Category: NEWS

Bundles of cash worth Rs 50 lakh hidden inside a spare tyre of a vehicle were seized today in poll-bound Jharkhand. The recovery was made at a checkpoint during vehicle inspection in the Deori police station area, located on the Jharkhand-Bihar border in Giridih. An investigation into the source and purpose of the money has…

In an attempt to make a viral social media post, three students in Karnataka’s Hassan district placed a cracker inside a transparent plastic bag full of petrol and exploded it in front of a stationary fuel tanker. All three were arrested, produced in court and let off with a warning after paying a fine. The…

Amid a rise in global demand for it, India today successfully completed the flight-test of its advanced guided weapon system Pinaka. During the test, the Pinaka system’s range, accuracy, consistency and rate of fire for multiple target engagement in a salvo mode were assessed. “Defence Research and Development Organisation or DRDO has successfully completed the…

A five-year-old boy stood right up unscathed after being run over by a car in Madhya Pradesh. This miraculous escape was caught on CCTV, showing the boy safe and uninjured after a car’s wheel ran over him. The incident happened in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul.  The boy, Saransh Yadav, was riding his bicycle in front of…

Reliance Industries and Walt Disney on Thursday completed the $8.5 billion merger of their Indian media assets, which have been split into three divisions, with each unit having its own CEO. The companies said the newly formed divisions are entertainment, which houses Reliance’s Colours TV channels and Disney’s Star; digital, home to online streaming platforms…

The Iranian state is planning to open a treatment clinic for women who flout the mandatory hijab laws that require them to cover their heads in public. Announcing the opening of a “hijab removal treatment clinic”, Mehri Talebi Darestani, the head of the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion of…

India will follow up a November 10 request to Canada to extradite terrorist Arshdeep Gill, alias Arsh Dalla, the de facto chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. In a statement on X, the ministry said a court in Canada’s Ontario had listed its extradition request for hearing and that…

Political rivals Joe Biden and Donald Trump met at the White House, with the outgoing president promising a smooth transition of power to the president-elect. Their meeting began awkwardly, marking the first time they had come face-to-face since a heated presidential debate in June that led to Biden dropping out of the race. During their…

New Zealand’s youngest MP Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke, who shot to viral fame after she performed a haka during her maiden speech in parliament last year, is back in the limelight after once again staging the traditional Maori dance and ripping up a copy of a contentious bill during a House session. A viral video of…

The International Cricket Council (ICC) finds itself in a precarious situation over next year’s Champions Trophy. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has already shut down the idea of sending the Indian men’s cricket team to Pakistan for the event, leaving the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) fuming. PCB, who have the legal…