Dubai: A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without immediately elaborating. Raisi was travelling in Iran's East Azerbaijan province. State TV said the incident happened near Jolfa, a city on the border with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometres (375 miles) northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran....

Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad crushed Punjab Kings by four wickets to end the league phase of the Indian Premier League with 17 points here Sunday. Chasing 215, SRH overhauled the target with five balls to spare after opener Abhishek Sharma hammered a 28-ball 66 (6x6s, 5x4s). SRH were also bolstered by contributions from Rahul Tripathi (33), Nitish Reddy...

Prayagraj: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Sunday abandoned a joint poll meeting in Phulpur area here without delivering speech as their supporters broke through barricades trying to reach the dais. According to police sources, scores of Congress and SP supporters had reached the venue to attend the rally. When Yadav arrived at...

Bhubaneswar: Tight security arrangements have been made, with the deployment of over 33,000 personnel, for elections to five Lok Sabha and 35 Assembly constituencies in Odisha Monday, officials said. Over 70.69 lakh voters, including 40.33 lakh men, 39.35 lakh women and 851 transgender persons, are eligible to cast their votes at 9,162 polling stations in Aska, Kandhamal,...

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) Sunday said that over eight crore voters will exercise their franchise in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections May 20 while polling for 35 Assembly constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly will also take place simultaneously. “In the 5th phase, at least over 8.95 crore voters will exercise...

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was arrested on 21 March 2024, in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case. After nearly 50 days in judicial custody, on 10 May 2024, the Supreme Court granted Kejriwal interim bail until 01 June 2024. In this context, a video showing a cutout of Prime Minister Narendra Modi behind bars, with Khalistan flags and several anti-Modi...

Islamabad: More heavy rains in Afghanistan have triggered flash floods, raising the death toll to 84 in the country's north following weeks of devastating torrents that had already left hundreds dead and missing, a Taliban spokesman said Sunday. The new round of heavy rains and floods hit four districts in Faryab province Saturday night, leaving 66 dead,...

A video of a few people stabbing a person is widely circulating across social media platforms (here, here, here & here). The claim accompanying the video suggests that it shows a Hindu man being attacked by Muslims in the Seelampur area of Delhi. Through this article, let’s fact-check the claim made in the post. The archived versions of similar posts can...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal before heading towards the BJP headquarters, while addressing party leaders and workers at AAP headquarters, said that they would march till the allowed way and sit there for half an hour, and if they are not arrested, it will be the saffron party’s defeat. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma shared an image of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi holding a red-cover booklet with black border, with the false claim that the latter is carrying a copy of the Chinese constitution. Sarma backs his allegations by stating that the Indian constitution has a blue cover, while the Chinese constitution has a red...