Year: 2026

A fresh controversy has erupted in West Bengal after a Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker was arrested in connection with the suicide of a Booth Level Officer (BLO) in Murshidabad. Police confirmed on Tuesday that the accused TMC worker had allegedly failed to return a loan of Rs 20 lakh to the deceased BLO, which drove him into severe mental distress. The incident has triggered political tremors especially after the local Trinamool leadership initially linked the death to SIR-related pressure and even staged protests outside the office of the Chief Electoral Officer…

Randy Fine of Florida, a Republican lawmaker on Tuesday introduced a bill in the US House of Representatives to make Greenland the 51st state in the country. Randy Fine formally introduced the Greenland Annexation and Statehood Act aimed at giving the US government legal authority to pursue annexation and eventual statehood for Greenland. The lawmakers frame the measure as critical to countering expanding Chinese and Russian influence in the Arctic, but the proposal has already sparked fierce international resistance and heightened geopolitical tensions.

Counting of votes for the special elections in three local self-government wards in Kerala began at 10 am on Tuesday (January 13). A total of nine candidates are in the fray in Vizhinjam, while Payimpadam and Onakkur wards have four candidates each. Polling was held on Monday in the Vizhinjam ward of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, the Payimpadam ward of the Moothedam grama panchayat in Malappuram district, and the Onakkur ward of the Pampakuda grama panchayat in Ernakulam district, following the deaths of candidates ahead of the local body polls. The overall…

In a major upset, Paris FC stunned defending champions PSG in the French Cup with a 1-0 win over them in the round of 32 clash. This marked the club’s first-ever win against its richer and more illustrious neighbour.

The Women’s Wing of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has filed a complaint against the teaser of the Kannada film Toxic, featuring actor Yash, with the Karnataka State Women’s Commission. In the complaint, the party stated that the recently released teaser contains obscene and explicit visuals that negatively impact the social well-being of women and children, along with the values of Kannada culture.

A NEET aspirant’s death under suspicious circumstances in Bihar’s capital Patna created widespread panic on Monday. The student, originally from Jehanabad and staying at a hostel in Patna’s Munna Chowk, was found with severe injuries on her body and head. Soon after the news surfaced, the family arrived at Kargil Chowk with the body and raised slogans against the police alleging foul play. Their protest brought traffic to a standstill well into the night, forcing the police to intervene as tensions escalated. A scuffle broke out between the crowd and the…

Currently, big films of different genres are running at the box office. After the tremendous performance of Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar, Prabhas’s The Raja Saab is now maintaining its pace at the box office. Amid all this, Agastya Nanda’s Ikkis is still struggling for audiences in theatres.

Vijay Hazare Trophy quarterfinals live cricket score: Punjab face Madhya Pradesh in the third quarterfinal of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, while Delhi lock horns against Vidarbha in the fourth quarterfinal as the four teams look to make it to the semifinals.