- Sunday, June 22, 2025
A BANGLADESHI court on Tuesday denied bail to prominent Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, arrested on sedition charges, and sent him to prison, triggering protests by community members in various locations, including the capital Dhaka and the port city of Chattogram. Bangladesh police on Monday arrested Chinmoy Krishna Das…
SHARES of Vodafone Idea surged nearly 8 per cent on Tuesday amid reports that the Union Cabinet has waived the requirement to submit bank guarantees for spectrum purchased through auctions held before 2022. The stock jumped 7.88 per cent to settle at Rs 7.53 apiece on the BSE. During the…
MUSICIAN Mohini Dey addressed rumours linking her to AR Rahman, following the recent announcement of his separation from Saira Banu after 29 years of marriage. Dey, who divorced her husband, Mark Hartsuch, shortly after Rahman’s announcement, dismissed the speculation in a video posted on Instagram. Calling Rahman a “father figure”…
Police in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh, have booked officials of the Public Works Department and Google Maps after a car following the directions on the navigation app got into an under-construction bridge and plunged into a river. The car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge, leading to…
AUSTRALIA will not make any change to the squad that took a 295-run hammering from India in the opening Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test in Perth, but there are some fitness concerns over all-rounder Mitchell Marsh's ability to bowl, coach and selector Andrew McDonald has said. Following the crushing loss, McDonald revealed…
AMID rumours that all is not well between Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, a recent social media post about Abhishek's sister Shweta Bachchan sending a bouquet to Aishwarya has surprised the internet. A bouquet sent by Shweta and her husband, Nikhil Nanda, was shared by Aishwarya’s sister-in-law, Shrima Rai,…
THE SUPREME COURT on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking to revert to ballot paper voting in elections in the country. "What happens is, when you win the election, EVMs (electronic voting machine) are not tampered. When you lose the election, EVMs are tampered (with)," remarked a bench of Justices Vikram…
SHASHIKANT RUIA, a first-generation entrepreneur who turned a small construction business into an infrastructure conglomerate, died after a prolonged illness. He was 80. Shashi Ruia, as he was fondly called, co-founded the metals-to-technology conglomerate Essar with his brother Ravi. Ruia, who would have turned 81 next month, died in Mumbai…
MAHARASHTRA chief minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday morning met governor C P Radhakrishnan here and tendered his resignation following the results of the assembly elections. The governor asked Shinde to act as a caretaker chief minister till the new CM is sworn in, as suspense continues over who would be…
BANGLADESH police on Monday arrested Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, a leader of the Hindu group Sammilita Sanatani Jote, from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area in Dhaka. "Das was detained in line with a request from (regular police)," spokesman of the Police's Detective Branch Rezaul Karim said. Karim said Das…
