GUWAHATI: Zubeen Garg’s ex-manager and prime accused Siddharth Sharma invested Rs 1.1 crore in a packaged drinking water plant using money allegedly siphoned from the singer, Assam police’s SIT told a court Saturday, listing it as one of the key motives behind the cultural icon’s Sept 2025 murder in Singapore.The submission was made by SIT…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of expected launch of ECINet platform – which integrates 40 election-related applications or websites onto a single, unified application, enabling ease of use – later this month, the Election Commission has invited all citizens to download its trial version and offer their suggestions on how to improve the application.The suggestions may be…
NEW DELHI: The road transport ministry has told states that no bus should be registered unless full compliance with mandatory safety requirements is established. It asked states to ensure that RTOs register buses only after “compliance with all mandatory safety standards”.The ministry has written to all chief secretaries in the light of recent instances of…
Smoke at La Carlota airport after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Venezuela (AP photo) NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Saturday “strongly advised” Indians to avoid all non-essential travel to Venezuela, which was hit by multiple strikes by the United States.“All Indians who are in Venezuela for any reason are advised…
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, left, Mustafizur Rahman, middle, and BJP leader Sangeet Som NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Saturday released Bangladeshi fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman from their IPL 2026 squad following a directive from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).KKR had picked Mustafizur Rahman for Rs 9.20 crore at the…
The national president of the Indian Youth Congress, Uday Bhanu Chib, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister S Jaishankar, seeking immediate steps to ensure the safety and well-being of Indian medical students studying in Iran.In the letter, Chib flagged growing concerns around the safety of Indian students amid widespread violence…
The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on January 5 on the bail pleas of activist Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others accused in the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 Delhi riots.A bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria will deliver the decision. The court had reserved its orders on December 10…
US strikes Venezuela: US forces struck Venezuelan targets as Donald Trump claimed Nicolás Maduro was captured, triggering emergency measures and global concern. India announces squad for NZ ODI: BCCI named India’s ODI squad for New Zealand series, with Shubman Gill captain and Hardik Pandya omitted. Tharoor slams Mustafizur’s IPL exit: Shashi Tharoor criticised BCCI-backed IPL…
NEW DELHI: The Telangana legislative assembly has passed a bill that scraps the “two-child norm” that barred individuals with more than two children from contesting in the local body elections.Panchayat raj minister Danasari Anasuya Seethakka, citing the state’s declining fertility rate, lower than the replacement rate, argued that the provision had outlived its relevance. Hyderabad…
Raghav Chadha (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha on Saturday defended gig workers who recently went on strike, accusing delivery platforms of politicising demands for fair pay and dignity. He said the pressure on gig workers was so extreme that they were being treated like “hostages with helmets” instead of employees…
