BCCI secretary Jay Shah is likely to become the nest ICC chairman. According to several reports, he has emerged as the leading candidate to succeed Greg Barclay in the top post. To secure his nomination, the ICC requires a proposer and a seconder. Reports indicate that England and Australia areContinue Reading
Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut has been reprimanded by the BJP leadership after her remark on the farmers’ protest triggered a controversy. A clarification by the BJP accompanied the reproof: Ms Ranaut’s remark does not represent the party’s views. The BJP expresses disagreement with it. The BJP’s disapproval came a day afterContinue Reading
A California man sang “I love you” as he was shot five times by policemen after allegedly decapitating his parents in a gruesome double homicide. Joseph Brandon Gerdvil faces two charges of homicide for the murder of his mother, Antoinette, 79, and father, Ronald, 77. On July 9, the 41-year-oldContinue Reading
In a sharp response to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after she highlighted incidents of rape across India, the Centre has now flagged that Bengal has been allocated 123 fast-track courts to hear cases of rapes and child abuse, but many of them are not functional yet. Under fireContinue Reading
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Russia had carried out strikes on Ukraine using more than 100 missiles and around 100 drones. “It was one of the largest strikes — a combined one. More than a hundred missiles of various types and about a hundred ‘shaheds’,” Zelensky said in aContinue Reading
Pavel Durov, the CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, was arrested by French police on Saturday evening at Le Bourget airport. The billionaire founder, often referred to as “Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg”, was arrested on several charges including the alleged spread of criminal activity on Telegram, which has about 900Continue Reading
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 atContinue Reading
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 general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. Mr Banerjee, nephew of WestContinue Reading
Under fire over the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the Trinamool Congress today questioned demands for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s resignation. The ruling party in West Bengal said no demands for the Chief Minister’s exit are made when such incidents takeContinue Reading
A Lenovo computer salesman has found himself in a swirl of trouble, fired from his job after he says a bladder condition forced him to relieve himself in a lobby of his Times Square hotel. Richard Becker, 66, is seeking at least $1.5 million from the American subsidiary of theContinue Reading