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All eyes will be on Rohit Sharma’s captaincy future following the Champions Trophy final, where India face New Zealand. As India gear up for the Champions Trophy final against New Zealand this Sunday, the focus would also be on Rohit Sharma’s future as captain. The veteran opener will be eyeing a second-successive limited-overs ICC title on March 9, having already led India to T20 World Cup glory in Barbados last year. However, while Rohit Sharma remains a formidable presence, the timeline of Indian cricket is moving swiftly. A transition in leadership could be imminent sooner or later, with vice-captain Shubman…

Ranya Rao gold smuggling case: DRI has reportedly alerted the CBI about the possibility of more smuggling networks which illegally get gold into India. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against smugglers bringing gold into India from abroad through various airports. This comes after the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) intercepted and arrested Kannada actor Ranya Rao in an alleged gold smuggling case at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport on Monday night. The CBI is working in close coordination with the DRI in this case, with the agency already springing into action and rushing two teams to…

The BJP had promised to pay ₹2,500 a month to women in its ‘Sankalp Patra’ for the Delhi assembly elections, surpassing the AAP offer of ₹2,100. The Delhi government on Saturday approved the ‘Mahila Samridhi Yojana’ to provide ₹2,500 to women. “Today is Women’s Day. We had our cabinet meeting today, and our cabinet has approved the scheme – the promise that we made during the Delhi elections to provide ₹2500 to the women,” Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta announced. “We made a provision of ₹5100 crores in the Delhi budget for the implementation of the scheme. We have formed…

The NCW urged authorities to take prompt and striction against Bajinder Singh and also provide protection for the victim. The National Commission for Women (NCW) called for Punjabi pastor Bajinder Singh to be arrested after a woman alleged that he had sexually harassed, mentally tortured and intimidated her. In a post on X, the NCW said, “Under the direction of Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar, NCW has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports on Pastor Bajinder Singh, booked for sexual harassment in Jalandhar, Punjab. The women’s commission also urged authorities to take prompt and striction against Singh under the relevant sections…

An Indian Foreign Services officer died by suicide after jumping from a building in Chanakyapuri, Delhi. An Indian Foreign Services (IFS) officer died by suicide jumping from a building in Delhi’s Chanakyapuri area on Friday. The officer aged between 35 and 40 years, succumbed to his injuries at the scene. Law enforcement officials arrived at the scene after receiving reports of the incident and initiated an investigation. Police confirmed the death and said no foul play was suspected. Authorities are currently probing the circumstances leading to the incident. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in a statement said, “An officer…

All traffic to the train station, which hosts Eurostar trains as well as high-speed and local services, was closed as Paris police worked to disable the device. Traffic at Paris’ Gare du Nord train station has been halted after an unexploded World War II bomb was discovered on the tracks leading to France’s busiest rail terminal, officials confirmed. The explosive device was found in the middle of the tracks overnight during routine maintenance work in the suburb of Saint-Denis, according to the French national railway company, SNCF. The suburban RER B train service confirmed on X (formerly Twitter) that the…

Kannada Ranya Rao admitted that “17 gold bars” were found on her during her arrest from the Bengaluru airport. In the limelight for wrong reasons, Kannada actor Ranya Rao, the stepdaughter of senior IPS officer Ramachandra Rao, reportedly confessed to smuggling gold at the Bengaluru airport, from where she was arrested on Monday night. Her stepfather, Ramachandra Rao, the Director-General of Police for the Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation, has denied any involvement in the case as the matter triggered massive public and political discussion, with preliminary investigations suggesting that the actress may have attempted to use her connections to…

BJP state chief K Annamalai slammed the Tamil Nadu chief minister on Friday for “swinging” his “paper word against the delusional Hindi imposition”. The ongoing debate over the alleged imposition of a third language under the National Education Policy (NEP) in Tamil Nadu has escalated into a fierce political slugfest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) alliance. On Friday, while Union home minister Amit Shah asked MK Stalin to commence engineering and medical education in Tamil in the state, BJP state chief K Annamalai slammed the Tamil Nadu chief minister for “swinging” his…

The content creators involved are YouTuber-podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia, Apoorva Mukhija aka ‘The Rebel Kid’, comedians Samay Raina among others. The content creators in soup over the controversial India’s Got Latent YouTube show appeared before the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday and pledged to be mindful of their words, expressing regret over the statements made in the programme, NCW chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar said on Friday. The content creators involved are YouTuber-podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia, Apoorva Mukhija aka ‘The Rebel Kid’, comedians Samay Raina, who leads the India’s Got Latent show, and Jaspreet Singh along with Ashish Chanchlani. The episode of…

Police said the accused, 40-year-old Mohit Mishra, was furious after his daughter Tani visited neighbour’s house he had a dispute with. A shocking case has emerged from Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur, where a 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly strangling his five-year-old daughter to death and dismembering her body into four pieces. The accused Mohit Mishra was enraged that his daughter Tani visited the house of a neighbour with whom he had a dispute. The child was reported missing on February 25, with Mishra himself filing the complaint. “We registered a case and formed four teams to search for her.…