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On Saturday night, all eyes will be on Budapest’s Puskas Arena as Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal FC square off in the UEFA Champions League final. Yet nearly 6,000 km away, the football fever is just as palpable. From packed local sports bars to late-night terrace parties, fans across the city are locking in their weekend…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a set of binding directions to all high courts across the country to ensure faster delivery of judgements and reduce delays in the judicial system.Invoking its special powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, a bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said reserved judgments…
Vladimir Putin (File photo) For years, Vladimir Putin has cultivated the image of an ageless strongman, riding horses shirtless, playing ice hockey and projecting physical endurance as a symbol of political authority. But behind the carefully staged displays of vigour lies a far deeper obsession now shaping Russian state policy: the pursuit of longevity.The latest…
The Boy Who Refused To Be Blocked BENGALURU: Long before he mastered Karnataka’s complex political equations, before he became the Congress party’s chief troubleshooter and one of the state’s most influential leaders, D K Shivakumar had already made up his mind about one thing: He was destined to lead.The signs were visible early. In the…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has apprehended a minor accused of setting a vehicle on fire after its owner refused to lend it to him in northwest Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar. Police said the boy was also allegedly brandishing weapons on social media in an attempt to create fear and assert criminal dominance in the area.Police said…
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday conducted coordinated searches at 12 locations across four states in connection with a Pakistan-linked terror conspiracy involving drone-delivered arms and alleged plans to carry out blasts in multiple Indian cities, officials said.According to officials, the raids were carried out in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and Rajasthan…
LUCKNOW: Sitapur police claimed to have solved the sensational murder of a self-styled occultist, popularly known as “Pardesi Baba”, with the arrest of the main accused who allegedly killed the occult practitioner believing that the latter had kept his mother under his influence for nearly two decades.The accused, identified as Nagendra (25) resident of Navinagar…
NEW DELHI: A state consumer commission has ordered an airline to pay Rs 50,000 compensation along with a full ticket refund of Rs 58,641 with interest and Rs 15,000 in litigation costs to two friends from Chandigarh who were stranded in Bali after their return flight was preponed without any prior notice.The State Consumer Disputes…
LUCKNOW: A violent assault on a local Samajwadi Party (SP) woman leader in Chandauli has triggered political reactions after the victim alleged that she was brutally attacked inside her home by the family members of her long-time business associate and claimed that a larger political conspiracy may have been behind the incident.The victim, Gargi Singh…
Rain lashed parts of Bengaluru from evening on May 29, bringing traffic to a stop Bengaluru: Ahead of the likely advance of southwest monsoon over Karnataka, intense premonsoon thundershowers swept across central and southwest Bengaluru Friday evening, flooding major roads and junctions, uprooting trees, and throwing traffic out of gear.According to India Meteorological Department (IMD),…
