KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee led a protest rally in Kolkata on Friday against the Enforcement Directorate (ED), a day after the central agency conducted raids at the office of political consultancy I-PAC and the residence of its chief, Partik Jain.The rally was held near the 8B bus...
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‘Hands of US president stained with blood’: Khamenei says ‘arrogant’ Trump will be overthrow
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday warned the protesters, saying the Islamic Republic would “not back down” amid escalating unrest accusing “foreign-backed elements” of trying to destabilise the country. He also targeted Donald Trump, claiming the “hands of the US President are stained with the blood of Iranians” further asserting that the “arrogant”...
‘Removed from reality’: SC pushes back on Sharmila Tagore’s plea in stray dogs case
PTI file photo NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday continued hearing pleas seeking changes to its earlier order on stray dogs, with actor Sharmila Tagore appearing as one of the applicants through her counsel. The top court sharply pushed back against the submissions made on Tagore’s behalf, saying such arguments were “completely removed from reality.”Appearing...
1 USD = 1,400,000 IRR: Iran on edge – why this is the most dangerous uprising yet
Iran’s latest protests, sparked by a devastating economic collapse and a plummeting currency, are unlike previous unrest. This wave sees a broader social coalition, including merchants, demanding regime change. Unlike past uprisings, the trigger is not a single outrage but the daily futility of a broken economy, making this a critical legitimacy crisis for Tehran....
Mustafizur row: Sponsors pull back, futures clouded — B’desh cricketers in limbo
Bangladesh cricketers (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: A cloud of uncertainty hangs over Bangladesh cricket as the ongoing standoff with India begins to hit players off the field, with several national cricketers at risk of losing Indian sponsorship deals amid the fallout from the Mustafizur Rahman controversy.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!At...
Google cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are ‘cutting ties’ with Silicon Valley
Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have now shifted an entity tied to them out of California, beating the deadline on a proposed wealth tax targeting the state’s richest residents. As reported by Business Insider, the fillings revealed that T-Rex LLC, formed in 2006 and long managed from Palo Alto is converted into a...
Air India flights diverted: Bad weather affects 2 UK-bound planes
File photo NEW DELHI: Two Air India flights bound for the UK were diverted due to adverse weather conditions, forcing one aircraft to divert and another to delay landing, the airline said on Thursday.Flight AI131 operating from Mumbai to London Heathrow was diverted to London Gatwick on 9 January after poor weather conditions made landing...
‘Hug hug na raha’: Congress takes dig at PM Modi over stalled India–US trade deal
NEW DELHI: Congress ngress MP Jairam Ramesh on Friday took a swipe on BJP-led Centre by sharing comments made by US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, claiming that India missed out on a trade deal with the United States because there was no direct engagement at the leadership level.Posting a clip from a podcast featuring Lutnick...
Russia bombards Ukraine with 36 missiles, 242 drones; Oreshnik hits near EU, Nato border
Rescue workers put out a fire at a residential building damaged by a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine (AP photo) Russia’s defence ministry said on Friday that its forces struck “strategic targets” in Ukraine overnight using Oreshnik hypersonic missiles. The ministry did not provide further details on the locations or extent of the strikes, but...
Delhi: Court staff member dies by suicide at Saket court complex; suicide note recovered
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