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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The nominations for 2025 International Emmy Awards were announced over the weekend and India bagged two nominations this year. Actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh bagged his first International Emmy award nomination under the category 'Best Performance By An Actor' while the Netflix India film Amar Singh Chamkila is running in contention for the 'Best TV movie' award. Dosanjh bagged his nomination for the same Hindi film. Directed b ...Read More >
Tens of thousands of people were gathered in sweltering heat in Tamil Nadu state's Karur for a political rally by Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, popularly known as Vijay, when the stampede began. Vijay, one of India's most successful actors, launched his political party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, in 2024. He's running for office in the state election scheduled to be held in early 2026. A 65-year-old woman, identified as Suguna, was the latest victim to succumb at the Karur Government Medical Coll ...Read More >
Chennai: Actor-politician Vijay's deliberate late entry at the public rally in Tamil Nadu's Karur on Saturday has been blamed for the horrible stampede that killed 41 people. However, the FIR has not named the popular star of Tamil film industry, founder of TVK party with ambitions of winning next year's Assembly elections. Criminal cases have been initiated against three party leaders -- district secretary Mathiyazhagan, state general secretary Bushi Anand and state joint secretary CTR Nirmal ...Read More >
Hindustan Times - The Chennai police received a call regarding the bomb threat at Vijay's Neelankarai home on Sunday. Day after the stampede at a Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) rally in Karur which led to the deaths of 41 people, the Chennai residence of actor-turned-politician Vijay received a bomb threat Sunday. The Chennai police received a call regarding the bomb threat at Vijay's Neelankarai home, following which security personnel reached the spot, ANI reported. A bomb disposal squad wa ...Read More >
Retired Judge Aruna Jagadeesan arrives at Tiruchirappalli Airport; heads to Karur Hospital on Sunday (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has appointed retired Madras High Court judge Justice Aruna Jagadeesan to head a Commission of Inquiry into the stampede that took place during actor-politician Vijay's rally in Karur on Saturday. At least 40 people were killed in the incident, according to a health official to news agency PTI. Justice arrived in Trichy and headed to Karur Hospital where ...Read More >
Ten-year-old TV actor Veer Sharma and his 15-year-old brother Shaurya Sharma tragically died from suffocation in a late Saturday night fire at their Kota apartment. The blaze, reportedly caused by a short circuit on the fourth floor, claimed their lives despite neighbours' rescue efforts. They were declared dead on arrival.A tragic fire late on Saturday night at the Deep Shree multi-storey building in Anantpura, Kota, Rajasthan, has claimed the lives of 10-year-old TV actor Veer Sharma and his e ...Read More >
Chennai: At least 39 people, including 10 minors, died in a stampede at actor-politician Vijay's rally in Karur on Saturday, September 27, according to a report by NDTV. The youngest victim was reportedly just two years old. Children and young adults among victims As per the report, the list of victims released includes Hemalatha (8), Sailetsana (8), Sai Jeeva (4), Guru Vishnu (2), Sanuj (13), Dharanika (14), Pazhaniammal (11), Kokila (14), Krithik (7) and Kishore (17). Many of the others were ...Read More >
Karur Stampede: Actor-politician Vijay's party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), has claimed that the deadly stampede at its rally in Karur was not an accident but the result of a conspiracy involving ruling party figures. The incident on Saturday left 40 people dead, including 10 children, and nearly 100 injured. TVK's legal team has now petitioned the Madras High Court, demanding that the case be transferred either to a Special Investigation Team or the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). ...Read More >
New Delhi: Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, the self-proclaimed spiritual leader on the run after allegations of sexual abuse came to light at a private city institute, is no stranger to controversy. Saraswati, initially known as Swami Parthasarathy alias Swami Dr Parthasarathy, was living at Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management for nearly 12 years. With the latest FIR, he now faces five cases, including those related to sexual harassment, fraud and forgery. In 2009, he was booked in a case ...Read More >
