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Building a place of worship is a constitutional right, Kabir declared BERHAMPORE/KOLKATA: The programme, organised by suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir at Beldanga, happened under heavy security. Authorities reported no clashes. Kabir addressed about 400 people from a two-tier stage set nearly a kilometre from the proposed mosque site, introduced two clerics described as being…
At least 11 people, including a three-year-old child, were killed when gunmen stormed a hostel operating as an illegal bar in Pretoria’s Saulsville township early on Saturday, according to police. Another 14 people were wounded in the attack, which is the latest in a series of mass shootings that have shaken South Africa, a country…
Homeowners at the Hong Kong complex destroyed in one of the city’s deadliest fires were wrongly told that the contractor now blamed for the tragedy had a clean safety record. Documents seen by Reuters show that Will Power Architects, hired to assess renovation bids, assured residents that Prestige Construction & Engineering had no Labour Department…
Rohit Sharma with head coach Gautam Gambhir (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil) Former India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has called on head coach Gautam Gambhir to provide Washington Sundar with clear direction ahead of the third and final ODI against South Africa in Vizag. The three-match series has seen Sundar struggle to make any meaningful impact, raising fresh…
Gautam Gambhir has faced a lot of criticism for India’s whitewashes in two Test series at home. TimesofIndia.com in Dubai: Andy Flower is walking on crutches, but he is still diligently doing his job as a commentator in the fourth edition of the ILT20. The 57-year-old suffered a hip-hamstring injury after an accident while surfing…
‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’, the highly anticipated James Cameron film that is just days away from its release, will reportedly mark the end of the first chapter in the blockbuster franchise. Buzz about the Sully family’s chapter coming to an end, came to light after the filmmaker revealed in a recent interview, that the third…
Anticipation for ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ is soaring, with reports suggesting trailers for Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’, Marvel’s ‘Avengers: Doomsday’, and Spielberg’s UFO film may screen alongside. Intriguingly, SS Rajamouli and Mahesh Babu’s film ‘Varanasi’ might also debut its introduction video. The global anticipation around ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ continues to grow, and industry chatter now…
James Cameron’s return to Pandora with ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ is being met with praise and applause as early Twitter reactions trickle in following its worldwide premiere. The third chapter in Cameron’s ambitious sci-fi franchise is being hailed as a breathtaking achievement in visual storytelling and, according to early viewers, ‘one of the most powerful…
Fresh violence has erupted in Pakistan after a suicide bomber struck the main gate of the Frontier Corps (FC) headquarters in Balochistan’s Nokkundi, triggering a fierce exchange of fire that left three attackers dead. Security officials said the assault began when a suicide bomber detonated himself at the entrance, prompting a rapid response from FC…
Public anger over Hong Kong’s deadliest residential fire in decades has spilled into the streets, even as a student activist who demanded accountability was reportedly detained under the city’s national security regime.Miles Kwan, 24, had been distributing flyers outside a city train station on Friday, urging commuters to support an independent investigation into the blaze…
