NEW DELHI: Alleging he is a “victim of a well-calculated witch-hunt”, festival organiser Shyam Kanu Mahanta, arrested in Zubeen Garg demise case, moved SC seeking protection for his life, limb, and personal liberty, and requested the probe be handed over to the NIA or the CBI.In his plea, Mahanta said he was being made a…
Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi JAISALMER: Pakistan must stop supporting terrorism if it wants to “remain on the world map”, Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi declared Friday, warning that India will not show the restraint it exercised during Operation Sindoor.Dwivedi’s address to soldiers near the Pakistan border in Anupgarh of Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar district followed a…
Nagpur hotelier, wife die in Italy accident NAGPUR: Reputed hotelier Javed Akhtar, 57, owner of Gulshan Plaza at Sitabuldi, and his wife Nadira died in a road accident Thursday morning near Grosseto, in Italy’s Tuscany region, leaving their three children — Arzoo, Zezel, and Shifa — with life-threatening injuries and shock.The family’s European getaway, spanning…
FC Goa lost 2-0 against FC Istiklol in Hisor, Tajikistan, on Wednesday Panaji: Even though FC Goa coach Manolo Marquez never made it known, there is no denying that many at the club believed they had an outside chance of making it to the knockout stage of the AFC Champions League Two.The win against Oman…
A recalcitrant JDU legislator in poll-bound Bihar Friday joined RJD in what would be the first pre-poll defection by a sitting MLA this year. Sanjeev Kumar is JDU legislator from Parbatta in Khagaria district. RJD neta Tejashwi Yadav welcomed him into his party via videoconferencing as he was unable to attend the “Milan Samaroh” organised…
NEW DELHI: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC), which recently completed Tier 1 of the computer-based Combined Graduate Level Examination (CGLE) 2025, will allow each of 13.5 lakh aspirants who wrote the exam, to view, store and review their question papers, responses and the correct answers from Oct 15.Thanks to this recent reform, the examinees can…
MUMBAI: Bombay HC dismissed Friday a writ petition filed by Anil Ambani against SBI, challenging its decision to classify the loan account of Reliance Communications as “fraud”. SBI’s order dated June 13, 2025 said Ambani shall be reported to RBI.Challenging the order, Ambani claimed principles of natural justice were flouted and that he was granted…
Kareem Khubchandani, a drag queen who goes by the name LaWhore Vagistan, is now a visiting professor at Harvard. Harvard University became the butt of all social media banter as it welcomed Kareem Khubchandani as the visiting professor to teach the Studies of Gender and Sexuality program in Harvard. Kareem’s stage name, ‘LaWhore Vagistan’, threw…
BHIWANDI: A 32-year-old powerloom worker who allegedly raped and murdered a six-year-old girl in Bhiwandi in 2023 and fled from a court two months ago struck once again barely 2km away on Wednesday.He allegedly raped and strangled a seven-year-old neighbour, left the body in a gunny sack and fled. He was caught the same night…
PUNE: The season’s first cyclonic storm over the Arabian Sea has intensified into ‘Cyclone Shakti’ on Friday, the IMD stated. Currently centred about 250km west-southwest of Gujarat’s Dwarka, the system is expected to strengthen into a severe cyclonic storm by Saturday. While forecasters said it is unlikely to have a significant impact on the Indian…
