Salman Khan has reportedly taken it upon himself to play mediator between Ranveer Singh and Farhan Akhtar, as growing chatter in Bollywood circles links tensions between the two to creative differences over ‘Don 3’. Reportedly, the superstar personally reached out to both parties in a bid to prevent the disagreement from spilling into the public…
NEW DELHI: The dust and fury entailing the power transition in Karnataka do not appear to have settled with Siddaramaiah’s resignation as chief minister, as he and deputy CM DK Shivakumar, who is expected to step into Sidda’s shoes soon, are set to meet Congress state in-charge Randeep Surjewala in the national capital.Both leaders will…
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu NEW DELHI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again put focus on India-Israel warm ties early Friday, saying Israel receives “crazy love” from India at a time when, according to him, much of the world seeks to “delegitimise” the Jewish state.Addressing an event, Israeli PM said, “We have a unique relationship…
D Gukesh, Magnus Carlsen, and Divya Deshmukh (Photo by Michal Walusza for Norway Chess) NEW DELHI: Today is the birthday of World Chess Champion Dommaraju Gukesh. As he prepared to leave his teenage years behind and turn 20, the Chennai-born Grandmaster had a rare opportunity to celebrate by defeating World No. 1 and five-time world…
BAREILLY: Block education officers (BEOs) in Bareilly were told to collect 1,500 quintals of straw for stray cattle housed in local cow shelters earlier this month. The order by Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) Vineeta Singh mandated each of the district’s 15 BEOs to collect at least 100 quintals from their respective blocks.The matter ignited a…
Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: To prevent paper leak in NEET-UG, Centre is actively exploring the use of IAF aircraft for transporting question papers for the June 21 retest, as part of a wider “whole-of-govt” security strategy involving the home ministry, central agencies and state police networks, reports Manash Gohain.The proposal was discussed…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Thursday accused fellow party MP Kalyan Banerjee of “verbally abusing” her inside Lok Sabha and urged Speaker Om Birla to punish him, saying other women members of the House too have been at the receiving end of his “misogyny”.Her complaint underscored the deep churn within TMC,…
New Delhi: United Nations will posthumously honour two Indian peacekeepers on the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on Friday for making the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.Lance Havildar Harbhajan Singh, who served with UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), and Naib Subedar Sujit Kumar Pradhan, who was deployed…
Noting that the right to trauma care of a citizen is an integral part of right to life, the Supreme Court has directed states and UTs to integrate within three months all emergency/ambulance helplines into one helpline number ‘112’ for emergency responses.A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and A S Chandurkar also directed them…
NEW DELHI: Cyprus has shown a keen desire to procure BrahMoS cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles from India. Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides’ recent visit to New Delhi has set the stage for this potential acquisition. However, the prospect of Cyprus acquiring BrahMos missiles has already triggered alarm bells within Türkiye’s strategic and security circles.Besides…
