A 16-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing nine-year-old Aria Thorpe claimed the fatal injury occurred during what he described as “playfighting”, BBC reported. The teenager denies murder and manslaughter charges over Aria’s death at a house in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, on December 15 last year.Prosecutor Ray Tully KC told Bristol Crown Court that the defendant…
NEW DELHI: In late 2020, during a pandemic-induced gap period before starting their freshman year at Stanford, Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra incorporated Kiranakart Technologies in Mumbai. After a pivot from a traditional grocery aggregator model to a hyper-local dark store network in mid-2021, they chose to officially drop out of their deferred university seats…
Ian McKellen recalls expressing his disdain for Donald Trump during the ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ shoot Ian McKellen is currently prepping for his return as Magneto in the upcoming ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ film, which is set to be released in December this year. During one of his latest appearances, while the veteran actor was sharing updates about filming…
HTET 2025 revised schedule The Board of School Education Haryana (BSEH), Bhiwani, has released the shift timings along with the revised schedule for the Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test (HTET) 2025. The examination is being conducted on July 4 and July 5, 2026.Earlier, the HTET 2025 examination was scheduled to be held on June 13 and…
India’s Nitish Kumar Reddy (PTI Photo) Nitish Kumar Reddy’s growing value to India’s ODI setup earned high praise from Sunil Gavaskar after the all-rounder’s impactful display in the opening ODI against Afghanistan in Dharamsala on Saturday.In the rain-shortened 25-over contest, India captain Shubman Gill opted to bowl first after winning the toss. Afghanistan made a…
Mumbai: The police have registered an FIR against the principals, secretaries and directors of 35 primary schools operating without recognition in the jurisdiction of Shivaji Nagar police station in Govandi, following a complaint by a BMC education official.The education department found that 164 primary schools across Mumbai were operating without authorisation during the academic year…
CHENNAI: In another setback for AIADMK, former health minister and Viralimalai MLA C Vijayabaskar resigned from the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Tuesday.Vijayabaskar is the fifth AIADMK MLA to resign since the 2021 Assembly election. With his resignation, the party’s strength in the House has come down to 42.He submitted his resignation to assembly speaker JCD…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will hear both sides in the Trinamool Congress split before deciding on a request by rebel MPs to merge their faction with the Nationalist Citizens Party (NCPI), ANI reported citing sources said.TMC sources, however, claimed that Abhishek Banerjee was not given a reasonable opportunity to present the party’s…
Foreign investors eligible for new 15-year residency permit in Kuwait Foreign investors looking to build long-term businesses in Kuwait could soon have a much stronger reason to stay.In a major policy shift aimed at attracting global capital, Kuwait has unveiled a new residency programme that will allow eligible foreign investors, business owners and senior executives…
MUMBAI: The West Asia peace deal between US and Iran which could eventually end the war in the region, lifted sensex by 736 points on Monday. The index closed at 76,264 points. The day also witnessed foreign funds turning net buyers of equities after remaining net sellers for days altogether, crude prices plunging more than…
