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East Bengal players celebrate with the trophy after their team’s victory in the Indian Super League (ISL) 2026 football match against Inter Kashi, in Kolkata, on May 21, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI East Bengal FC roared back from a goal down to defeat Inter Kashi FC 2-1 and emerged the new Indian Super League…
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U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (May 21, 2026) returned to a more definitive tone on controlling Iran’s uranium. Last week, Mr. Trump suggested that he might be OK with some 970 pounds of highly enriched uranium believed to be buried beneath Iranian nuclear facilities that…
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A video uploaded by IndicSociety on X showed club-goers in Kolkata dancing to the song ‘Hamba Hamba’ inside Roots, a nightclub in the city. ‘Hamba Hamba’ an imitation of the bellowing of cows, taken from Mamata Banerjee’s speech in Murshidabad delivered ahead of the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, has now been remixed into…
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The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 21, 2026) declined to interfere with the environmental clearances granted to the Adani Group’s coal block project in Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli district, pointing to the delay in challenging the approvals. A Bench comprising Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe was hearing a plea filed by environmental activist Ajay Dubey…
Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Gunmen opened fire in two separate attacks on Thursday (May 21, 2026) on the Honduran coast, killing at least 16 people, including six police officers, police said. The first incident took place at a ranch in the municipality of Trujillo in northern Honduras, where at least 10 workers…
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Supreme Court had put on hold trials in sedition cases pending before courts until the government completed its promised exercise “to re-examine and re-consider” the colonial-era provision. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Four years after putting on hold trials in sedition cases in courts across the country, the Supreme Court on Thursday (May 21, 2026)…
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Representative image. | Photo Credit: Reuters An Air India aircraft from Bengaluru, with 160 passengers on board, made an emergency landing at the Delhi airport due to suspected engine fire on Thursday (May 21, 2026) evening, sources said. The crew followed all standard operating procedures and landed the aircraft safely at the Delhi airport. All…
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The rescued persons receive their release certificates from revenue officials on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Three children aged between 13 and 17 years were among seven persons from the Irular community who were rescued from a brick kiln in Minnal village near Arakkonam town in Ranipet on Thursday. Revenue officials said that the rescued…
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A 19-year-old youth was fatally stabbed by a five-member gang in Triplicane on Wednesday, after he allegedly confronted them over the theft of his mobile phone. The deceased was identified as Ajay, a resident of Ram Nagar in Triplicane. The Ice House police arrested all five accused and altered the case from attempt to murder…
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Transport and taxi unions across Delhi-NCR have launched a 3-day strike from May 21-23. A three-day strike called by transport and taxi unions disrupted daily life across Delhi-NCR on Thursday, leaving commuters stranded for long hours and affecting the supply of goods to markets. Transport unions, led by the All India Motor Transport Congress under…
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