THE VIDEO of an eight-year-old girl clutching her books and running away from her shanty during an anti-encroachment drive in Ambedkar Nagar's Jalalpur area, has sparked widespread outrage. The footage, which surfaced on social media, showed an earthmover revving nearby, drawing sharp criticism from opposition parties. Former Uttar Pradesh chief…
ASHUTOSH SHARMA hammered a remarkable unbeaten 66 to snatch Delhi Capitals a thrilling one-wicket victory over Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL on Monday. Ashutosh, an impact substitute on debut for Delhi, lifted his new team from a precarious 65-5 to achieve their target of 210 with three balls to…
THE MUMBAI police on Monday (24) registered an FIR against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra for allegedly making defamatory remarks against Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde during a show, officials said. The police also registered a case against nearly 40 Shiv Sena workers for allegedly vandalising the Habitat Studio in…
ISHAN KISHAN hit an unbeaten 106 and Rachin Ravindra anchored a tense chase as Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings began their Indian Premier league season with victories on Sunday (23). Kishan struck his first century in the world's most lucrative T20 tournament to lead hosts Hyderabad to 286-6 and…
US AEROSCPACE major Boeing gave pink slips to up to 180 employees at its engineering technology centre in Bengaluru as part of a global workforce reduction exercise, according to a source. Boeing, which has been facing multiple headwinds globally, has around 7,000 staff in India, which is also a key…
VIRAT KOHLI once again showcased his class as a 'chase master' with an unbeaten half-century as Royal Challengers Bengaluru, backed by Krunal Pandya's game-changing triple strike crushed defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders by seven wickets in the IPL opener in Kolkata on Saturday (22). Ajinkya Rahane dazzled on his Kolkata…
THE DMK-LED Joint Action Committee meeting in Chennai to ensure "fair delimitation" on Saturday (22) urged the Centre to extend the freeze on Parliamentary constituencies, based on the 1971 Census population, by another 25 years. Delimitation is the process of redrawing the boundaries of constituencies to reflect the latest population…
KARNATAKA infrastructure development minister M B Patil on Saturday (22) announced that a team from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) will visit the state in April to conduct a feasibility study for the second international airport in Bengaluru. Three locations have been identified for the greenfield project. The team…
THE POST-MORTEM of former merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput shows extreme brutality with which he was killed allegedly by his wife Muskan Rastogi and her lover Sahil Shukla. His head was severed from the body, both hands were cut off from the wrist and his legs were bent backwards, suggesting…
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump on Friday (21) said he would pay out of his pockets the overtime for astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams, who returned to Earth this week after spending nine months in space. The two astronauts, who were supposed to be on an eight-day mission,…