Heavy rain, darkness, drawn curtains: The bus ride that ended in gang rape

Spread the love       The girl alleged that both the driver and conductor subsequently raped her and threatened to kill her when she resisted. NEW DELHI: Stranded amid heavy rain and darkness after getting off at the wrong stop, a 16-year-old from Uttar Pradesh was allegedly gang-raped inside a moving sleeper bus after boarding the vehicle seeking help, police said on...

The ‘troika’ of Mumbai: 3 dons, 3 spheres, 1 city’s underbelly

Spread the love       (L-R) Karim Lala, Haji Mastan and Varadarajan Mudaliar. MUMBAI: Long before Dawood Ibrahim became synonymous with Mumbai’s underworld, the city had already produced a generation of crime bosses who controlled smuggling routes, gambling dens, illicit liquor networks and local rackets.They were different from the gangsters who followed them.Their power was often rooted in particular neighbourhoods and communities...

Djokovic’s US Open shocker: All the records broken during first-round exit

Spread the love       Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, gestures to the crowd after he lost to Mariano Navone, of Argentina, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Novak Djokovic’s first-round defeat at the 2026 US Open may have ended his campaign earlier than expected, but the match...

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scripts history, breaks all-time Duleep Trophy record

Spread the love       Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Screengrab) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has added another record to his rapidly growing list of achievements, becoming the youngest batter in Duleep Trophy history to score a half-century.The 15-year-old achieved the feat during East Zone’s Duleep Trophy 2026 semi-final against Central Zone in Bengaluru, reaching his fifty in just 42 balls with a six.Sooryavanshi eventually finished with...

Nepal flash floods: Death toll rises to 903, over 4,200 still missing

Spread the love       Death toll reaches 903 in Nepal flash floods The death toll from catastrophic flash floods and landslides in Nepal has risen to 903, according to Nepalese authorities, as large-scale rescue operations continue across flood-hit areas.The disaster has also left around 4,247 people missing, while 10,451 people have been rescued so far, the data showed.The floods and landslides,...

Bill Gates warns on AI jobs loss, Bernie Sanders backs him with a 5-word-warning

Spread the love       Bill Gates warns on AI jobs loss, Bernie Sanders backs him US Senator Bernie Sanders has thrown his weight behind Bill Gates once more, endorsing the Microsoft co-founder’s warning that artificial intelligence poses a serious danger to jobs and to human life. Writing on X late Sunday night, the Vermont senator said Gates was right that AI...

‘Country Babur came from’: Owaisi takes dig at PM Modi’s Uzbek honour

Spread the love       Owaisi pointed to Uzbekistan’s historical connection with Babur NEW DELHI: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi took a dig at the BJP after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred Uzbekistan’s highest state honour.PM Modi was presented with the Order of “Oliy Darajali Dustlik” by Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev during his two-day state visit to the Central Asian country. The...

‘Women should stay confined to homes’: Kerala Islamic scholar Kanthapuram

Spread the love       Islamic scholar Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar stated women should remain confined to their homes. KOCHI: Islamic scholar Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar on Sunday said women should remain confined to their homes, days after a controversial circular issued by the Kanthapuram faction of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama said women should not share public platforms with...

City City Bang Bang | Too young to know better?

Spread the love       Students protest at Sainik School in Sikar on August 23 (File photo) We might be underestimating just how significant it is when schoolchildren across the country start protesting about the lack of basic infrastructure. Their complaints precede politics, and focus on things central to their prospects in life. There is nothing abstract about these issues, nor can...

Rupee falls 13 paise to 95.56 as crude rises, Fed hike bets strengthen dollar

Spread the love       Rupee opens 13 paise weak against US dollar Rupee started Monday on a weak note as higher crude oil prices and geopolitical tensions weighed down the currency, while growing expectations of a September US Fed rate hike boosted the dollar. Rupee opened at 95.56 against the US dollar at the interbank foreign exchange market, 13 paise lower...

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