A HOTELIERS association in Tripura has said its members would not serve Bangladeshi guests in view of the insult meted out to the Indian flag in the neighbouring country. The All Tripura Hotel & Restaurant Owners' Association (ATHROA) general secretary, Saikat Bandyopadhyay, said the decision was taken at an emergency…
TWO-TIME Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu will tie the knot on December 22 in Udaipur. The former world champion, who ended a long title drought with victory at the Syed Modi International in Lucknow on Sunday, will marry Hyderabad-based Venkata Datta Sai, who is an executive director at Posidex Technologies.…
GOOGLE CEO Sundar Pichai has been issued a contempt notice by a Mumbai court after its subsidiary YouTube failed to comply with an earlier order to take down an allegedly defamatory video targeting an animal welfare NGO. On November 21, the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court in Ballard Pier questioned…
A COURT in Delhi has convicted five men of culpable homicide and unlawful assembly charges in a 2020 northeast Delhi rioting case where a mob brutally killed a man. The court, however, acquitted two men of all charges. Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala was hearing the case registered by the…
INDIA on Monday described as "deeply regrettable" an incident of breach of premises at the Bangladesh assistant high commission in Agartala and said consular properties should not be targeted under any circumstances. The comments by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) came hours after thousands of people took out a…
THE SUSPENSE over who will be Maharashtra’s new chief minister will end on December 4, when the BJP legislature party elects its new leader, a senior party functionary said on Monday. Earlier in the day, the BJP named finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani as…
CZECH automaker Skoda is eyeing considerable increase in sales next year riding on the back of its latest offering Kylaq, which marks its entry into the high-selling compact SUV segment. The company is eyeing gains in smaller cities and towns with the new model which is tagged between ₹789,000 (£7,349.01)…
AUSTRALIA'S seam bowling all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has allayed concerns about his injury, declaring himself "good to go" for the pink ball second Test against India, which begins here on December 6. The 33-year-old had felt discomfort after bowling after bowling 19.3 overs in the opening Test, which Australia lost by…
A RECENT post by Amitabh Bachchan on X, formerly Twitter, has sparked discussions about potential family issues. On Monday, the Bollywood veteran shared a cryptic message that read, “Chup (quiet)” followed by an angry emoji, leading to widespread speculation. Fans and social media users quickly began to theorize that the…
THE HIGHLY anticipated sequel, “Pushpa: The Rule - Part 2”, has already garnered ₹319.1 million (£2.96m) in bookings ahead of its December 5 release. The gross includes ₹225.6 million (£2.10m) across all languages and formats and ₹93.5 million (£863,791.91) from block seat sales, according to the latest data. The film,…