MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray termed the BMC elections as an “acid test” for his party and said even if former corporators who left the party to join the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena want to return, there is no guarantee they will be given tickets for the BMC polls.He was speaking at a…
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court on Thursday commuted the death sentence of a 45-year-old man, convicted of murdering a woman and her teenage daughter, to life imprisonment without any remission for 40 years.Dismissing the appeal of Sunil Das alias Hari Baba alias Gurudev, the HC observed that the man posed as guru baba and extorted money…
NEW DELHI: The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has formally taken up the probe into alleged irregularities in the construction of former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s official residence on Flag Staff Road, a senior Delhi govt official.Two complaints lodged in 2024 by then leader of opposition in assembly and current speaker Vijender Gupta have been taken…
Arshad Nadeem (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The much-anticipated Neeraj Chopra versus Arshad Nadeem clash, their first meeting in over a year, never truly materialised as Thursday’s World Athletics Championships javelin throw final in Tokyo turned the script upside down. Pakistan’s Olympic champion and 2023 Worlds silver medallist Arshad Nadeem was among the first set of…
Three shepherds from Nirmand in Kullu, who took their livestock to graze on the Shrikhand route, were found dead. An official said their bodies were found at a camping site in Kunsha near Singhgad. The official added it was suspected they died due to a lightning strike and the exact cause of death would only…
NEW DELHI: Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday the government will take steps to work out safety mechanisms around AI, especially on deep fake and synthetic content, to protect citizens and users.Vaishnaw was responding to a question on the deep fake video of PM Narendra Modi’s mother that was released by Congress in…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi district court on Thursday set aside an order asking four journalists to take down alleged defamatory content against Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL).District Judge Ashish Aggarwal allowed a plea filed by four journalists – Ravi Nair, Abir Dasgupta, Ayaskanta Das and Ayush Joshi – challenging an order restraining them from publishing or…
BJP MP from Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency and party chief spokesperson Anil Baluni and the team accompanying him had a narrow escape from a landslide while he was touring the disaster-hit areas of his constituency. A video of the incident went viral on the social media on Thursday.The video, posted by Baluni on X, shows…
Akshay Rohatgi’s first task as COO will be to convene a meeting of all I-League clubs Panaji: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) executive committee has approved the appointment of Akshay Rohatgi as the League chief operating officer (COO), the first such appointment since the concept of leagues kicked off in the country almost three…
NEW DELHI: In a matrimonial dispute extending beyond India, the Supreme Court has given interim custody of a child to his father, who lives in India, saying the boy’s mother took courts in both India and the UK for a ride and never intended to let their son meet his father.The woman, who had moved…
