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Sirish Bharadwaj, the former husband of Sreeja Konidela, who is the younger sister of Telugu actor Ram Charan and the daughter of megastar Chiranjeevi, died on Wednesday. According to media reports, Sirish died due to health complications related to lung damage. Despite being admitted to the hospital, his condition deteriorated, leading to his untimely demise. The news of Sirish’s passing was shared by actress Sri Reddy on social media. The actress posted an old picture of Sirish on her X and wrote, “Rest in peace, Sirish.” Sirish made headlines in 2007 when he married Sreeja in an Arya Samaj temple…
In the punishing heatwave, passengers on a SpiceJet flight from Delhi to Bihar’s Darbhanga were forced to sit inside the aircraft without air-conditioning for over an hour. Passengers could be seen fanning themselves frantically in the packed flight, in videos that are viral. In one video, passengers are seen using brochures, magazines, handkerchiefs and whatever they can get their hands on to fan themselves briskly. Many wipe sweat off their faces. Several passengers reportedly felt unwell sitting in the heat for so long. #WATCH | SpiceJet passengers travelling from Delhi to Darbhanga (SG 476) had to wait inside an aircraft…
Congress’s Mallikarjun Kharge has written to the Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha chairman, requesting that the statues of national icons — Mahatma Gandhi, Shivaji, BR Ambedkar and others — be returned to their original spots. The statues have been relocated to Prerna Sthal, a dedicated area at the back of the Parliament Complex. The decision has been strongly criticised by Opposition parties, who are demanding a rollback. Mr Kharge had posted his views on X on Sunday – when Prerna Sthal was inaugurated — pointing out that the dedicated committee for such purposes, which contains MPs from both Houses,…
As north India reels under a record-breaking heatwave, a sustainable habitat expert has explained why India’s big cities are turning into heat islands and reporting unprecedented night temperatures. Rajneesh Sareen leads the Sustainable Habitat Programme at Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment. Speaking to NDTV on what is driving the abnormally high night temperatures, he explained, “The construction and concretisation in big cities like Delhi have gone up significantly. Concrete buildings absorb heat through the day and release it at night. This is why minimum temperatures are rising in big cities,” said Mr Sareen, programme director for Sustainable…
You must be living under a rock, if you haven’t heard about the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024. The Super 8 stage of the cricket carnival will kick off on Wednesday, June 19. Among the top 8 teams, India will be fighting to secure a place in the semi-finals. Fans, including us, are cheering for Rohit Sharma and his men who will meet Afghanistan on June 20. Oh, and, not to miss everyone’s favourite, Virat Kohli. Fans are super excited to see the flamboyant batter show his skills on the field. Aren’t you? Now, answer this — who should play…
Haris Rauf is making headlines since a video of the Pakistan cricket team star charging towards a trolling fan went viral on Wednesday. In the video it can bee seen that Rauf and his wife were walking down a path, when a group of people said something towards them. Some of those people were wearing Pakistan jersey. In a viral video, Rauf was even referring to the man as “Indian hi hai ye (he must be Indian).” However, the man replied saying: “Pakistani hoon (I am from Pakistan)”. Kalesh b/w a Fan and Pakistani Bowler Haris Rauf (Haris Rauf Fight His…
A US banking giant fired more than a dozen employees for “simulating keyboard activity,” highlighting a battle within productivity-obsessed corporate America to tame a culture of faking work with gizmos such as mouse jigglers. The sackings by Wells Fargo come as employers use sophisticated tools — popularly called “tattleware” or “bossware” — on company-issued devices to monitor productivity in the age of hybrid work that took off after the COVID-19 pandemic. Some workers seek to outsmart them with tools such as mouse movers — which simulate cursor movement, preventing their devices from going into sleep mode and making them appear…
Two terrorists have been killed in a fierce encounter that broke out today in Jammu and Kashmir’s Hadipora village in the Baramulla district of the Union Territory. The encounter started after security forces and the police launched a search operation to track down the hiding terrorists. “Two bodies are seen at the encounter site. Both the terrorists have been killed. Their identity is yet to be ascertained” Mr VK Birdi, inspector general police told NDTV. The encounter in Jammu and Kashmir broke out a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the capital Srinagar. This will be the Prime…
A strategic partnership pact signed by the leaders of Russia and North Korea on Wednesday includes a mutual defence clause under which each country agrees to help the other repel external aggression, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “The comprehensive partnership agreement signed today provides, among other things, for mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one of the parties to this agreement,” Putin was quoted as saying by state news agency TASS.(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) Original Source
Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi – in India as part of a bipartisan delegation of American lawmakers – met the Dalai Lama Wednesday and, hours later, launched a ferocious attack on China and dismissed President Xi Jinping. “His Holiness the Dalai Lama will live a long time and his legacy will live forever, but you, the President, will be gone and nobody will give you credit for anything.” “The Dalai Lama would not approve my saying this… that I am criticising the Chinese government. He would say, ‘Let’s pray for Nancy to rid her of negative attitudes.’ But I…