Bengaluru tops Karnataka voter roll concerns, nearly half of electors flagged for verification

India, Aug. 7 -- Bengaluru has emerged as the biggest flashpoint in Karnataka's ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with nearly half of the city's voters being flagged under t... Read More

Bengal mosque loudspeaker row deepens as Muslim leaders allege police pressure

India, Aug. 7 -- A political and religious controversy has erupted in West Bengal after several Muslim leaders alleged that police were pressuring mosques across the state to remove loudspeakers used ... Read More

Former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal convicted in 2013 rape case as Bombay HC overturns acquittal

Mumbai/IBNS, Aug. 6 -- The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on Thursday convicted former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal in the 2013 rape case filed by a junior colleague, overturning his earlier acquit... Read More

Iran's President meets Mojtaba Khamenei in 'darkened' car, later asks: 'Was it really him?'

India, Aug. 6 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian reportedly met Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei under highly unusual and secretive circumstances, later questioning whether the person he spoke to w... Read More

Markets open in green, but all eyes are on the Strait of Hormuz

Mumbai/IBNS, Aug. 6 -- The Indian stock market opened marginally higher on Thursday, with gains in select heavyweight stocks offset by losses in other sectors, keeping the benchmark indices largely ra... Read More

Atiq Ahmed's youngest son Aban killed in highway crash while heading to meet jailed brother

India, Aug. 6 -- Aban Ahmed, the youngest son of late gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, was killed in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi on Thursday after the SUV he was travelling in cras... Read More

'Grievous insult': Bangladesh slams Sheikh Hasina's New Delhi press conference

India, Aug. 6 -- Bangladesh's government has reacted angrily to Sheikh Hasina's first public media appearance since her ouster, after the former prime minister addressed a virtual press conference fro... Read More

Nearly one in two Kolkata travellers now plan holidays around culture, Durga Puja leads the way: Report

Kolkata/IBNS, Aug. 6 -- Nearly one in two travellers from Kolkata now plan their holidays around cultural experiences, while Durga Puja and the city's festive culture have emerged as the defining elem... Read More

EPR Iyer returns to Kolkata, says Bengali hip-hop will go mainstream in 5 years

Kolkata/IBNS, Aug. 6 -- Ahead of the premiere of the fifth season of MTV Hustle, rapper and mentor EPR Iyer returned to Kolkata, a city he says shaped his identity as an artist, where he interacted wi... Read More

'Queen Victoria Aar Goyenda Kanaichawron': Srijit Mukherji reveals why only Anirban Bhattacharya could sing the title track

Kolkata/IBNS, Aug. 6 -- Filmmaker Srijit Mukherji and actor-singer Anirban Bhattacharya recorded a song for Queen Victoria Aar Goyenda Kanaichawron at Audio Lake Studios in Kolkata. Actor-singer Anir... Read More

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