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has issued a strong rebuttal through her legal team after reports surfaced alleging that she received Rs 15 crore from her husband, businessman Raj Kundra, nearly a decade ago in connection with a financial transaction under investigation by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Mumbai. She issued a statement via her lawyer and has categorically denied the reports, calling them 'totally fake and mischievous.' She also accused certain media outlets of deliberately doi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Three individuals have been arrested by the Alwal police for for allegedly sexually assaulting three school girls. The accused have been identified as Madhu, 19, a contract employee with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), and his friends Vamsi Aravind, 22 and Neeraj, 21. The victims were reportedly lured and assaulted by the men of Yadagirigutta town. The horrific case came to light after the victims, all students of class 9, revealed the ordeal to their parents, re ...Read More >
* Ex-NCB officer Sameer Wankhede moves Delhi High Court over Aryan Khan's Ba***ds of Bollywood series * Wankhede, who arrested Aryan Khan on a false drugs charge in 2021, claims damages over his portryal * He has sought Rs 2 crore for alleged malicious depiction of himself and the federal anti-drugs body Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode New Delhi: Ex-Narcotics Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede - the centre of a massive row in October 2021 after he arrested Bollywood ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to May 2019, when EC had changed the guidelines to allow EVM counting to proceed regardless of postal ballot counting stage. The 2019 change did not rule out chances ...Read More >
Leh, Ladakh -- A sudden eruption of violence shook Leh on Tuesday as protesters demanding statehood and constitutional safeguards clashed with police, marking the first major breakdown of order in Ladakh's ongoing agitation, according to NDTV. What began as a hunger strike and a call for a peaceful shutdown escalated into pitched street battles. Hundreds of demonstrators poured into the streets, hurling stones at security forces and torching a police van. Anger spilled further when the BJP offi ...Read More >
Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may be honest but his cabinet ministers and officers are looting crores from the people of the state, Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor has told NDTV. The former poll strategist's remarks as he launched a series of attacks on leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in recent days ahead of the impending assembly elections. "I don't believe in the politics of targeting any ind ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam Civil Service officer Nupur Bora was arrested by police on Monday after Rs 92 lakh and jewellery worth Rs 1 crore were recovered from her Guwahati residence. The raid was conducted by a team of officials from the Chief Minister's Special Vigilance Cell. The Special Vigilance cell team also raided her rented house in Barpeta, where Rs 10 lakh was recovered, reported NDTV. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Bora was under surveillance for the last six months follow ...Read More >
Further probe is underway. (Representational) Pathanamthitta: Police in central Kerala have arrested a couple for allegedly torturing two persons in a brutal manner, including stapling their bodies and using pepper spray, after inviting them to their house, officials said on Sunday. The arrested have been identified as Jayesh and his wife, Reshmi, residents of Charalakunnu near Koipuram. According to police, the couple tortured one youth from Neelamperoor in Alappuzha on September 1 and anot ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 15 (ANI): Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President and Sircilla MLA KT Rama Rao (KTR) has filed a civil defamation suit before the City Civil Court, Hyderabad, against Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, seeking damages of Rs 10 crore for making "false, malicious, and defamatory" allegations. In his plaint, filed through his counsel, P Viswajanani of PV Janani & Associates, KTR has also impleaded several media organisation ...Read More >
MUMBAI: India and the United States are set to hold trade discussions in the capital New Delhi on Tuesday (Sep 16), officials and Indian media reports said, as the two countries seek to resolve a tariff row. The world's most populous country currently faces steep US tariffs on most of its exports and has so far failed to clinch a trade deal that will ease this burden. US President Donald Trump's decision to bump up tariffs on India to 50 per cent last month in retaliation for New Delhi's conti ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Eight school students at a hostel in India's eastern state of Odisha were hospitalized after fellow students put instant glue in their eyes when they were sleeping, local media reports said Monday. The incident took place on Friday night at a boarding school in Salaguda of Kandhamal district, about 248 km west of Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha. Reports said the boys, with their eyes shut, were seen crying as doctors were carefully trying to separate the ...Read More >
