Anojan Sivarasa’s family has claimed that he was sentenced to death over a social media post allegedly amounting to blasphemy A Sri Lankan opposition lawmaker on Saturday urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to seek Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention in the case of a young Sri Lankan Tamil facing judicial proceedings in Saudi Arabia.In making…
Imagine a Midwestern town with a swimming pool, a golf course and a movie theatre located in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, several hundred kilometres upriver from anything resembling a city. While it might sound like something from a set of a movie, it’s not. In 1927, Henry Ford, the legend who put America…
Zubeen Garg’s first death anniversary: Wife Garima Garg says family says legal process is ongoing, ‘We are still waiting for that answer and we have to get that justice’ Assam is remembering singer-composer Zubeen Garg on his first death anniversary with music, prayers and cultural programmes. The celebrated artiste, who was also an actor and…
Pawan Sehrawat and Manu Bhaker (Image credit: X NEW DELHI: India kabaddi star Pawan Sehrawat could not sleep after learning that he would carry the Indian flag at the Asian Games 2026 opening ceremony.Sehrawat was named India’s co-flag-bearer alongside double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker after a late change. Tajinderpal Singh Toor, who was earlier named…
Representative Image (AI-generated) A barrier that had blocked migratory fish for decades disappeared in California in 2025, and salmon soon followed the newly opened route. Crews relocated a Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) natural-gas pipeline and buried the new section about 20 feet below Alameda Creek near Sunol, then removed the concrete structure that had…
The student’s family alleged casteism and institutional torture led to the extreme step MUMBAI: Powai Police registered a case of abetment of suicide on Saturday in connection with the death of a student at the IIT-Bombay campus the previous day.Police said the FIR is lodged against multiple people responsible for the suicide. The family has…
Student organisations at Savitribai Phule Pune University are demanding the university cover a Rs10 meal rate increase. PUNE: Student organisations at Savitribai Phule Pune University demanded the university bear the additional Rs10 cost in meal rate, instead of the students.The university, through a Sept 17 circular, increased meal rates by Rs10 per thali across all…
Bittu was detained by the Ludhiana Police and whisked away to an undisclosed location NEW DELHI: BJP leader and former Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu was detained by Ludhiana Police on Saturday after he protested with eggs and tomatoes as chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s cavalcade passed through Ludhiana.Bittu was detained by the Ludhiana Police and…
File photo: US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Friday defended a Russian oligarch’s role in funding celebrations around his son Donald Trump Jr’s wedding in the Bahamas, saying the arrangement was “totally allowed” but that his son had told him he was paying the money back.Trump said he had previously asked his…
Sobhita Dhulipala is set to headline Pa. Ranjith’s upcoming Mallakhamba-based sports drama ‘Vettuvam’. The actor has undergone intensive physical preparation for the action-heavy film, training in traditional physical and martial arts forms to prepare for her role.According to a report by IANS, speaking about the experience, Sobhita said the preparation pushed her towards a new…
