British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard died at the age of 88 on Saturday. He passed away at his home in Dorset, England, surrounded by his family, reports the BBC. Stoppard was regarded as one of the greatest dramatists of his generation. His career spanned over six decades, producing a string of acclaimed plays and...
Rahul, Sonia Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: The economic offences wing of the Delhi police has registered a fresh FIR against senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, along with six other associates and business entities in an alleged case of criminal conspiracy to “fraudulently” acquire Associated Journals Ltd, then a Congress held entity...
BATHINDA: A woman who returned from Canada was arrested on the accusation of killing her husband with the help of her paramour at Sukhanwala village in Faridkot late on Friday night. Her paramour is on the run. It is being investigated whether the woman, Rupinder Kaur, was deported from Canada and whether her paramour, Harkanwalpreet...
Unable to read and write, and with her fingerprints not registering due to age, Mathura can’t access welfare schemes GADCHIROLI: More than five decades after her rape inside a Maharashtra police station sparked protests across India and forced the rewriting of the country’s sexual assault laws, the woman known to the world only as ‘Mathura’...
NOIDA: A 23-year-old woman was shot dead in front of her sisters by her ex-boyfriend who pumped a bullet into her chest when she refused to marry her on Friday night.Originally from Amroha, Soni, the victim, had been working as a clerk at a private company. She stayed in a modest one-room house in Yakubpur...
NEW DELHI: The FIR filed in connection with the alleged suicide of an industrialist’s daughter-in-law in Vasant Vihar, southwest Delhi, states that “she had been isolated from social events and subjected to prolonged mental and physical abuse.” Her mother has demanded a CBI probe into the case, the FIR stated.The complaint detailed an incident in...
Ayesha Curry opens up when Stephen Curry ignored her advice.(Image via Getty Images) Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warriors’ star player, and his wife, Ayesha Curry, have been together before he was drafted in the NBA.While Ayesha Curry’s recent comments about marriage and children have raised eyebrows, the popular chef recently opened up about how...
SRINAGAR: A division bench of the Jammu and Kashmir high court has stated that cross-LoC trade between Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir amounts to intra-state trade as PoK is part of Jammu and Kashmir.While deciding petitions from cross-LoC traders, the HC said, “It is not disputed by learned counsel appearing on either side that...
JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Demolition of journalist Arafaz Ahmad Daing’s home in Jammu by Jammu Development Authority (JDA) has triggered a political confrontation, with deputy CM Surinder Choudhary demanding to know who ordered the action and urging LG Manoj Sinha to order an inquiry.Choudhary visited Saturday the demolished structure at Narwal and said neither the elected govt nor...
Nanded teen ‘marries’ boyfriend’s corpse; accuses family of honor killing CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: An 18-year-old woman in Nanded accused her father and brothers of murdering her 25-year-old boyfriend over their inter-caste relationship, and demanded they be awarded capital punishment. She also performed symbolic wedding rituals before the deceased youth’s funeral rites on Friday evening.Speaking to reporters...
