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PRAYAGRAJ: A wife is not entitled to maintenance under section 125(1)(a) of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) if she is gainfully employed and earning a sufficient salary to maintain herself, Allahabad high court observed, setting aside a family court order directing a husband to pay an allowance of Rs 5,000 to maintain income and status parity…

NEW DELHI: Sudden deaths are no longer confined to old age. An AIIMS study has found that more than half of all sudden deaths examined over a year occurred in people under 45 — many of them apparently healthy, who collapsed without warning at home or while travelling.Published this month in Indian Journal of Medical…

Representational photo (Picture: UN) Six Bangladeshi United Nations peacekeepers were killed and six others injured, including four seriously, in a drone strike on a UN camp in Kadugli, South Kordofan, Sudan, on Saturday, the UN mission said. All the victims were serving with the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad…

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Seen as a semi-final to the 2026 assembly elections, Kerala’s local body polls delivered a bruising verdict Saturday against the governing LDF, handed Congress-led UDF a sweeping comeback across tiers of governance and opened a new chapter in the state capital as BJP-led NDA shattered three decades of Left control in Thiruvananthapuram corporation —…

Two US service members and one American civilian were killed, and three other US troops injured, in an ambush by an Islamic State (IS) gunman in central Syria on Saturday, US Central Command said.In a post on X, CENTCOM, an American military arm that looks after operations in the Middle East, said the Americans were…

Lionel Messi (AP Photo/Bikas Das) Former Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia criticised VIP culture at Lionel Messi‘s Kolkata event, where genuine fans were unable to see the football star due to unwanted VIP presence. The GOAT Tour’s Kolkata leg on Saturday turned chaotic at Salt Lake Stadium when fans who purchased expensive tickets began throwing…

Argentine footballer Lionel Messi with West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas, right (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) An investigation has been ordered into the chaotic events during Lionel Messi‘s GOAT Tour event at Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium, as announced by West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas.“The government has ordered to investigate this matter. An investigation is going…

NEW DELHI: The storm over the chief ministerial post resurfaced again after Congress MLA H A Iqbal Hussain on Saturday claimed that D K Shivakumar will take over the top job on January 6.Hussain said that DKS should be made the chief minister and that CM Siddaramaiah should vacate the post for him. He predicted…

Fans with Argentine footballer Lionel Messi’s posters lay on the ground as they vandalise the Salt Lake Stadium, alleging poor management during the footballer’s G.O.A.T India Tour 2025, in Kolkata on Saturday. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Saturday said it was concerned after the Lionel Messi event in Kolkata…

Heated confrontation between England security staff and media (Screengrabs) A confrontation between England cricket team‘s security staff and a Channel Seven cameraman at Brisbane airport has added to the team’s challenging Ashes series. The incident took place on Saturday as the England team was checking in for their flight to Adelaide before the third Test.Channel…