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Acknowledging growing discontent among INDIA bloc partners with the Congress, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asked the party to justify its leadership role in the alliance instead of taking it for granted. Abdullah, while recognising the Congress’ significant position as a pan-India party and the largest opposition in Parliament, emphasised that leadership…

A woman in her 30s in Kolkata rejected the advances of her brother-in-law. Refusing to accept the rejection, he first strangled her, then beheaded her, cut her body into three pieces, and then dumped the parts in a garbage vat behind a multi-storey building in south Kolkata’s posh Tollygunge neighbourhood.  The severed head, found Friday…

As Travis Head and Steve Smith put giant runs on the board on Day 2 of the third Test at the Gabba, Indian players’ shoulders dropped and so did skipper Rohit Sharma‘s ability to think clearly. Be it Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Ravindra Jadeja, or Nitish Reddy, none of the pacers seemed to…

Mukesh Khanna, best known for his iconic portrayal of Shaktimaan, recently revealed that he turned down an offer from Yash Raj Films’ Aditya Chopra to sell the rights to the beloved superhero character. While the actor acknowledged that Pushpa 2 star Allu Arjun could potentially make a fitting choice to lead a Shaktimaan reboot, he…

A remark by Kolkata mayor and senior Trinamool Congress leader Firhad Hakim, in which he said Muslims could become a “bigger majority than the majority”, has sparked a massive row. West Bengal BJP chief and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar has described Mr Hakim’s remarks as “pure venom” and accused him of “openly inciting communal hatred…

A 27-year-old Iranian singer has been arrested after performing in a virtual concert on YouTube without wearing a hijab, Times of Israel reported.  Parastoo Ahmady was detained on Saturday in the city of Sari, in Mazandaran province, around 280 km from Iran’s capital Tehran, according to her lawyer Milad Panahipour. Her arrest followed a case…

Full of life and energy, Virat Kohli looked his usual self as he grabbed some fine catches in the slips on Day 2 of the third Test between India and Australia. It was Jasprit Bumrah who set the tone in the first session on Sunday, bagging the wickets of Usman Khawaja and Nathan McSweeney, before…

The Sambhal administration on Friday reopened a temple locked since 1978 following communal riots in the town. Officials said the temple, a stone’s throw from the Shahi Jama Masjid, was opened after authorities “stumbled” on it during an anti-encroachment drive. The Bhasma Shankar temple houses an idol of Lord Hanuman and a Shivling. The temple…

A 25-year-old man was killed when a state-run electric bus hit him in Mumbai last night, officials said. The accident took place when the bus, hired by the civic-run Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking on a wet-lease basis, hit the victim, Dikshit Vinod Rajput, while he was riding his two-wheeler. The bus was…

Law enforcement agencies on Saturday arrested four people for vandalising and damaging a Hindu temple and houses and shops of the community in Sunamganj district in north Bangladesh. Police also filed a case against 12 named persons and 150-170 unidentified people. Alim Hossain, 19, Sultan Ahmed Raju, 20, Imran Hossain, 31, and Shajahan Hossain, 20,…