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: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Saturday issued a letter expressing its “strongest condemnation” of the recent incident in Bihar in which CM Nitish Kumar pulled down the hijab of a woman doctor during a public ceremony.The incident, which occurred on December 15 at the chief minister’s secretariat in Patna during the…
NEW DELHI: The protection enjoyed by a woman under Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) is not available in proceedings related to Foreign Exchange Management Act (Fema), which is governed by civil law, Delhi high court has ruled.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna dismissed a writ petition filed by a 53-year-old Canadian citizen challenging ED summons issued under…
Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi shakes hands with England’s captain Harry Brook after he is bowled out during the T20 World Cup cricket match between England and Pakistan in Pallekele, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP) Already through to the semifinals, England defeated New Zealand by four wickets in their final Super Eights match of…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar (ANI photo) External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that Iran had formally requested permission for three of its vessels to dock at Indian ports, a request that India granted the very next day.Amid rising tensions in the Indian Ocean after last week’s sinking of an Iranian warship by…
India holds the world’s third-largest reserves of rare earths at 6.9 million tonnes, yet its contribution is not even 1 per cent of the global production. A new report from Amicus Growth, cited by ANI, underlined this gap between resource potential and actual production on the part of India, while China leads in the global…
Armaan Malik champions emotional depth over algorithmic virality in music, lamenting the dilution of song quality for short-form trends. He believes timeless love songs, reminiscent of the 90s, are missing today. Malik, performing at ‘Root for Mangroves’, emphasizes using his platform for crucial environmental causes like mangrove conservation, highlighting its importance for our existence. In…
Across the first four Tests of the series, spinners claimed just nine wickets, accounting for only a fraction of the total overs bowled. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Australia created an unwanted slice of history by naming a Test XI without a specialist spinner for a match at the Sydney Cricket Ground, with skipper Steve Smith…
Rupee continued its downward rally on Monday, falling to an all-time low of 90.58 against the US dollar. This dip marks second week of record lows after the currency fell to 90.55 against USD earlier, on Friday.The currency is struggling with familiar headwinds, weighed down by delays in a US trade deal, persistently weak capital…
Danish firm Novo Nordisk expects India’s obesity therapy market to evolve rapidly, saying its recent Wegovy (injectable semaglutide) price cut could lift patient uptake five-to-seven-fold, echoing its insulin experience. This comes even as lower-priced generics loom, with a rival drugmaker, Eli Lilly & Co, also eyeing a share of one of the fastest-growing therapy segments.“Our…
