New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi may face disqualification from the Lok Sabha as a result of his conviction in a 2019 defamation case by a Surat court. He was found guilty in the case on Thursday (March 23) and sentenced to 2 years in prison. However, he is currently out on bail. Congress leaders…
CNN — A 24-year-old Pennsylvania woman who barged into then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison after a federal judge ridiculed the idea she was “a little girl.” Riley Williams was convicted in November of several counts including resisting or impeding…
New York CNN — The governor of Utah signed a controversial bill on Thursday that will require minors to obtain the consent of a guardian before joining social media platforms, marking the most aggressive step yet by state or federal lawmakers to protect kids online. As part of the bill, called the Utah Social Media…
Pradeep Sarkar, the director of films like ‘Parineeta’, ‘Mardaani’ and ‘Helicopter Eela’, has passed away. He was 68.News of the director’s demise broke this morning. It was reported that he passed away at a city hospital at around 3.30 am. Following the news break, fellow B-town director Hansal Mehta tweeted, “Pradeep Sarkar. Dada. RIP.” The…
CNN — The US and Canada have struck a deal on changes to a decades-old asylum agreement that would restrict certain migrants from seeking protections in Canada, two Canadian officials told CNN, marking a significant change in how Canada accepts asylum seekers. While discussions have been ongoing for years, the sharp increase of people crossing…
CNN — Is TikTok’s time up? That’s the question coursing through the halls of Congress, Wall Street, and the public writ large after the social media company’s chief executive, Shou Zi Chew, waffled for hours before US lawmakers on Thursday. “TikTok’s fate in the US is on shakier ground than ever following lawmakers’ grueling questioning…
Applause Entertainment, Nandita Das and Kapil Sharma have plenty to be happy about. Their excellent film Zwigato has now been given tax exemption in Odisha.Zwigato, for those who have not so far seen this authentic take on post-Covid recession, was shot entirely in Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha. It tells the story of a delivery…
WASHINGTON: A US contractor was killed and five US service members and one other US contractor were wounded when a suspected Iranian drone struck a facility on a coalition base in northeast Syria on Thursday, the Pentagon said.In a statement released late Thursday, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said US Central Command forces retaliated with “precision…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s mayhem has been exposing flaws in the functioning of its political system, in place for most part of its history.While attempts to demolish status quo were made in the past too and failed, it seems more serious this time as former PM Imran Khan has challenged the Shehbaz Sharif-led coalition government and the…
NEW DELHI: Jessica Pegula defeated Canadian qualifier Katherine Sebov 6-3, 6-1 on Thursday to book her spot in the third round of the Miami Open.Pegula, a semi-finalist last year in Miami who lives about 40 minutes away from the tournament venue, converted five of her nine break point opportunities and found her groove as her…