The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised Israeli citizens currently staying in the Maldives to consider leaving the country, following the Maldivian government’s announcement of a decision to amend its laws to ban Israeli nationals from entering on Sunday. “If Israelis who are currently in the Maldives encounter trouble, it will be difficult for us to assist them,” the Ministry said as quoted by Xinhua news agency report. It also recommended that Israeli citizens refrain from travelling to the Muslim-majority island nation, even if they hold a second passport from another country. The entry ban on Israelis was adopted during…
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Four people were killed when their CNG car caught fire in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut on Sunday, police said. Superintendent of Police (Rural) Kamlesh Bahadur told PTI, “Four people travelling in a car from Delhi were burnt alive at around 9 pm.” Police are yet to ascertain the identities of those killed. “The car had a CNG kit fitted in it. The cause of the fire is still not clear. Efforts are being made to identify the killed and to reach out to their families,” said the officer.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and…
Donald Trump has suggested that sending him to prison could prove a “breaking point” for his supporters — a warning that will fuel concerns of political violence around the US presidential election on November 5. In an interview aired Sunday on Fox News, the former president and current Republican White House hopeful acknowledged the possibility of jail time or house arrest following his historic criminal conviction in a hush money trial. “I’m ok with it,” Trump said, but added he was “not sure the public would stand for it.” “I think it would be tough for the public to take.…
Thirteen persons, including four children, died and 15 were injured after their tractor-trolley overturned at 8pm on Sunday night in Piplodi in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh district, an official said. Of the injured, 13 have been admitted in the district hospital while two have been rushed to Bhopal for advanced care due to wounds to the head and chest, Rajgarh Collector Harsh Dikshit told PTI over phone. “The toll is unlikely to go up since the two severely injured persons are out of danger,” he said. The victims were members of a marriage party that had come from Motipura village in neighbouring Rajasthan and was on its way to Kulampur here, another official said.…
Mumbai Police on Sunday clarified that a false complaint was filed against actor Raveena Tandon with the Khar Police, accusing her of being drunk, rash driving and assault. Ms Tandon shared a screenshot of a post from ‘Viral Bhayani’ on ‘X’ saying that the complainant filed a false complaint in the case and after checking the CCTV footage it was found that Raveena’s car did not hit anyone and she was not drunk. The post said that while speaking to a Mumbai-based daily, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Rajtilak Roshan of Zone 9 said that the complaint was false. “The…
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has opened up on the team’s playing combination for the T20 World Cup, as far as the wicketkeeping department is concerned. India have picked two wicketkeepers — Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson — in the 15-man squad for the tournament. While Samson had good season with the bat in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Pant also made a sensational comeback to competitive cricket in the same tournament. Weighing in on the debate as to who should be India’s first choice between the two, Gavaskar suggested that Pant should walk into the team on the basis…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the exit poll predictions were not consistent with the ground reality as they were “manufactured at home” two months back. She claimed that such exit polls have no value, and criticised the press for showing them. “We had seen how the exit polls were conducted in 2016, 2019 and 2021. None of the predictions had turned out to be true,” she told TV9-Bangla. “These exit polls were manufactured at home by some people two months back for the media consumption. They have no value,” she added. Ms Banerjee said the response…
The price of Amul milk across all variants has been hiked by Rs 2 per litre with effect from Monday in view of the increase in the overall cost of operation and production of milk, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) said. With this, the price of the Amul milk pouch will go up by Rs 2 per litre in all markets across the country. The price of Amul milk across all variants has been raised by Rs 2 per litre with effect from June 3, said Jayen Mehta, MD of GCMMF, which markets the milk and dairy products under…
Much waters have flown down Teesta and Rangeet rivers since Prem Singh Tamang rebelled against the then Sikkim chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling and subsequently formed his own party, the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, in 2013. Fifteen years after quitting the Sikkim Democratic Front in 2009, he decimated Mr Chamling’s party, scripting history by winning 31 of 32 assembly seats in the Himalayan state in 2024. Only twice before, in 1989 and 2009, had political parties, the Sikkim Sangram Parishad and the SDF, respectively, registered such landslide victories. Fifty-six-year-old Tamang, regarded as an able organiser, administrator and fiery politician, rode on…
Team India talisman Virat Kohli has no role to play as the men’s side took on Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup 2024 warm-up game on Saturday. Virat, who reached the United States late, was rested for the match, but the same can’t be said about the security team assigned to the marquee batter. In a video that has emerged on social media, Kohli could be seen surrounded by heavy police force and security officials as he arrived at the ground in Nassau County where India took on the Bangla Tigers in the warm-up game. Virat undoubtedly remains the biggest…