Month: June 2026

Welcome to our live coverage of yet another FIFA World Cup clash! Tonight, we have Brazil taking on Morocco, and two sides, who are brilliant in their own right, will be hoping to put in a good performance here. Brazil, one of the biggest sides in world football, has a stacked squad once more. With the likes of Casemiro, Raphinha, Vinicius Jr., Igor Thiago, Marquinhos, and many more stars, the side has an exceptional player in every position, and they will be aiming to attack Morocco right from the get-go. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday landed in Nice, France. At the invitation of French President, Emmanuel Macron, PM Modi is undertaking an official visit to France from 13 – 14 June 2026 (Nice) and 16 – 18 June, 2026 (Evian and Paris). PM is visiting visit Nice for a bilateral meeting with President Macron on 14 June. In Nice, both leaders will also jointly inaugurate the ‘Bharat Innovates’ event, which will bring together top innovation startups and Venture Capital funds from India, France, and other countries.

US President Donald Trump said that an agreement between the United States and Iran is expected to be signed on Sunday, describing it as a major step toward easing tensions between the two countries. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the deal could lead to the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important maritime trade routes.

Raakh, the newest show available on Amazon Prime Video, gets its motivation from the infamous Ranga Billa case that took place in 1978 in India. The case is still alive in the minds of people almost after fifty years.

Veteran Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Saturday joined the TMC rebel group and reached the residence of Union Minister Bhupender Yadav in Delhi along with dissident MP Satabdi Roy. The rebel group, which claim the support of 19 Lok Sabha MPs, are getting ready to meet Speaker Om Birla on Monday to urge him to recognise them as a separate bloc and allow them to sit alongside the MPs of the ruling BJP-led NDA in the House.

Double Olympic medallist, Manu Bhaker, lost her long-time coach, Jaspal Rana, in a sudden and tragic death on Thursday as the shooting fraternity and sports fans mourned the passing away of a former multi-time Asian Games and Commonwealth Games medallist. 

US President Donald Trump on Friday accused Tehran of attacks on vessels with Indian seafarers in Hormuz and said it is ‘totally unacceptable’. He further alleged that Iran was behind the attacks on three vessels carrying Indian seafarers near the Hormuz Strait, which resulted in the deaths of three, despite the US Central Command having confirmed that the strikes were carried out by American naval forces, calling the incident “totally unacceptable.”

Latest series Raakh is streaming on Prime Video. Ali Fazal’s show is inspired by the Ranga-Billa case of 1978, one of India’s most notorious and harrowing criminal cases. This case involved the abduction and murder of siblings Geeta Chopra and Sanjay Chopra, an incident that shook the entire nation.

Amid growing signs of internal unrest within the Trinamool Congress (TMC), party national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee has responded to sharp criticism from senior leader Kalyan Banerjee, striking a conciliatory tone and refusing to escalate the public confrontation. Speaking to reporters in Kolkata, Abhishek said he holds no resentment against Kalyan Banerjee despite the latter’s recent remarks targeting his leadership style and role within the party. His response comes a day after Kalyan Banerjee openly accused him of arrogance and held him responsible for the party’s current crisis.

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi during the INDIA bloc meeting on June 8 called Mamata Banerjee, Akhilesh Yadav and INDIA bloc partners ‘confused’ and said the confusion is that the SP, the TMC, the RJD believe that the political instruments they have used so far will still work. He added that these only worked when the Indian state provided a fair field for them to operate in.