• Monday, June 16, 2025

Supreme Court collegium begins process to transfer judge after recovery…

THE SUPREME COURT collegium has initiated the process to transfer Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma to the Allahabad High Court following the alleged recovery of a large stash of cash on March 14 during a fire emergency at his official residence in Delhi. The five-member collegium, headed by…

Very good relationship with India, ‘only problem’ is high tariff:…

US President Donald Trump said he has a “very good relationship” with India, but the “only problem” he has with the country is that it is “one of the highest tariffing nations in the world.” Trump reiterated his threat to impose reciprocal US tariffs on the country starting April 2.…

Saliva ban lifted for upcoming IPL: reports

BOWLERS will be allowed to apply saliva on balls in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League that will commence in Kolkata on Saturday (22), local media said on Thursday. The use of saliva to shine one side of the old ball and keep the other rough helps fast…

KKR-LSG IPL clash on April 6 may be shifted from…

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS' home game against Lucknow Super Giants on April 6 is set to be shifted to Guwahati as police have expressed their inability to provide security for the IPL contest due to 'Ram Navami' celebrations in Kolkata, Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Snehasish Ganguly told PTI on…

Digital arrest: 86-year-old woman in Mumbai loses ₹200 million, 3…

AN 86-YEAR-OLD woman from south Mumbai lost more than ₹200 million (£1.79m) of her savings over two months to a 'digital arrest' fraud, police said on Thursday (20). One of the fraudsters posed as a 'CBI officer' to extort money from the woman, they said, adding three people have been…

Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore: Toughest task is to learn walking…

AFTER nine months in space, Nasa astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have finally returned to Earth. It brings to an end a mission that was supposed to last for just eight days, but got stretched to a much longer duration. After the SpaceX capsule made a gentle splashdown off…

Elon Musk’s X files suit against Indian government, alleges censorship

SOCIAL media giant 'X' (formerly Twitter) has filed a lawsuit in the Karnataka High Court against the Central Government, challenging what it called unlawful content regulation and arbitrary censorship. The Elon Musk-owned platform has raised concerns over the Centre's interpretation of the Information Technology (IT) Act, particularly its use of…

Ex-merchant navy officer’s killing: Wife hatched murder plan, bought knives…

WHEN Saurabh Rajput (29), a former merchant navy officer, returned from London to his Meerut home on February 24 for his wife's birthday, little did he know what was in store for him. His wife Muskan Rastogi (27) had already plotted his murder with her lover Sahil Shukla (25). A…

Indian student detained in US for allegedly opposing America’s Israel…

AN INDIAN scholar at Georgetown University in the US has been detained by immigration authorities allegedly for supporting the rights of Palestinians, said a media report This incident comes less than a week after an Indian student in Columbia University self-deported following allegations of activities supporting Hamas. Badar Khan Suri's…

Sudiksha Konanki case: Man last seen with her no longer…

A JUDGE in the Dominican Republic has ruled that Joshua Steven Riibe, a 22-year-old Iowa resident, believed to be the last person who was seen with the missing Indian-origin student Sudiksha Konanki, should be released from police surveillance. Although Riibe has not been charged with any crime or identified as…