“Humaari ladki toh gai hai… muh se awaaz nahi nikalti… sehmi sehmi si rehti hai,” Twisha Sharma’s relatives joke as the newlywed waits after her “kanyadaan” for her husband. It is the kind of familiar “ladki waale” humour heard at countless Indian weddings – a performative reassurance to the groom’s family that their daughter is […]
A Sikh man has been convicted of murdering an 18-year-old university student who was stabbed to death while walking home from a night out in Southampton, UK.Vickrum Digwa, 23, was found guilty at Southampton Crown Court of killing Henry Nowak on December 3 using a 21cm ceremonial blade, BBC reported.Digwa denied murder during the trial, […]
Some quotes stay popular because they sound clever. Others survive because they feel emotionally true, even years later. This line from Diana, Princess of Wales, belongs firmly in the second category. It does not try to impress with complicated language or dramatic philosophy. In fact, part of its power comes from how ordinary it sounds […]
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent. | Photo Credit: Reuters An Indian national, who entered the U.S. illegally, has been arrested by authorities for allegedly assaulting another person with a baseball bat. Dhaval Amratbhai Patel was initially arrested by the Worcester Police Department in Massachusetts on May 16 and charged with assault and […]
Ambati Rayudu has advised Yashasvi Jaiswal to leave Rajasthan Royals to get out of the shadow of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. Jaiswal has been with RR since 2020 and has gone on to play 82 matches and has scored 2592 runs. However, this season has seen Jaiswal play second fiddle to the dashing Sooryavanshi, who has scored […]
A woman has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of her 19-day-old daughter following what a judge described as a “violent and brutal” attack in Scotland.Nicole Blain was ordered to serve a minimum of 19 years at the High Court in Glasgow on Thursday over the death of baby Thea Wilson in Greenock, […]
Every once in a while, history pauses to remind us that when the country is pushed to the brink, it isn’t superheroes or larger-than-life figures who hold the fort, it is the common man who rises to the occasion. Celebrating these unsung heroes who keep the nation running, Kangana Ranaut-starrer Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata has dropped […]
North Korea on Thursday strongly condemned the Quad nations’ joint statement calling for the “complete denuclearisation” of Pyongyang, declaring that it would “never” abandon its nuclear weapons programme.The sharp response came days after the foreign ministers of the Quad grouping, India, the US, Japan and Australia, reiterated their commitment to North Korea’s denuclearisation during their […]
Lux Industries Limited has extended actor Varun Dhawan’s brand ambassadorship for its men’s innerwear label Lux Cozi until 2030. Dhawan was first signed as brand ambassador for Lux Cozi in February 2017, making the renewed agreement an association of over 13 years by the time it concludes. Lux Cozi signs Varun Dhawan as the brand […]
