BENGALURU: A 35-year-old man kicked a five-year-old boy while he was playing badminton with other children on Old Post Office Road in Thyagarajanagar, South Bengaluru, on December 14.The accused has been identified as Ranjith, also known as Ranjan, a resident of the same area. Ranjith worked as a gym trainer and quit his job. The…
Veteran lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar is known for his fearless opinions and speaking his mind. The ‘Sholay’ writer once again sparked a debate by questioning the idea of women covering their faces. Speaking at a recent event, Akhtar questioned the social logic behind women being expected to cover their faces. The session was attended…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Karnataka assembly on Thursday passed the hate speech bill amid protests by BJP MLAs. The bill, cleared by the cabinet on December 4, was presented in the state assembly by home minister G Parameshwara on December 10.The minister said the provision for 10 years jail term in…
NEW DELHI: Close to one million Indians have renounced their citizenship over the last five years, with annual numbers crossing the two-lakh mark consistently since 2022, according to data presented by the government in Parliament. The trend has reignited a crucial question why a growing number of Indians – particularly the wealthy and highly skilled…
Gurgaon: NCR Transport Corporation has submitted a draft detailed project report (DPR) to Haryana govt for a rapid rail corridor between IFFCO Chowk in Gurgaon and Surajpur in Greater Noida.The proposed corridor is crucial for the connectivity blueprint the Centre is working on for a high-speed rail link between IGI airport in Delhi and the…
KARWAR: A GPS-tagged migratory seagull on Karwar beach on Wednesday sparked curiosity and suspicion in equal measure among locals, before forest officials clarified that the device was part of a scientific study tracking migration pattern of birds. The exhausted bird fitted with the tracking device was rescued by forest department officials after locals noticed the…
Dhaka, Dec 17 (ANI): A large number of people, under the banner of “July Oyikko” (July Unity), hold a protest march to the Indian High Commission, in Dhaka on Wednesday. (ANI Video Grab) NEW DELHI: India resumed operations at its visa application centre in Bangladesh’s Dhaka on Thursday, a day after the facility was temporarily…
PUNE: Pune reported yet another leopard sighting, this time in Keshavnagar, during the night between Wednesday and Thursday, triggering heightened alert among residents and prompting visits by forest officials. CCTV footage from housing societies confirmed the animal’s movement between two adjacent residential complexes in the area. The leopard was first spotted around 2:27 am at…
Sharif Usman Hadi (Image/Facebook) Sharif Osman Hadi, youth leader of Bangladesh’s 2024 uprising has died in Singapore after succumbing to injuries sustained in an assassination attempt, officials said on Thursday.Hadi, who was the spokesperson of political platform Inqilab Mancho, was critically wounded after being shot by unidentified assailants in Dhaka on December 12. He was…
Celina Jaitly and the actress with Peter Haag I had to rescue myself, my dignity and my self-respect,” says Celina Jaitly as she returns to India. Married in 2010 and based in Austria for years, the actress is back in Mumbai amid a turbulent personal chapter. She has filed a domestic violence case against her…
