NEW DELHI: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury hit out at the Mamata government just as the political tussle over the Kolkata doctor rape-murder case went up a notch on Tuesday. The former Berhampore MP, while condemning the incident, accused the state government of being in a fix and wanting to help the preparator behind the…
NEW DELHI: The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s ad-hoc division has once again postponed its ruling on Vinesh Phogat‘s appeal against her disqualification from the Olympic finals. The new date for the decision is now set for August 16, which means the Indian wrestler will have to wait longer for a resolution to her case.Phogat,…
WASHINGTON: Satya Nadella has taken Microsoft to dizzying heights and Sundar Pichai hasn’t done too badly with Alphabet/Google either. From FedEx CEO (Raj Subramanium) to the CEO of grocery chain Albertsons (Vivek Sankaran), Indian-American success in c-suites beyond tech companies is the stuff of lore. But in a rare setback to the story, Starbucks announced…
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the investigation on Tuesday into the rape and murder of a woman doctor at a state-run medical college in Kolkata, as per officials. The agency promptly completed all necessary formalities within hours of the Calcutta High Court‘s order instructing the state police to transfer…
NEW DELHI: Former England batsman Graham Thorpe died after being struck by a train at Esher railway station, as revealed in an inquest on Tuesday, AFP reported.The 55-year-old, who took his own life, was reported by his wife Amanda in an interview with The Times on Monday.Thorpe suffered “traumatic injuries” in the incident that occurred…
“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.” As India celebrates its 78th independence day, it is important to remember the words of our first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, whose speech influenced the policy decisions of India for a decade or so. On the midnight…
WASHINGTON: Former President Donald Trump made a glitchy but convivial return to the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, its owner Elon Musk laying out a friendly welcome in an all-holds-barred suck-up conversation with softball questions. In a two hours engagement that began 40 minutes late after technical issues, Trump ladled out his…
NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued her first statement since stepping down from her position on Tuesday, calling for accountability for those responsible for recent violence and vandalism during student protests against government job quotas.In a statement released through her son, Sajeeb Wazed, Hasina remarked, “The Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur…
NEW DELHI: As the election race heats up in US, India’s external affair minister weighed in and reiterated that New Delhi is prepared to work with Washington, regardless of who reaches the oval office. Referring to last 2o years of relationship between the two democracies, the EAM said, “We have every confidence that we will…
Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, the former head of Pakistan’s influential Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, was arrested by the Pakistan army in a corruption case on Monday. This development has caught many Pakistan politics watchers off guard.Back in September 2021, when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, Hameed had rushed to Kabul to “celebrate” their victory.He…
