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A 23-year-old man allegedly died by suicide after he was sexually assaulted by four men, one of whom he knew through social media, officials said on Monday. The accused allegedly recorded the assault that happened in a hotel on Thursday and demanded extortion money from the victim, threatening that otherwise they would post the video online, they said. The victim allegedly died by suicide late night on Friday, hours after police lodged an FIR in the case. His body was found by family members on Saturday morning. Police arrested three of the accused on Saturday and they are still searching…
As the world’s two oldest and largest democracies, the United States and India share a unique bond of friendship and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s visit will further deepen the partnership to create a safer and more prosperous Indo-Pacific, the White House has said. Sullivan is visiting New Delhi from June 17 to 18, in the first trip to India by a senior Biden administration official after the Modi government came to power for the third term. Sullivan met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval on Monday. “As the world’s two oldest and largest democracies, the…
Nationalist Congress Party (SP) leader Rohit Pawar on Monday claimed 18 to 19 MLAs of the ruling NCP led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will cross over to their side after the upcoming monsoon session of the state legislature. Talking to reporters, Rohit Pawar maintained there are several NCP MLAs who have never spoken ill against party founder Sharad Pawar and other senior leaders after the July 2023 split in the outfit. “But they have to attend the legislature session and get development funds for their constituencies. So they will wait till the session ends (before making switch…
Former Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who had offered US billionaire Elon Musk a “tutorial” on Indian Electronic Voting Machines, today doubled down on his argument, saying going by the Tesla chief’s logic, “every Tesla car can be hacked”. Responding to Mr Musk’s claim that “everything can be hacked”, Mr Chandrasekhar, who headed the Union ministry of Electronics and Information Technology during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second tenure, said, “I think he is factually incorrect in saying that”. “A calculator or a toaster cannot be hacked. Therefore, there is a limit in terms of where this paradigm of hacking can extend,”…
Senior Karnataka BJP leader and former MLC, M.B. Bhanuprakash (69), passed away on Monday due to a heart attack after participating in a protest against the fuel price hike introduced by the Congress government in the state on Saturday. Soon after the protest at the Gopi Circle in Shivamogga city, Bhanuprakash collapsed. Although he was rushed to a private hospital by the BJP workers, he was declared dead there. The body has been sent to his native place, Muttur. Mr Bhanuprakash, a dedicated RSS worker, served as the state BJP Vice President. Karnataka BJP chief B.Y. Vijayendra said the sudden…
Austria vs France LIVE Score, Euro 2024: France are 1-0 at half-time against Austria in a Group D clash in Euro 2024 on Tuesday. France enter Euro 2024 as one of the favourites with the likes of Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Greizmann adding to the star power in Didier Deschamps’ side. France won the World Cup in 2018 and finished runners-up in 2022 when they were beaten by Argentina. They also won the UEFA Nations League 2021 but Euros is the only title that has evaded Deschamps since he became the head coach in 2012. Austria finished second in their qualification…
A ruling Congress MLA in Telangana on Monday landed in a controversy after his Bakrid greetings on social media included a graphic image of a cow, drawing sharp response from the BJP. The Congress legislator, Kumbam Anil Kumar Reddy, later apologised for the “inadvertent error”, even as the post was removed from all related social media accounts. The poster was supposed to have the image of a goat and it has now been removed from social media platforms, he said. BJP MLA Raja Singh, taking exception to the image of a cow in Mr Reddy’s Bakrid greetings, alleged Hindus are…
Shabana Azmi was bowled over by Kartik Aaryan’s stellar performance in Kabir Khan’s directorial Chandu Champion. The film veteran shared an appreciation post on her Instagram feed. Shabana Azmi shared a picture in which she can be seen kissing Kartik Aaryan on his cheek. She wrote in the caption, “I was deeply moved by Kabir Khan’s film Chandu Champion and I loved Kartik Aryan’s portrayal. He played it with an almost child determination with an extremely winsome smile which prevented him from projecting it as arrogance. Vijay Raaz as the coach is v effective. It’s a real life story and…
Ananya Panday attended the Swarovski ‘Masters of Light’ exhibition in Milan recently. The Kho Gaye Hum Kahan actor shared stunning pictures from the event. For the event, Ananya chose a blingy green dress. She styled her hair in a bun. She amped up her glamour quotient with stacked wristlets and dewy makeup. Sharing an inside video from the event, Ananya wrote in the caption, “Thrilled to be a part of Swarovski’s landmark travelling exhibition, ‘Masters of Light’, European premiere in Milan. The exhibition maps a journey through time and space across Swarovski’s storied history, from its foundation in Austria in…
A newly elected MP of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) on Monday found himself at the centre of a controversy for laments about “Muslims and Yadavs” not voting for the BJP-led NDA. In a video clip that has gone viral on social media, Sitamarhi MP Devesh Chandra Thakur can also be heard ruing that “NDA’s own voters” gravitated towards the opposition RJD. Mr Thakur, 71, a former chairman of the state legislative council, made his parliamentary debut in the recently held Lok Sabha polls, winning the seat by a modest margin of less than 55,000 votes. “I did not…