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…
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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…
A man from Andhra Pradesh, said to the kingpin in a massive organ trade racket, has been arrested from Hyderabad. Bellamkonda Ram Prasad, 41, also known as Prathapan, was tasked with finding donors who would match recipients, the police said. Investigations in the Nedumbassery case that surfaced in Kerala, indicated that Prasad facilitated over 60 per cent of donor matches — none resulted in rejection. The police believe that he conducted preliminary testing at labs in Hyderabad to verify compatibility, a key point in transplantation. A well-known real estate entrepreneur in the Hyderabad and Vijayawada, Prasad was arrested by the…
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch has married for the fifth time at age 93, tying the knot with a retired molecular biologist a quarter century younger than him. Murdoch and Elena Zhukova, 67, were wedded Saturday at the media mogul’s California vineyard and estate, called Moraga. Photographs published in The Sun, the British tabloid owned by Murdoch, show the couple posing and smiling — he in a black suit and yellow tie and she in an off-the-shoulder white gown as she clutched a bouquet of lilies of the valley. Jet-set guests at the nuptials included Robert Kraft, 82, the owner of…
Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has demanded a report from the ruling Trinamool Congress on the violence in Sandeshkhali on poll day. But he was met with a rebuff. Senior party leader Shashi Panja said the Governor should “first explain what is the status of the sexual harassment probe against him”. The letter posted on X, formerly Twitter, from Raj Bhavan, mentioned that the Governor has kept a “close watch on the evolving situation during the last phase of the elections in the state”. “Such ghastly incidents of violence in Sandeshkhali, particularly on women, are the manifestations of the frustration…
Two small planes collided midair Sunday during an air show performance in southern Portugal, the air force said, with media reporting that one of the pilots was killed. “The air force regrets to announce that at 4:05 pm (1505 GMT), at the Beja Air Show, two planes were the victim of an accident during an aerial demonstration” involving six aircraft, it said in a short statement. Portuguese media reported that the pilot of one of the aircraft had died. They identified the aircraft as two Yakovlev Yak-52, a Soviet-designed aerobatic training model. The air force said emergency services were at…