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Guwahati/Morigaon, July 10 An activist was arrested in Assam for allegedly hurting religious sentiments during a street play, in which he, dressed as Lord Shiva, was seen arguing with a woman, who enacted the role of Goddess Parvati, when their motorcycle ran out of petrol, a police officer said…

Panaji, July 10Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar on Sunday cancelled the notification for election to the post of Deputy Speaker, which was scheduled for July 12.The move comes amid speculation that some Congress MLAs in the 40-member House may cross over to the ruling BJP.The order, issued by Legislature Secretary…

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, July 10 Notwithstanding Jammu and Kashmir administration’s assurances of safety, Vishal Raina does not want to return to Kashmir. He can’t overcome his perpetual sense of fear rooted in a spate of recent targeted killings of Hindus and non-locals. Caught between hope and despair since the…

New Delhi, July 10 In a fresh move indicating he is inching towards the BJP, expelled Congress MLA in the Haryana Assembly Kuldeep Bishnoi on Sunday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and president of the ruling party Jagat Prakash Nadda and praised them. Earlier, Bishnoi was expelled from…

New Delhi, July 10 In a fresh move indicating he is inching towards the BJP, expelled Congress MLA in the Haryana Assembly Kuldeep Bishnoi on Sunday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and president of the ruling party Jagat Prakash Nadda and praised them. Earlier, Bishnoi was expelled from…

Colombo, July 10 The anti-government protesters in Sri Lanka who stormed embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence have claimed to have recovered millions of rupees inside his mansion, according to a media report on Sunday. A video is being shared on social media showing the protesters counting the currency notes…

Colombo, July 10Sri Lankan Army chief General Shavendra Silva on Sunday said that an opportunity to resolve the current political crisis in a peaceful manner is now available and sought the people’s support to maintain peace in the island nation, hours after embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa agreed to step down…

Colombo, July 9 Chamila Nilanthi is tired of all the waiting. The 47-year-old mother of two spent three days lining up to get kerosene in the Sri Lankan town of Gampaha, northeast of the capital, Colombo. Two weeks earlier she spent three days in a queue for cooking gas –…

Chandigarh, July 10 Actor Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor are expecting their first child together. The couple’s announcing the same on social media last month sparked rumours of it being a promotional stunt for their upcoming movie ‘Brahmastra’. However, Ranbir Kapoor has broken silence over the speculations and trolls circling…

Colombo, July 10 Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa plans to step down, the country’s parliamentary speaker said on Saturday, bowing to intense pressure after a violent day of protests in which demonstrators stormed the president’s official residence and set fire to the prime minister’s home in Colombo. The announcement, following…

NEW DELHI, JULY 9 In a decree that gave no reason for the move, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the sacking of Ukraine’s ambassadors to Germany, India, Czech Republic, Norway and Hungary. The sacking of Ukraine’s long-serving Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk came days after he called German Chancellor Olaf…

I have spent the past one week sharing with people my journey with my memoir, something I started working on about 20 years ago. I had written three to four chapters around that time. But then life and work caught up, and that kept me away from the book. I…

S oon after completing his Bar-at-law in London in 1927, my father Gurbakhsh Singh Gyani started his legal practice in Khanewal, then a tehsil of Multan district (in 1985, it became a district of the Punjab province of Pakistan). By 1947, he was well established as a criminal lawyer and…

New Delhi, July 9Thousands of anti-government protesters stormed into the President’s House on Saturday, forcing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee with his family for an unknown destination. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s house was set on fire by the protesters as Sri Lanka slid further into the economic morass.Before…