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Mini Mathur emerged as the winner of the reality show Alliance, which aired on Amazon Prime Video. An Indian television host and actor and wife to director Kabir Khan, Mini has been working in the industry for decades. In an episode on The Male Feminist podcast for Hauterrfly, Mini opened up about her experience with menopause, and also shared the stigma around how women perceive their bodies based on fertility. Mini also advised men to stop commenting on women’s bodies once and for all. (Also read: Mini Mathur reveals she lost Indian Idol season 5 hosting gig after she revealed…
England’s Jofra Archer, celebrates taking the wicket of Pakistan’s Imam-ul-Haq ( AP) Pakistan have created an unwanted piece of Test history after losing their opening wicket for a score of zero in both innings of the Headingley Test against England.The first instance came in Pakistan’s opening innings when Azan Awais was trapped lbw by Ollie Robinson with the very first delivery he faced. Pakistan had not added a run to the scoreboard.The same pattern was repeated in the second innings on Friday. Imam-ul-Haq was dismissed for five-ball duck in the second over, leaving Pakistan 0/1 once again.While losing an opening…
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday in West Bengal’s Siliguri that the borders must be completely secured and barbed fencing completed to stop infiltration. He said the West Bengal government had handed over 1,100 acres of land for fencing within 45 days of coming to power, with “promptness” and now he will get the remaining 29 acres.“Border fencing in the state, long pending since 2014, during previous Trinamool Congress regime as former CM Mamata Banerjee did not hand over land to the BSF,” Shah said while speaking at a Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Frontier Headquarters programme in…
More than 2,500 people have now died in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak, which is spreading exponentially in an area larger than France, senior United Nations Ebola coordinator Julien Harneis said on Friday.Speaking on a video call from the northeastern Congolese city of Bunia, Harneis called for more aid, saying an existing pool of funds is set to run out within weeks.Health workers there were coming under attack by locals angered and terrified by the outbreak, and were themselves falling sick and dying from the disease, he added.’FEAR TRANSLATES INTO ANGRY YOUNG MEN’Congo’s 17th Ebola epidemic became the…
Family and friends honour famed Irish comedian Jimmy Cricket, who passed away at the age of 80. Many attend his funeral procession wearing bowties and his iconic costumes. (Instagram) Veteran comedian Jimmy Cricket, whose real name was James Joseph Mulgrew, passed away earlier this month at the age of 80. The comedian, whose career spanned over 60 years, was a commanding force loved by thousands of fans across the country. According to recent reports, family members, friends, fellow performers, and thousands of fans paid their respects to the late star and gathered for his funeral procession.Friends, family, and fans gather…
Bigger screens and PC-like features fuel tablet demand, with 12GB models jumping 835% year-on-year in Q1 NEW DELHI: As laptop prices rise, tablet makers are making a stronger play for everyday computing, armed with bigger screens, more memory, keyboards and increasingly PC-like multitasking capabilities.The shift is showing up in what Indians are buying. Research agency CMR said India’s tablet market grew 37% year-on-year during Jan-March 2026, with devices priced above Rs 20,000 accounting for 86% of shipments and growing 92%. Tablets with screens larger than 10 inches made up nearly 90% of market. Demand is also moving towards higher specifications.…
In its statement on Wednesday, the IDF said the presence of an armed guard with the convoy had not been flagged to it before the convoy set off, and that he was falsely identified as a Hamas fighter. It also accused the convoy of deviating from the route co-ordinated with the military.Notwithstanding “serious failures” in the process that led to the killings, “the decisions of the commanders did not raise reasonable suspicion of criminal misconduct,” the IDF said.Prior to the statement by the three countries, Australia summoned Hillel Newman. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said her country was “outraged” by…
Two injured in stabbing attack at Canada gurdwara Two people were injured in a stabbing at a gurdwara in Edmonton, Canada, on Friday morning, with police arresting a 27-year-old man who had been released from prison a day earlier after serving a sentence for assaulting a peace officer.Acting Insp. Eric Stewart of the Edmonton Police Service said the suspect had an extensive history of violent attacks dating back to 2015. He was released from a federal prison in Alberta on Thursday but failed to report to his designated halfway house in Edmonton.The attack took place at the Nanaksar Gurdwara at…
Navi Mumbai: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), western zone bench (Pune), has slapped a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the Thane collector for failing to file a reply on the problem of heaps of debris found dumped at several locations, including at coastal regulation zone (CRZ) sites, in the district. The NGT called the collector “incorrigible”.The bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh and environment expert Sujit Kumar Bajpayee said in a recent order that the district collector would have to deposit the Rs 1 lakh in the account of NGT Bar Association (western zone) and also appear in person…
New Delhi: A 31-year-old software engineer was allegedly beaten to death by his wife’s family following a matrimonial dispute in outer Delhi’s Nihal Vihar Friday.Police have detained four people.The engineer, Vinay Gupta, was a resident of Laxmi Park. He had married a 31-year-old woman from Budh Vihar about three-and-a-half years ago. The couple has twins — a boy and a girl — who are about four months old.Police said the dispute between the couple started Friday morning. The woman called her family over. They reached Gupta’s residence in Nihal Vihar. They allegedly assaulted him severely.Gupta suffered serious injuries and later…