Bengaluru, September 15: A 25-year-old Indian Air Force (IAF) engineer died by suicide on Sunday evening, September 14, after jumping from the 24th floor of a high-rise apartment complex in Bengaluru. The deceased IAF engineer had gone to his sister's house before ending his life. According to the NDTV report, the deceased has been identified as Lokesh Pavan Krishna, a resident of the Halasuru military quarters. Police said the incident took place at Prestige Jindal City Apartments, where Lokes ...Read More >
Mumbai Rain: The water-filled potholes further worsened the road traffic conditions. Mumbai: Incessant rains and water-logging slowed down traffic in Mumbai on Monday morning, with the IMD issuing a 'red alert', predicting very heavy showers in the city and neighbouring areas over the next few hours. After heavy rains overnight and in the morning, commuters complained of water accumulation on tracks at Dadar, Kurla and Bandra railway stations, and local trains running late by 10 to 15 minutes ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Parents spend lakhs to provide their children the best of schooling and education. Just imagine their feelings when they find out that the school they have chosen is a den for criminal activity! In an incident which has sent shockwaves through the country, police busted a drug racket which was being run from the premises of a private school in Hyderabad. Malela Jaya Prakash Goud, the director of Medha School, converted classrooms and restricted areas into a facility to produce Alpr ...Read More >
Former India wicket-keeper Kiran More has emerged as the most high-profile name in the race to become the next Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, NDTV has learnt. Sources have confirmed that the BCCI top brass has reached out to a couple of high profile ex-cricketers from the West Zone. And while a former player from Saurashtra is also in the running, it is More who appears to be the unanimous choice of the state associations. "It is going to be unanimous decision. Mostly a ...Read More >
New Delh (NDTV)i:The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday welcomed the formation of an interim government in Kathmandu led by former Chief Justice Sushila Karki. Expressing hope that the move would "help foster peace and stability" in the Himalayan nation, the MEA said India "will continue to work closely with Nepal for the well-being and prosperity of our two peoples and countries." "We welcome the formation of a new Interim Government in Nepal, led by Right Honourable Mrs Sushila Kark ...Read More >
The death of Renuka Agarwal, 50, the wife of steel businessman Rakesh Agarwal by two domestic helpers from her building has sent shockwaves across the city. She was found murdered in her Swan Lake condominium near Kukatpally near Y junction in Hyderabad on Wednesday evening. According to TOI, she was tied up and stabbed to death, after which the assailants stole her gold ornaments and cash from the house. After the murder, the duo fled away on a on a two-wheeler owned by one of the domestic hel ...Read More >
Guwahati: No, it's not Sachin Tendulkar but one of his former teammates who seems to be a favourite to replace Roger Binny as the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). And we are talking about none other than former Indian wicket-keeper Kiran More. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! A veteran of 49 Tests and 94 ODIs, More hailing from Baroda, according to NDTV, is just days away from taking over as the new boss of Indian cr ...Read More >
Auto companies have urged the government to allow either an adjustment of accumulated cess with tax liabilities or a refund, warning that otherwise the credits will have to be reversed in their accounting books. Automobile manufacturers are staring at a potential write-off of around ₹2,500 crore in accumulated compensation cess credits, which will lapse on September 22 when the new GST 2.0 rates take effect, as per PTI. Currently, automobiles attract GST at 28 per cent -- the highest slab -- p ...Read More >
Anuppur (Madhya Pradesh): A shocking case was reported in Madhya Pradesh's Anuppur where a 60-year-old man was allegedly killed by his 3rd wife over family disputes and her illicit affair. His 2nd wife discovered the body. The deceased has been identified as Bhaiyalal Rajak. His body was recovered on August 31, by his second wife, Guddi Bai. His wife spotted the body floating wrapped up in blankets and tied with clothes and ropes. Police also recovered his mobile phone from the well, according ...Read More >
New Delhi: Industry leaders welcomed the recently announced GST reforms, which reduce the number of tax slabs, stating that it will make tax compliance easier while also directly benefiting consumers through lower prices. Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce Joint Secretary Navjot Alang Rubal said that the reduction of the number of slabs from four to two under the new GST structure is a highly positive step. According to Rubal, this reform will greatly benefit the middle and lower-income groups as t ...Read More >
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