Times of India

Chinese consumers have flocked to gold as their confidence in investments like real estate or stocks has faltered. At the same time, the country's central bank has steadily added to its gold reserves, while whittling away at its holdings of US debt. And throwing fuel on the fire are Chinese speculators betting there is still room for appreciation.

Navjeet Sandhu, from Karnal was stabbed to death Sunday in Melbourne. He had moved to Australia on a study visa in Nov 2022. The murder has been linked to student rivalry and two brothers from Haryana have been accused of the murder. Both are absconding. "I received a call at around 2 am on Sunday from Navjeet's friends. They told us that he had been killed.

Two of three suspects held by Canada over last year's murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar come from well off families in Punjab and had gone overseas on study visas, following a trend common in the state. Their kin expressed shock at the arrests & were confident that they will be cleared in court. While Kamalpreet Singh (23) was in Canada for studies and comes from a farmer's family in Jalandhar, relatives of Karanpreet Singh (28) are also agriculturists and say he worked as a driver.

Chamoli district police have arrested three men from Bihar for allegedly starting a forest fire in the district's Gairsain area, approximately 260km from Dehradun, and uploading a video of the incident on social media to "get more views". The arrest was done on Saturday evening after police took suo-motu cognisance of the video making rounds online, officials said.

After surviving a complicated neurosurgery, a man passed away due to cardiac arrest induced by an extra dose of anaesthesia administered at a private scanning centre in Kilpauk, Chennai. Fifteen years later, the family won a legal battle at district consumer disputes redressal forum in Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, against the scanning centre and secured Rs 15 lakhs as compensation.

The BJP move is seen as the party's big push to woo farmers as nearly 76% of the population in Odisha is involved in farming, and paddy is the dominant crop. Releasing the manifesto on Sunday, party president J P Nadda said, "BJP is fighting the election not to sit in opposition, but to form govt in Odisha." The party also promised to introduce cash incentive programmes specifically targeting women and tribal communities.

A case has been registered against BJP president J P Nadda, its IT cell head Amit Malviya, and state president B Y Vijayendra regarding an animated video shared on social media, following a complaint from Congress to police and Election Commission. Babu alleged this video was posted to incite enmity among communities and violates the code of conduct. Congress also expressed shock at the video being cleared by the state-level media-monitoring committee.

Nearly 65 families in the village also hold voting rights in Meghalaya due to their proximity to the border. Living along the disputed Assam-Meghalaya border areas, these "dual voters" have been exercising their franchise in Assam for decades, even after the creation of Meghalaya in 1972. Assam govt provides them electricity and has built the main road, while Meghalaya govt offers job cards under MGNREGA, water supply, and assistance for agriculture, among other benefits.

The former Union agriculture minister became a permanent resident of Bhulabhai Desai Road in Malabar Hill in Mumbai. He had given copies of a landline telephone bill, his PAN card and a bank passbook as proof of residence in Mumbai. Pawar had changed his residential address to Mumbai to fulfil the requirements of Mumbai Cricket Association's election which he had then contested, the NCP leader said.

As the clock ticked, the gathering grew for the final rally of NCP's Baramati Lok Sabha seat candidate Sunetra Pawar at the Christian Colony ground. Barely 2.5km away, supporters of NCP (SCP) candidate Supriya Sule huddled at Kasba ground to hear veteran politician Sharad Pawar and entourage on the last day of campaigning before the election on Tuesday.

The SUV was registered in the name of SP district president Ashish Yadav, police said on Sunday, adding that "a probe is on to find out who was at the wheel of the vehicle." Incidentally, CCTV footage purportedly showed Kumar slowly taking a right turn towards the pump when the SUV hit him. In the footage, the victim could be seen tossed up in the air for a few seconds before falling on the road.

Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose, who has been accused by a woman of sexual harassment, on Sunday cited his constitutional immunity from criminal proceedings and issued a blanket order on Raj Bhavan staff, asking them to “ignore any communication from police” and barring them from issuing statements in any form.

NLRB judge orders Amazon to inform employees of CEO Andy Jassy's labor law violation. Jassy criticized unionization, threatening employees' empowerment. Amazon plans to appeal, emphasizing free speech rights and the need for diverse perspectives.