NEW DELHI: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of conspiring to get the state assembly elections cancelled and get President’s rule imposed after seven juducial officers were taken hostage in Malda by the villagers. She slammed the Election Commission for failing to control the law and order in the…
NEW DELHI: The legal battle over the Delhi excise policy case has taken an unusual turn, with Aam Aadmi Party leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia refusing to appear before the Delhi high court bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. The controversy erupted after the court rejected Kejriwal’s plea seeking the judge’s recusal from hearing…
Benchmark equity indices ended marginally lower on Thursday after a highly volatile session, as continued foreign fund outflows and geopolitical uncertainties kept investors cautious, PTI reported.The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 114 points, or 0.15 per cent, to settle at 77,844.52. During the day, the benchmark swung 671.49 points between a high of 78,384.70 and a…
NEW DELHI: The Strait of Hormuz remains technically open, but commercial shipping is far from normal, according to Anil Devli, chief executive of the Mumbai-based Indian National Shipowners’ Association, the nearly century-old body that speaks for much of the country’s shipping industry.With 14 Indian vessels trapped in this chokepoint that funnels half of India’s crude…
Fakhar Zaman (Image credit: AFP) NEW DELHI: Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman has dismissed speculation around his T20I future, firmly ruling out retirement and any plans of moving to the United States, according to a report on Tuesday. Social media had been abuzz with claims that Fakhar, who turns 36 on Friday, had shifted his family…
Mahindra Racing secured its first Formula E victory since the 2021 London E-Prix after Nyck de Vries won the Monaco E-Prix on Saturday. The result also marked the team’s first win of the Gen3 era. De Vries started second on the grid after reaching the final stage of qualifying, where he narrowly lost out to…
DC vs RR Live Score, IPL 2026: The IPL 2026 playoff race has reached a stage where every game feels like an elimination contest, and for Delhi Capitals, that reality is now impossible to ignore. When they last played at home, their season had been reduced to pure mathematics. There was no room left for…
A heartwarming video from a school is winning attention online after showing a little boy refusing to eat the best part of his lunch because he wanted to save it for his mother. The clip, reportedly filmed by a female teacher during lunchtime, shows children being served rice with pulses and small portions of meat….
MATHURA: A cow vigilante was killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district after he was allegedly run over by a vehicle linked to suspected cattle smugglers during a late-night chase, triggering protests and clashes.The deceased, identified as Chandrashekhar, popularly known as “Farsa Wale Baba,” was a local cow protection activist in the Braj region. The incident…
NAGPUR: A bird flu outbreak was confirmed late Monday evening at the Central Hatchery at Seminary Hills after around 800 to 1,000 birds died and the Bhopal-based CSIR-National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) lab confirmed presence of the infection, triggering urgent containment measures and administrative action.Several assistant commissioners and livestock development officers were…