Kolkata, 9/6’trouble mounts for TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, a team of CID officers reached her Kalighat residence on Tuesday as part of the investigation into the ‘forged signature controversy’ that has triggered an unprecedented split in the party. Mamata’s residence, which she also uses as office, at 30B Harish Chatterjee Street was stormed by personnel…
London, 9/6: England captain Ben Stokes could lose his leadership duty as the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) officials said he is being investigated for an incident at a nightclub along with teammate Gus Atkinson. The incident reportedly also involved a Saracens rugby player. Both the cricketers are facing a probe by the Board…
Philippine, 8/6: The death toll in a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Monday has risen to at least 32, with dozens of people injured, disaster officials said, as Manila stepped up search and rescue operations. The quake, which triggered tsunami warnings across several countries, hit early in the morning…
New Delhi, 8/6: Investigators probing the devastating Malviya Nagar hotel fire in Delhi have uncovered a series of alleged lapses that may have set the stage for the tragedy, a tea break, an oil fryer left unattended, and a cook who reportedly left the scene without raising an alarm even as flames spread through the…
Hyderabad, 8/6: Philadelphia police have announced a reward of $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the murder of Anshul Kuncha. 27-year-old techie from Telangana’s Medchal-Malkajgiri district.Anshul was shot dead in the early hours of June 5 while on a pizza delivery job.The fatal shooting occurred shortly after midnight…
Hyderabad, 8//6: At least eight workers are feared dead following a fire mishap at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) in Anakapalle district of Andhra Pradesh on Monday evening. The accident is believed to have been triggered by a leakage in a ladle at Steel Melt Shop (SMS) I, causing molten metal to spill and ignite…
New Delhi, 8/6: The Supreme Court has held that physical relationship between two consenting unmarried adults cannot be a ground to draw an adverse impression about the character of the person in that relationship. A bench of Justices Manmohan and Manoj Misra made the observation while directing the Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board to…
New Delhi, 8/6: BJP on Sunday night announced a candidate for Rajya Sabha elections from Karnataka, virtually signalling the end of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s Parliamentary innings. It also forced a contest in Madhya Pradesh by fielding a third candidate — Mahesh Kewat — putting the fate of Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan hanging…
New Delhi, 8/6: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi described the hike in gas cylinder prices as “inevitable” given the prevailing global situation and said that the Centre also feels “very sad and sorry” about it.The price of domestic cooking gas LPG has been raised by Rs 29 per cylinder as state-owned fuel retailers continue to grapple…
Paris, 7/6: It was not Russian roulette, but a Deutsche one, as Germany’s Alexander Zverev won his maiden Grand Slam title, beating unheralded Italian Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-1 in the men’s singles final at the Parisian clay on Sunday (June 7).Zverev had lost three Grand Slam finals in his career, but literally…
