Veteran cricketer Suresh Raina is being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over alleged promotion of the Onex bet app, suspected to be an illegal gambling platform. Investigators are probing whether Raina was aware of the app’s surrogate links to unlawful betting sites and if he received payments, including in cash. The ED alleges he […]

The Supreme Court on August 13 cancelled the bail granted to Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar in the 2021 murder case of junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar. A Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Prashant Kumar Mishra overturned the Delhi High Court’s March 4 order and directed Kumar to surrender within a week. Kumar and […]

Australian veteran David Warner has overtaken Virat Kohli to become the fifth-highest run-getter in T20 cricket. Warner achieved the milestone with a 71-run knock for London Spirit against Manchester Originals in The Hundred. He now has 13,545 runs in 419 matches, edging past Kohli’s 13,543. Despite his innings, Spirit lost chasing 164. Warner tops this […]

The United States has officially designated the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its faction, the Majeed Brigade, as Foreign Terrorist Organisations (FTOs), intensifying its counterterrorism stance in the region. The decision, announced on Monday (August 11), follows years of violent attacks attributed to the group, including recent high-profile incidents. The BLA was first labelled a […]

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government of turning a blind eye to what she described as Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza, drawing a swift and sharp rebuttal from Israel’s Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar. Her remarks came as the death toll from nearly two years of conflict […]

India is in the grip of intense monsoon activity, with extreme rainfall causing widespread flooding and landslides—particularly in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, where red alerts have been issued. Uttarakhand Hit Hard On August 5, a devastating flash flood struck Dharali village in Uttarkashi district. The deluge—likely triggered by a cloudburst or glacial lake outburst—swept through […]

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has constituted a three-member committee to investigate allegations involving Allahabad High Court Judge Yashwant Varma, following the alarming discovery of a large sum of cash—some burnt—found at his official residence. The panel comprises Supreme Court Judge Aravind Kumar, Madras High Court Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava, and senior […]

Indian nationals serving prison sentences in the United Kingdom, including those with ongoing asylum appeals, could soon be deported before their claims are resolved under a major expansion of the U.K. government’s ‘deport now, appeal later’ policy. The U.K. Home Office announced late on Sunday that the list of countries covered under the scheme has […]

August 11: A major political showdown unfolded in the heart of the capital on Monday as scores of senior opposition leaders, including Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, were detained by Delhi Police during a protest march to the Election Commission (EC) over alleged irregularities in voter roll revisions. The demonstration, spearheaded by […]

Senior Chinese diplomat Liu Jianchao, widely regarded as a potential future foreign minister, has been detained by authorities for questioning, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. According to the report, Liu, 61, was taken into custody after returning to Beijing in late July from an overseas work trip. […]