The legal battle over criminal cases registered against protesters associated with the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has widened, with Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar approaching the Supreme Court seeking permission to withdraw or quash cases arising from the protests held in July. The development follows the Centre’s move to seek the quashing of 13...
A 12.6-tonne liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker overturned on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Gujarat early Tuesday morning, disrupting traffic on the busy Vadodara-Bharuch stretch and prompting authorities to launch a precautionary emergency response. The incident occurred at around 1 am near Saraswani village in the Padra area of Vadodara district, when the LPG tanker collided...
An Indian citizen was among 12 people killed in a fresh wave of Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday, as Kyiv and surrounding areas faced another night of intense aerial bombardment. The latest assault marked the sixth consecutive day of Russian attacks targeting the Ukrainian capital and...
The Madras High Court has directed its Registry to number a plea filed by retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer G. Sampath Kumar in connection with cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s ₹100 crore defamation lawsuit. The development comes as the long-running legal dispute, which originated from allegations surrounding the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) betting and...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called on the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to adopt a united and uncompromising approach against terrorism, urging member states to dismantle the entire ecosystem that enables terrorist activities. Addressing the 26th SCO Leadership Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Modi said the international community must go beyond targeting individual terrorist organisations and...
Police in Bihar’s Aurangabad district have arrested two men in connection with the alleged gang rape of a minor girl, while efforts are underway to trace another accused who remains absconding. According to the available details, the incident came to light in the district after the minor was allegedly sexually assaulted by multiple men. The...
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted searches at seven locations across Chhattisgarh as part of its investigation into alleged irregularities in the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) recruitment process. The premises of K K Chandrakar, who served as a personal assistant to former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, were among the locations searched by the...
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music have launched a major copyright battle against artificial intelligence company Anthropic, accusing it of using copyrighted songs, lyrics and musical compositions without permission to train its Claude AI models. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Northern California, is the latest escalation in a growing confrontation between...
An IndiGo flight travelling from Goa to Delhi was forced to make an emergency landing on Tuesday morning after the aircraft experienced an engine-related problem shortly after take-off. The flight returned safely to Goa, and all passengers and crew members were reported to be safe. The incident involved IndiGo flight 6E 2102, which was operating...
Popular rapper Badshah and actor Isha Rikhi have announced their decision to end their marriage, just five months after tying the knot. The couple confirmed their separation in a joint statement, saying that the decision was made mutually and with respect for each other. The announcement has brought an unexpected end to their brief marriage,...