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He built a glittering empire of wealth and influence, and hid a machinery of abuse behind its gates. When the walls finally cracked, the fallout reached presidents, princes and billionaires who once moved freely through his world. But how did Jeffrey Epstein build, finance and shield one of the most notorious sex-trafficking networks in modern history? Here is a detailed look inside the evil empire.

Astrology was once about planets and priests. Today, it's about prompts and predictions on ChatGPT. From questions about love life to picking interview outfits, and even forecasting job offers, people are turning to AI as their go-to astrologer. But, how accurate is it?

On February 4, Mamata Banerjee created a bit of history. She became both the petitioner and pleader in the Supreme Court, causing eyebrows to be raised. But we shouldn't have been surprised. Showing up for the good fight is Mamata's credo, her political signature. She just can't outsource the good fight. She is not a politician who occasionally fights. She's a fighter who occasionally governs.

When Baloch fighters went out to launch decades' deadliest attack on Pakistan, the visuals looked straight out of Dhurandhar. The visual was uncanny: wind-swept desert, militant gear, flowing beard, unhurried swagger, eyes fixed forward, making the internet believe 'Balochistan has its own Hamza Ali Mazari.'

Rahul Gandhi has stirred a hornet's nest after he called his one-time aide and Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu a 'traitor friend'. The theatrics looked less like a face-off between elected lawmakers and more like a scene from a college campus.

When the India–EU free trade agreement is ratified next year, prices of some of the biggest-selling European brands are expected to change in the first phase. As import duties are phased out over time, consumers are likely to see gradual price reductions.

In late November, India Today Group started a project, termed Divine Odyssey. Our team members visited Varanasi, Prayagraj, Naimisharanya, Mathura, and Vrindavan and witnessed how a statewide infrastructure push was making Uttar Pradesh's transformation an urgent reality.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has sprung a surprise by announcing 11 seats for the Congress in Uttar Pradesh. The main question is why Akhilesh made this unilateral decision on seat sharing.

The horror of Baramulla and other parts of Kashmir predates the horror of Hamas in Israel, but the mind-set of the radical Islamist terrorists remains the same.

Amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Indian foreign ministry reiterated that India has always been in support of statehood for Palestine. However, the statement has not resonated in the Arab world, where the focus of the conversation is on PM Modi's condemnation of the Hamas attack.

A fresh rift has erupted between the BJP and JJP after Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala's statement on the recent Nuh's communal violence.

The Congress party decided to support the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in opposing the Delhi Ordinance Bill in Parliament. Will the AAP-Congress alliance work in Delhi and Punjab?

The AAP and Congress, ahead of the Opposition meeting in Bengaluru, decided to bury the hatchet as the latter confirmed that it would not support the Delhi ordinance.

Kishan Reddy, who cut his teeth in politics under the tutelage of former Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, has experience of being an MLA, MP and now a minister and has been president of the state unit twice before.

Even if the electorate in Maharashtra deliver a sympathy vote to the beleaguered Sharad Pawar, the revolt of Ajit Pawar and other top NCP leaders has opened up the possibility of the BJP-led alliance to cross threshold vote share in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.