MADURAI: A 40-year-old auto driver allegedly immolated himself inside a police booth in Madurai Thursday in protest over the Thiruparankundram Deepam row. Police said no one was in the booth when Poorna Chandran allegedly doused himself in diesel and set himself ablaze. Cops said Chandran had sent a WhatsApp voice note to his friends and…
W.Bengal: FIR registered against Amit Malviya over alleged incendiary social media post BARUIPUR (WEST BENGAL): An FIR has been registered against BJP leader and National In-Charge of the party’s IT Cell, Amit Malviya, at the Narendrapur Police Station under the Baruipur Police Station, alleging that his social media post threatened communal harmony and the sovereignty…
NEW DELHI: In a first of its kind order, Supreme Court has imposed a cost of Rs 10 crore each on 10 private dental colleges in Rajasthan for admitting students who did not secure threshold marks in NEET 2016-17, the basis for admission to all medical and dental courses across India.A bench of Justices J…
ROHTAK: A gang war erupted at a liquor vend in Rohtak Friday, killing one person and injuring four. Police say more than 30 rounds were fired, reports Sat Singh.The vend is allegedly linked to gangster Sunny Ritoliya, head of ‘Baba gang’. Police said shooters of rival Himanshu Bhau gang opened fire, triggering a retaliation. Four…
Dr Nusrat Parveen, who shot into the limelight following a viral video from an appointment ceremony earlier this month in which Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is seen tugging at her hijab, is set to join her position at Patna’s Govt Tibbi College at 10am on Saturday, reports Ismat Ara. “Yes, she will join work,” college…
NEW DELHI: In its illegal online betting case against 1xBet, ED has attached assets worth Rs 8 crore of cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthhapa and actors Urvashi Rautela, Sonu Sood, Mimi Chakraborty, Ankush Hazra and Neha Sharma, taking the total attachments so far in the case to Rs 19 crore.Earlier on Oct 6, the…
Former US President Barack Obama’s annual list of favourite films, music and books has a way of turning personal taste into global buzz. When Prateek Kuhad’s cold/mess featured on his 2019 playlist, it made the singer hot property overnight. This year, Obama’s reading list has done something rarer still: it has brought together two generations…
Ganavya’s rendition features on her 2025 album ‘Nilam’ From Pandharpur’s pilgrimage trails to a former US president’s 2025 playlist, a 13th-century Marathi prayer for universal brotherhood has leapt across time and tide to find a place in Barack Obama’s annual music recommendations.Between international pop, hip-hop, and Afrobeats, Obama’s playlist also features ‘Pasayadan’, a contemplative modern…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court said on Friday that the right to free speech is not unfettered and denied anticipatory bail to a Bengaluru-based 24-year-old chartered accountancy student, who, on his parody account ‘Jawaharlal Nehru Satire’ on X, had posted about the PM and his mother. The court said the student can approach Gujarat HC for…
NEW DELHI: In the centuries-old human-animal conflict invariably leading to constricting the wild habitat, the Supreme Court on Friday said the court would always lean towards the animals who suffer silently when their migration paths are impeded by commercial tourism ventures.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi…