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The mother of a teenage girl who died in a stampede at the Bengaluru cricket stadium on June 4, during a celebration of the Indian Premier League (IPL) victory of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), has filed a police complaint stating that jewellery worth Rs 1 lakh which her daughter was wearing at the time of incident was missing when her body was handed over to the family. Ashwini Shivakumar, 35, the mother of Divyanshi B S, 13, the youngest of 11 victims in the stadium stampede, on Thursday lodged a police complaint stating that her daughter’s body still had…

Vadodara: Congress MP and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi arrived in Vadodara on Saturday to a rousing welcome by party workers and supporters. He is in the state to participate in a three-day organisational training programme being held in Gujarat’s Anand district. The programme is part of the Congress party’s initiative to mark 2025 as an “organisational year,” during which various camps and activities are being held across the country to strengthen internal structures and grassroots outreach. On Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the state today, Gujarat Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said to ANI, “…The Congress…

A last-ditch hope for reconciliation between the two key figures at the helm of Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) — party founder S Ramadoss and his son A Anbumani — appears to have crumbled this week as Ramadoss moved to block a 100-day padayatra planned by Anbumani across Tamil Nadu, seeking police intervention to halt what he called was his son’s “unauthorised, dangerous political stunt”.Just a week ago, the mood in the PMK’s divided circles had turned cautiously optimistic. With the discovery of a surveillance device under Ramadoss’s chair at his Thailapuram residence — a revelation that triggered fears of a…

India and Pakistan are slated to face off in the Asia Cup 2025 on 14 September, according to the proposed schedule obtained by India Today. The tournament, featuring the T20 format, is set to run from 9 to 28 September. On Saturday, ACC chief Mohsin Naqvi formally confirmed the tournament dates. The competition will consist of 19 matches and involve six teams. India and Pakistan have been drawn into the same group, while Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan occupy the other group. Hosted in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)vacross Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the Asia Cup will be staged at…

England skipper Ben Stokes on Saturday created history after becoming the first captain in 42 years to score a century and take a five-wicket haul in the same Test match. Stokes achieved this massive milestone on Day 4 of the ongoing fourth Test between India and England at Old Trafford, Manchester. After producing a remarkable bowling performance (5 for 72) in the first innings, Stokes brought up his 14th century in Test cricket to put England in a commanding position in the fourth Test. This was Stokes’s first century in over two years. His last Test century came in June…

New Line Cinema “The Lord of the Rings” might be named after Sauron, but there’s one other character who’s so important that they also get a mention in one of the trilogy’s titles: Aragorn. The Ranger known as Strider is also the returning king who ascends to the throne of Gondor at the end of the story. He’s a Middle-earth hero and experienced leader who becomes a wise ruler. But we’re not talking about an elected position here. We’re talking about a throne — the kind of thing you earn…

The much-delayed Ejipura flyover may not be completed by March 2026 as earlier anticipated, with Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) chief commissioner Maheshwar Rao now indicating that June 2026 is a more realistic target. Speaking at a Bengaluru Political Action Committee event during the launch of the Inner Ring Road (IRR) report on Saturday, Rao said that while the project is being closely monitored by a dedicated team and casting work is underway at a steady pace, several technical and logistical challenges remain. “If we look at a production rate of 30 segments per month, the work could technically be…

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted a key perpetrator, a resident of Tamil Nadu, in an ISIS radicalisation and conspiracy case, the agency said on Saturday. The accused, A Alfasith, hailing from Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu, has been chargesheeted under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and sections 13 and 39 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act before the NIA Special Court in Poonamalle in Tamil Nadu. The chargesheet was filed on Friday. The NIA said that Alfasith was closely associated with radicalised Islamists and die-hard supporters of ISIS, including Mohemmed Ashik and Sathik Batcha, who were involved…

The Asia Cup 2025 will be played between September 9 to 28 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president Mohsin Naqvi confirmed on Saturday The 2025 edition of the Asia Cup will be played in the T20I format with eight teams participating: the five full members of the ACC (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) along with United Arab Emirates, Oman and Hong Kong.  ACC chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who is also chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) took to ‘X’ to make a formal announcement about the Asia Cup.  “I am delighted to confirm…

Investigation into the Balrampur Islamic conversion racket run by Jalaluddin aka Chhangur Baba has uncovered a vicious network of Jihadi activities spread across various districts. In the latest development in the investigation of the racket, the police came across a Muslim man named Badar Akhtar Siddiqui, a resident of Kidwainagar, Islamabad in the Lisari Gate police station area in Meerut. Badar is accused of abducting and converting multiple Hindu women. Police are looking for Badar and his father, Mehmood Akhtar Siddiqui, who are on the run. Badar reportedly targeted and converted 5 Hindu women in Meerut and Noida, three of…