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Two people have been arrested after a dead body was found in a bag at Dadar railway station in Mumbai. Mumbai Police have apprehended two suspects who were carrying the body in a suitcase on the train after committing the murder. Early Monday morning, Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) were conducting a luggage-checking operation when they discovered the body inside a suitcase. Upon interrogation, it was revealed that the murder took place in the jurisdiction of Pydhunie Police Station. According to the police, there was a dispute between the victim and the accused over a female…
India’s Full Schedule At Paris Olympics 2024, August 6: A new day brings fresh hope for India at the Paris Olympics 2024. After the disappointment of Lakshya Sen and skeet mixed team’s fourth place finish, Tuesday brings a lot of hope. The Indian men’s hockey team plays Germany with an aim of qualifying for the final. Celebrated wrestler Vinesh Phogat will also be in action. Apart from that, the man who will have the spotlight on him is Neeraj Chopra. Neeraj, who made history for India by becoming the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in the Olympics,…
Gautam Gambhir’s childhood coach Sanjay Bharadwaj has said that people often confuse Gambhir’s strive to win and achieve success with arrogance. Calling him a ‘kid’, Bharadwaj – who has shared a three-decade long association with Gambhir – came to the defence of his most famous disciple. Gambhir was recently appointed the head coach of Team India, after a title-winning IPL 2024 as mentor of the Kolkata Knight Riders. Whilst Gambhir’s clash of personalities with figures like MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli have been popularly portrayed, his coach believes he is misunderstood. Speaking to former U19 World Cup-winner Manjot Kalra on…
Ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s dramatic flight from Bangladesh in a helicopter on Monday under pressure from protesters and the army is far from a first in the South Asian nation. Since independence half a century ago, many of the country’s leaders have been forced to flee or had their time in office cut short by violent deaths. AFP looks back at five key points in Bangladesh’s turbulent history. 1975: assassinations and coups galore Formerly East Pakistan, Bangladesh emerged as a new nation in 1971 after a brutal war involving India. Independence hero Sheikh Mujibur Rahman became the country’s first prime…
Lakshya Sen’s heartbreaking loss to Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in the bronze medal match in the 2024 Paris Olympics has confirmed the Indian badminton contingent’s failure to win a medal at the Games. Following the loss, India’s badminton legend Prakash Padukone, the coach and mentor of the team, stated that it was “high time the players step up and win”. “All the support and finances needed to perform at the top level were given to the Indian players. It’s not like earlier times when our players lacked facilities and funds. So, it’s high time our players step up and…
Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, a staunch critic of communalism, has found an irony in ousted Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina’s escape in the face of deadly student-led protests. Ms Nasreen said Hasina had thrown her out of Bangladesh to “please Islamists”, and the “same Islamists” were part of the student movement that forced her to leave the country. “Hasina in order to please Islamists threw me out of my country in 1999 after I entered Bangladesh to see my mother in her deathbed and never allowed me to enter the country again. The same Islamists have been in the student…
Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin late last evening chaired a crucial meeting to discuss the formation of a military-backed caretaker government. Army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman, along with the head of the navy and airforce, and top leaders of several opposition parties including the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami party, attended the meeting. President Shahabuddin also ordered the release of jailed former prime minister and key opposition leader Khaleda Zia, hours after her arch-rival Sheikh Hasina was ousted. Army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman – in an address to the nation – yesterday announced that Sheikh Hasina had resigned and the Army would form an interim…
A US judge on Monday handed Google a major legal blow, ruling in a closely-watched anti-trust case that it has a monopoly with its dominant search engine. The landmark decision against a “big tech” giant could alter how the sector operates in future. District Court Judge Amit Mehta found that Google maintained a monopoly for search and for text ads through exclusive distribution agreements that made it the “default” option that people were likely to use on devices. “After having carefully considered and weighed the witness testimony and evidence, the court reaches the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and…
A rocket attack on a base in Iraq wounded multiple US personnel on Monday, officials said, adding to already heightened regional tensions over an expected Iranian counterattack on Israel. The rocket fire is the latest in a series of attacks targeting Ain al-Assad base in western Iraq, which hosts American troops as well as personnel from the US-led coalition against the Islamic State jihadist group. “There was a suspected rocket attack today against US and coalition forces” at the base, a US defense spokesperson said. “Initial indications are that several US personnel were injured.” “Base personnel are conducting a post-attack…
The Indian government has granted former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina an interim stay following the collapse of her government in the South Asian country on Monday, media reports said. During this period, India will offer comprehensive logistical support as Hasina pursues asylum in the UK, Daily Sun reported. Her stay in India is approved only temporarily, pending her relocation to Britain. Hasina, who resigned on Monday following unprecedented anti-government protests, is on her way to London through India. As of now, there has been no confirmation from the UK government regarding the grant of political asylum for the former…