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The International Cricket Council (ICC) is set to take a final call today on Bangladesh’s participation in the T20 World Cup 2026, scheduled to get underway on February 7. A day before the development, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) jumped into the controversy, writing to the ICC, supporting the stance of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) not to allow their national team travel to India for the mega event, citing security concerns.

The Madras High Court on Tuesday struck down the criminal case filed against BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya over his social media post criticising Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s controversial comments on Sanatan Dharma. The court made strong observations, stating that the minister’s own speech amounted to hate speech. Allowing Malviya’s petition, Justice S Srimathy ruled that his post describing Udhayanidhi’s 2023 remarks as a call for genocide did not amount to any criminal offence. The judge said the minister’s speech targeted Hindus who follow Sanatan Dharma and…

Rani Kapur, the elderly widow of late industrialist Dr. Surinder Kapur and mother of the late Sunjay Kapur, has moved the Delhi High Court in a new suit claiming that her daughter-in-law, Priya Kapur, along with her relatives, has conspired to cheat her of her entire estate and majority stakes in main Sona Group companies through a deceitful trust.

Air Force One, with US President Donald Trump on board, travelling to Switzerland, is returning to Joint Base Andrews after the AF1 crew identified a minor electrical issue in the aircraft, the Official White House Rapid Response says. The US President and team will board a different aircraft and continue on to Switzerland.

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Tuesday walked out of the State Legislative assembly without delivering the customary address on the opening day of the first session of the year. The Governor said in the Assembly, “I am disappointed. National Anthem was not given due respect. It must be duly respected”. He said he cannot read out an address which is full of inaccuracies. “My mic was switched off, I am insulted and I am not allowed to speak, Governor Guv Ravi said in the state Assembly.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will get its new national president today, with Nitin Nabin elected unopposed, the youngest ever to occupy the top party post at a time when the saffron party seeks to further expand its footprint with key state elections around the corner. Senior party leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, and Rajnath Singh was among the proposers of Nabin’s candidature for the party post. The announcement of the new BJP national president’s name will reportedly be made between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm today, and…

The AFCON 2025-26 final quickly became one of the most controversial football games of all time. Senegal took on Morocco in the summit clash of the tournament, and the clash saw Senegal walk out of the game after Morocco was awarded a penalty in the dying stages of the game. 

A horrific road accident took place on Noida’s Bhangel elevated road on Tuesday, leaving a young girl dead and three others critically injured. The high-speed collision involved a Jaguar car and caused massive damage, triggering panic among commuters in the area. According to preliminary reports, the luxury car was travelling at a very high speed when it collided violently. Eyewitnesses said the crash was so intense that the sound of the collision could be heard from a distance and nearby vehicles came to an abrupt halt.

The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) did not grant certification to Thalapathy Vijay’s Jan Nayagan and the film could not release on January 9. When the makers approached the court, they probably would not have anticipated that the release date would be postponed repeatedly, that the legal battle would drag on for so long and that they would face continuous setbacks. This film, directed by H Vinoth has been stalled for almost two weeks.