Delhi Police files FIR against Prashant Bhushan over fake Russian foreign minister
New Delhi: Delhi Police has registered an FIR against senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan for sharing a digitally manipulated video of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that purportedly contained remarks hostile to India, officials said. The case was registered at the Special Cell Police Station following cyber patrolling on November 3, when police noticed…
Willing to accept results: Trump after facing midterm reversals
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he was willing to accept the results of the mid-term elections, where Democrats posted significant gains, flipping key Senate and gubernatorial races. “I am absolutely willing to accept those results,” Trump said in an interview with The New York Times on Tuesday night as results trickled in. Democrats…
Kohli, Rohit and Gill receive special jerseys from All Blacks legend Mealamu
Auckland: India captain Shubman Gill and batting stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma met rugby legend Keven Mealamu before the start of the first ODI against New Zealand here on Wednesday and were presented with personalised jerseys by the All Blacks great. Mealamu, who made 132 appearances for New Zealand’s national rugby team, is among…
‘Drunk’ constable rams car into Pune police commissioner’s bungalow gate; held
Pune: A constable, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, rammed his car into the gate of Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar’s bungalow, following which he was detained, officials said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday evening at the commissioner’s official residence in the Cantonment area. “The constable was allegedly under the influence of…
Prime accused in Guwahati hotel firing case killed in police encounter while trying to flee custody
Guwahati: The prime accused in the Guwahati hotel firing incident that had claimed five lives was killed in police firing in Assam’s Sivasagar district on Wednesday while he was allegedly trying to escape from custody, a senior officer said. The encounter took place in the Gaurisagar area while he was being brought to Sivasagar in…
HCA’s Rogue Power-Brokers
The real malice behind a decade of administrative decay Special Correspondent The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) does not suffer from a shortage of cricketing talent, capable administrators or judicial intervention. What it has suffered from, for well over a decade, is something far more damaging: an entrenched class of self-serving office-bearers and club power-brokers who…
Neha Bora’s Allegations Without Accountability
Neha Bora’s politics raises uncomfortable questions about the limits of political agitation, the responsibility of student activists and the dangers of romanticising street movements that can destabilise democratic institutions. The AISA leader appears increasingly comfortable borrowing inspiration from Bangladesh’s Gen Z uprising, speaking of regime change and invoking the struggle there as a model for…
Sachin Tendulkar lauds Joe Root amid pursuit of his historic record
Online Sports Desk Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar heaped praise on England captain Joe Root, who is closing in on his long-standing Test run-scoring record, saying he had rated the Englishman highly since his debut Test match in 2012. During an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit on Tuesday, Tendulkar was asked about Root’s…
Will directly take oath as Lok Sabha MP: Akhilesh quips on contesting UP 2027 polls
Varanasi (UP): Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said he would not contest the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, quipping that he would take the oath as the chief minister “directly” without entering the electoral fray. Asked by reporters here whether he would contest the next year’s assembly polls, Yadav, in his trademark witty…
Ravi Kishan slams Rahul, Akhilesh; says Nabin’s Gorakhpur visit will sound UP poll bugle
Gorakhpur: BJP MP and actor Ravi Kishan on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, and asserted that BJP national president Nitin Nabin’s proposed visit to Gorakhpur would sound the bugle for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Kishan challenged Gandhi to defeat Prime Minister Narendra…
