started to feel heavier than I expected. I miss being present without thinking about capturing the moment. I miss quiet. I miss simply being," she wrote. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rhea Chakraborty (@rhea_chakraborty) "So, I'm taking a step back for a while - to slow down, breathe a little deeper, and reconnect with what feels real. Choosing lived moments over posted ones, for now. See you soon," she added. Chakraborty will next feature in the Netflix series Family Business , which will also mark her return t...

https://ift.tt/uoeDdzN Cockroach Janta Party, a satire website that surfaced just days ago, has over 6.6 million followers on Instagram. The website's Instagram handle has so far shared around 50 posts including both images and short videos, which the Meta-owned platform calls "reels". The Instagram and X handles of the website describes itself as "A political front of the youth, by the youth, for the youth." The website, whose footnote says it is a work of satire, was created by an individual identified as Abhijeet Dipke. He calls himself "Founding President" of "Cockroach Janta Party". The website has a form which people can fill to "join" the so-called "party". The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), formed by former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in 2012, has 1.9 million followers on Instagram. The BJP has some 8.7 million followers on the same social media platform, while the Congress has 13.2 million fo...

https://ift.tt/yJmI1At Karan Kundrra's dreamy proposal to longtime girlfriend Tejasswi Prakash on Desi Bling has been the talk of social media ever since the episode aired.  While fans celebrated the romantic moment and flooded the internet with clips from the show, it was Karan's former girlfriend Anusha Dandekar's unexpected social media post that added drama to the conversation. Anusha's Cryptic Post Anusha took to her Instagram Stories with a message that instantly caught attention. She wrote, "I'm Thanking God!!! #iykyk." Though Anusha did not name anyone or directly reference the proposal, the timing of the post was enough to set social media buzzing. Many users quickly began speculating whether the cryptic message was aimed at her ex-boyfriend. Internet Reactions The chatter soon spilled onto Reddit, where one user shared a screenshot of Anusha's post with the caption, "Anusha Dandekar reaction after Karan Kundrra's Pro...

https://ift.tt/SGw8B6C Virat Kohli conceded that he went through a distressing phase after stepping down from India captaincy but profusely thanked Rahul Dravid and Vikram Rathour for helping rediscover the joy of playing cricket. Kohli moved away from captaincy in 2022, and that year he tallied a mere 265 runs from six Tests at an average of 26.5 with just one fifty. Dravid, who took over the stewardship of the Indian team in November 2021 along with batting coach Rathour, then rekindled the hunger in Kohli, putting a kind arm around the struggling star batter. “Only when I left captaincy, I opened up and I shared a lot more with people like Rahul Bhai and Vikram Rathour. I had a great run in Test cricket in 2023 and whenever I meet them, I always thank them from the bottom of my heart. “They really took care of me in a way that made me feel like I wanted to play for them. I want to perform. I want to go out there and grind it out. They were so caring and nurturing. They made me reali...