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Chennai: Superstar actor Rajinikanth and Tamil Nadu Minister Durai Murugan patched up Monday – declaring each other “old friends” – after a spat over the former’s praise for Chief Minister MK Stalin and his handling “senior students who refuse to leave class”. Rajinikanth’s comment was widely seen as a dig at veteran politicians within the…
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Uber said it would appeal the fine. (Representational) The Hague, Netherlands: The Dutch data protection watchdog said Monday it hit ride-hailing app Uber with a 290-million-euro ($324 million) fine over the transfer of personal data of European drivers to US servers. The regulator said the transfers were a “serious violation” of the European Union’s General…
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The accused, Akshay Shinde. was arrested after an FIR was filed against him. Mumbai: In the wake of public outrage over the sexual assault of two Class IV girls in Maharashtra’s Badlapur, the state government proposed the installation of panic buttons in schools and hostels to improve women’s safety. “Just like CCTVs in schools, panic…
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A British woman on Sunday celebrated her 102nd birthday by skydiving out of a plane and said she hoped her daredevil antics might inspire other elderly people to stay active. Manette Baillie said it was “a bit scary”, adding “I must admit I shut my eyes very firmly.” Ms. Baillie told BBC radio she just…
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S8UL Esports, India’s leading esports and gaming content organization, further solidified its position as a global leader in gaming content creation by winning the ‘Content Group of the Year’ award for the third consecutive year at the Esports Awards 2024 on Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This unprecedented achievement, which makes S8UL…
Ahmedabad SG Pipers’ Manush Shah and Bernadette Szocs in action© UTT Both U Mumba TT and Ahmedabad SG Pipers will be aiming to grab their second win of Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 when they meet at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium on Tuesday. The two teams have recorded mirrored results from their opening…
Abhishek Banerjee is a Lok Sabha MP and Trinamool Congress’s national general secretary Kolkata: Amid a social media storm over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata, the West Bengal child rights body has taken note of a rape threat to the 11-year-old daughter of Trinamool Congress MP and the party’s national…
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File image of Waqar Younis© AFP The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday named stalwarts Misbah-ul-Haq, Saqlain Mushtaq, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shoaib Malik and Waqar Younis as mentors of five teams taking part in the Champions Cup domestic tournament. The big names in Pakistan cricket have been appointed mentors on three-year contracts following a transparent…
Followers of the minority Hindu faith held prayers and took out processions in Bangladesh on Monday (August 26, 2024). This is the biggest Hindu festival since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government earlier this month. Temples in Dhaka and in other cities held Kirtan and Geeta Yagya as thousands of Hindus were seen visiting…
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At least three people have been killed and 48 others wounded when a bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims crashed into a truck in southern Iran, state media reported Monday (August 26, 2024). In recent days, Shiite Muslims have been heading to Iraq for a major ritual, with Pakistanis often travelling through Iran to attend the Arbaeen…
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