Month: June 2025

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A row has erupted in Mumbai over the naming of three newly hatched penguin chicks at the city’s Byculla zoo with BJP leaders demanding they be given Marathi names instead of English ones. The protest, led by BJP functionary Nitin Bankar from the Byculla assembly constituency, took place outside the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Botanical Udyan and Zoo — popularly known as Rani Baug — where the chicks were born earlier this year. “When penguins were brought from abroad to the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Botanical Udyan and Zoo, we accepted that their names would be in English. However, Penguin chicks born here, on the soil of Maharashtra, should be given Marathi names,” Bankar said.PollShould the penguin chicks at the Byculla zoo be given Marathi names instead of English ones?He claimed that repeated appeals to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation […]

[ad_1] Fans near the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Karnataka. (PTI Photo) What was meant to be a historic celebration turned into a day of mourning as a stampede outside Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday claimed 11 lives and injured over 30 others. The tragedy unfolded during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) homecoming celebration after their maiden IPL title win, ending an 18-year wait with a six-run victory over Punjab Kings in the final on Tuesday.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!As thousands of fans gathered to catch a glimpse of their heroes, the sheer volume overwhelmed security arrangements, triggering chaos and ultimately, tragedy.Cricketing legends and current players expressed their shock and grief over the incident.'A particularly special feeling': Andy Flower hails Virat Kohli, RCB after historic title winIndia’s batting icon Sachin Tendulkar took to X, writing, “What […]

[ad_1] INDORE: "I did not die... I was killed," said posters at the funeral of Raja Raghuvanshi, who was found hacked to death and thrown into a deep gorge in Sohra (Cherrapunjee), Meghalaya. His bride, Sonam, is still missing, and both families allege that the Meghalaya authorities are not doing enough to find her."I fear Sonam will not be found there anymore - she has been abducted and disappeared," said Raja's brother Vipin, who brought his body home on Wednesday. He and Sonam's brother Govind have been looking for the missing couple in Meghalaya.Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma expressed his condolences and said, "I want to assure the family members that we are working overtime to make sure that we get to the facts and to the depths of what happened. We are not clear yet about the sequence of […]

[ad_1] Bengaluru: An injured being taken for treatment following a stampede near the Chinnaswamy Stadium, after a large number of fans gathered for the felicitation of IPL 2025 winning Royal Challengers Bengaluru team, in Bengaluru, Karnataka. At least four people were killed and several others suffered injuries in the incident. (PTI Photo)(PTI06_04_2025_000588A) Former India cricketer has asked Virat Kohli and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) players whether they were aware of the fact that people were doing outside the the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, while they were celebrating their first IPL trophy inside the venue. At least 11 people are dead and more than 30 injured after a stampede on Wednesday as crowds tried to enter the cricket stadium. “I cannot believe in a million years that Virat Kohli knew that people were dying outside, and the felicitation was going inside," Wassan […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who is leading a parliamentary delegation to the United States in a diplomatic outreach to highlight India's firm stance against terrorism, launched a scathing attack and called out the nation's long-standing policy of harbouring terrorism.Taking aim at Pakistan's parallel delegation led by former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto, Tharoor invoked Hillary Clinton's famous rebuke: "How can you breed vipers in your backyard and expect them to bite only your neighbours?"The diplomatic face-off in Washington comes in the wake of Operation Sindoor, following the Pahalgam terror attack. While India has deployed seven delegations across 33 countries, Pakistan's smaller diplomatic initiative covers just five capitals - Washington, New York, Brussels, London, and Moscow.Tharoor's delegation has embarked on a comprehensive outreach program in Washington, including appearances at the National Press Club, meetings with diaspora media, and a […]

[ad_1] Shashi Tharoor in Washington. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who is in US leading an all-party delegation on Operation Sindoor executed by the military, on Wednesday (local time) reflected on the Chinese 'kill chain' deployed by Pakistan.Interacting with reporters in Washington, Tharoor was asked if India's military action against Pakistan had a message for China. "The fact that they (Pakistan) were using Chinese weapons and we were bypassing some of the Chinese radar defences, and the famous sort of Chinese network system... it all comes, and that's supposed to be the great sort of Chinese 'kill chain' we read about in the newspapers. When India decided to bypass some of those threats and hit the airfields, I don't think they're worrying about who gets the message. They want to make sure that the Pakistanis got the message, and they got […]