Pakistan’s stock market saw a sharp sell-off on Monday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index plunging nearly 6,000 points as the collapse of US-Iran ceasefire talks and rising tensions in the Strait of Hormuz hit investor sentiment.KSE-100 index dropped 3.5 per cent to hit an intraday low of 1,61,638, reversing last week’s sharp rally when it…
MALDA: NIA has made its first arrests over the April 1 siege of judicial officers involved in SIR verifications at Mothabari in Malda, picking up two members of Congress and one of ISF. Congress’ Sahadat Hossain and Asif Sk were taken into custody on Sunday alongside ISF’s Golam Rabbani. Sayem Choudhury, the local Congress candidate,…
Australian actress Ruby Rose has alleged on social media that she was sexually assaulted by American singer Katy Perry in an incident that she says took place nearly 20 years ago. The claim was made in posts on the platform Threads and has not been tested in court.Rose is known for acting roles in series…
NEW DELHI: Ten days after ED carried out searches at several premises in Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Mumbai on officials of I-PAC, a political consultancy firm whose clients include Trinamool and DMK, the agency on Monday arrested one of its directors and co-founder, Vinesh Chandel. He will be produced before a special court in Delhi…
NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday revised the IPL 2026 schedule, swapping the dates and venues for matches between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings due to upcoming municipal corporation elections in Gujarat on April 26.Elections are set to be held not only in Ahmedabad but also across…
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Iran said that it has “good contact” with India over the passage of ships from the Strait of Hormuz and wants to help New Delhi with navigation. It also denied charging toll for Indian tankers while transiting through the Strait of Hormuz.Iranian ambassador to India, Mohammad Fathali, in a press briefing, said that Iran and…
NEW DELHI: In a setback to Lalu Prasad, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to quash FIR against him in the land-for-jobs case but granted him exemption from appearance before the trial court and also allowed him to raise the issue of requirement of sanction during the trial. “We do not say anything about the…
A Florida man has been arrested after allegedly swinging a machete at milk crates in a residential area in the Florida Keys, reports CBS News. Deputies from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said they were called to Barcelona Drive on Big Coppitt Key at around 9 pm on April 9 following reports of a man…
NEW DELHI: Amplifying the opposition’s protest, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi Monday raised questions about the delimitation being planned by the Modi govt by arguing that it must be preceded by a census and delimitation should be “politically equitable”. She has also sought “OBC sub-quota” for women, underlining that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had made the…