Category: Events

Representative AI image NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur has alleged that she was abducted, confined for nearly a week and subjected to physical torture in an attempt to force her to convert her religion, police said on Sunday.According to a complaint filed by the girl’s family in Rawatpur, she left home...

Ben Stokes England captain Ben Stokes announced on Sunday that he will retire from international cricket after the ongoing third Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge, bringing an end to a career that has lasted 15 years.The announcement came while Stokes was in the middle of a bowling spell. England Cricket released a statement...

NEW DELHI: The eight accused in the Ayodhya Ram Temple donation case may find it tough to find a lawyer for their defence in the local court, news agency PTI reported, citing local legal practitioners.President of the Faizabad Bar Association Kalika Mishra said that a final decision on the unanimous refusal to take up their...

Putin’s remarks came as Ukraine continued one of its most sustained campaigns of long-range drone attacks since the war began more than four years ago. Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that Russia is facing “problems” as Ukraine intensifies its long-range attacks deep inside Russian territory, while insisting that Moscow will secure its borders and...

PoK man caught near LoC NEW DELHI: In the third such incident this month, Indian Army troops apprehended a Pakistani intruder after he crossed the Line of Control (LoC) into Jammu and Kashmir‘s Poonch district on Sunday, officials told news agency PTI.The intruder, identified as 31-year-old Rayees Khan, a resident of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), was...

Representative AI image NEW DELHI: Four minor boys have been arrested for allegedly attacking a catering staff member after he refused to serve them mutton at a wedding feast in Odisha’s Balasore district, police said on Sunday.The incident took place on the night of June 24 in Athantar village under the Remuna police station limits...

Farmers stage a protest against the Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township (GBIT) project at Byramangala near Bidadi, in Bengaluru. (Janata Dal (Secular) via PTI Photo) Bidadi, a small town on the outskirts of Bengaluru, has become the centre of a major controversy in Karnataka.At the centre of the row is the proposed Bidadi Smart City project,...

JAISALMER: A 13-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly sexually assaulted by nearly a dozen people over four days in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar, sparking widespread public outrage.A case involving the alleged sexual exploitation of a Class 8 student in Sriganganagar has led to multiple arrests and an extensive police investigation, with new details continuing to emerge after the...

NEW DELHI: Kerala government on Sunday ordered an enquiry after leader of opposition in the Kerala assembly Pinarayi Vijayan missed his flight from New Delhi to Kerala due to a lapse in protocol.Kerala House Additional Resident Commissioner Aswathy Sreeniva said that a meeting was held on Sunday during which explanations were sought from protocol officials.“The...

Why does it feel like hobbies are getting expensive? (AI generated image) You may logout, delete every social media app or change your algorithm, but can you escape the commercial packaging of simple activities that were once free but now cost a good portion of your salary?Some latest additions to this ever-diversifying social media dictionary...