KOLKATA: The much-hyped Messi show, which descended into utter chaos after the football star stepped out of the Salt Lake stadium on Saturday, left the fans not just disappointed, but in some cases feeling completely despondent.Most of them were left searching for answers as to why their dream show, for which they had paid through...
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Blake Lively calls Taylor Swift ‘the dreamiest friend’ amid Eras Tour buzz
Blake Lively celebrated a business venture amid reports of a strained friendship with Taylor Swift. Swift is reportedly “hurt” and feels used due to Lively’s legal issues involving her “It Ends with Us” co-star. Lively’s social media post focused on her haircare brand collaboration, pointedly avoiding any mention of Swift, highlighting a careful navigation of...
Messi tour chaos: Organiser boards plane with football icon, deplaned before take-off; arrested
KOLKATA: Cops on Saturday arrested event organiser Satadru Dutta in dramatic circumstances after taking him off a chartered plane that he had boarded with football icon Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami co-players, Luis Suarez and Rodrigo De Paul. Dutta – who had advertised Saturday’s hyped event as “A Satadru Dutta Initiative” – tried to...
Mid-air emergency: Bengaluru doctor revives US passenger; plane makes priority landing in Delhi
Representational photo BENGALURU: She clutched her hand, almost literally clinging on to dear life. “Please don’t go anywhere,” was all she managed to say, but those few words were enough to convey her ordeal midair on a Goa-New Delhi flight Saturday afternoon. Thereon, Dr Anjali Nimbalkar didn’t move an inch until the aircraft made a...
Mumbai tops road traffic CO2 emissions/km; Delhi & Bengaluru among nation’s top 3 — key findings
Representative Image PUNE: Driven by high vehicle density, Mumbai recorded the highest road traffic carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per km of road length among major Indian cities, while metros such as Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune also showed high levels of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and carbon monoxide (CO) emissions from road transport, according to...
Rs 200cr drug bust: Wardha MD racket mastermind ran lab 2km from police station; fixed their CCTVs
Wardha drug boss fixed police station CCTVs, knew cops (Representative image) NAGPUR: The mastermind in Rs 200 crore MD drug manufacturing racket, busted by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in Wardha earlier this week, Vaibhav Agarwal, was known to the cops as he frequented the Karanja police station in Wardha to fix computer problems and...
Shooting at Brown University: Multiple people shot; suspect in custody
Multiple people were shot at Brown University, Rhode Island on Saturday, police said, as officers rushed to the campus and searched for the suspect.The university remained on lockdown late afternoon after an alert warned students and staff of an active shooter near the Barus and Holley engineering building. A Providence Police spokesperson confirmed multiple people...
IndiGo fiasco fallout: Air India eyes 275 extra December flights, seeks long-term plan
NEW DELHI: Air India has offered to explore operating 275 additional flights this month in wake of the government-ordered 10% capacity cut for IndiGo. The Tata Group airline has asked aviation ministry, which is likely to finalise the route curtailment over the weekend itself, for a long-term plan so that it acts accordingly, reports Saurabh...
When Messi mania turned messy: Chairs thrown, sofa set on fire — Inside the Kolkata chaos
KOLKATA: Ecstasy to agony to anger: All in a space of 22 minutes. Messi-mania ended in mayhem, arson and violence at the Salt Lake stadium on Saturday within minutes of Lionel Messi leaving the ground after a brief 22-minute visit that left 60,000 fans disgruntled.As the Argentine skipper shook hands with players of two teams...
‘These are the hands of a soldier’: Called ‘fauji’ by Kalam at 3, becomes Lieutenant at 22
DEHRADUN: Nineteen years ago, during Indian Military Academy’s passing out parade, then-President APJ Abdul Kalam bent down and held the hands of a bright-eyed three-year-old boy standing beside his father. “Ye fauji ka haath hai (These are the hands of a soldier),” he told the child. On Saturday, those words came full circle on the...
