BENGALURU: Bengaluru city police on Tuesday morning detained cine actor Darshan Thoogudeepa and nine associates of him in connection with a murder caseAccording to police, the detention is made regarding the murder of a youth, identified as Renukaswamy, of Chitadurga. Swamy was an assistant in a medical shop at Chitadurga and was married recently.He was…
NEW DELHI: Aminul Islam, general secretary of the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), on Monday resigned from all party posts after the party lost the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Assam. Islam took responsibility for the party’s performance in the state.“By taking responsibility for the defeat of the party candidates in the Lok Sabha…
NEW DELHI: South Africa created history on Monday by successfully defending the lowest total in ICC T20 World Cup history. In a thrilling Group stage game, the Proteas managed to defend a modest target of 114 runs against Bangladesh, who fell just four runs short of victory at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in…
Mumbai: VIP Industries chairman Dilip Piramal said a plan to turn around the country’s biggest luggage maker was slower in taking off, prompting independent director Nisaba Godrej to quit the board. He, however, reiterated that the company is on the path to recovery. “The organisation is focused on improving its revenues and getting the brand…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of assuming office for the second term as the foreign minister, S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that the third term of PM Modi-led NDA government will focus on finding a solution for the border issues with China and years-old cross-border terrorism with Pakistan.“In any country and especially in a democracy, it is…
NEW DELHI: The UN Security Council on Monday approved the US-backed drafted resolution endorsing a ceasefire plan between Israel and Hamas. US President Joe Biden urged Hamas to accept the ceasefire proposal which was announced on May 31 that has already been accepted by Israel.The resolution was notably adopted with 14 votes in favor- calls…
Members of the high school graduating class of 1974 in Moore, Oklahoma, had taken their seats in the football stadium under darkening skies. The class president welcomed the crowd. Then the principal, looking out at the clouds, declared all the students graduates and told those in attendance to find shelter immediately. “The sky turned pea…
AGRA: When cousins Shivam and Abhishek cracked the JEE Advanced examination by achieving 2989 and 2372 ranks respectively, it was their fathers — who are siblings and work as painters and earn about Rs 600 a day each — whose joy knew no bounds as they had every single day dreamt of sending their sons…
GUWAHATI: A CID officer and a driver suffered gunshot wounds in an ambush by unidentified gunmen on Manipur CM N Biren Singh’s advance security convoy in Kangpokpi district Monday, hours before he was to travel to adjoining Jiribam that has been grappling with a resurgence of ethnic violence and arson.Biren Singh, who was flying back…
PUNE: NCP (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday yet again targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for calling him ‘bhatakti aatma’ during the Lok Sabha election campaigning.Pawar, referring to Modi’s speech in Pune on April 29, told his supporters in Ahmednagar on Monday, “Even during political criticism, we maintain dignity. But Modi called me ‘bhatakti aatma’…
