- Friday, April 04, 2025
A FEW weeks ago, during an interview with us, Divya Dutta had revealed that she will be playing a lesbian character soon on the big screen. When we had probed for more details the actress opted to keep mum. But now, it has been revealed that she will be seen…
INDIA batsman Ambati Rayudu has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said on Wednesday (3). Rayudu, who last played a one-day international (ODI) in March, was not picked in India's 15-man squad for the World Cup. The 33-year-old was not considered as a…
THE Indian government on Thursday (4) warned in a study that its population is going to start to age and it needs to be prepared to merge schools and raise the retirement age. While India should be set to benefit from the so-called "demographic dividend" over the next decade as…
DUE to the closure of airspace by Pakistan, national carrier Air India lost Rs 4.91 billion till July 2, according to data presented by country's civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri in Rajya Sabha (lower house) on Wednesday (3). Private airlines SpiceJet, IndiGo and GoAir lost Rs 307.3 million, Rs…
WEST INDIES great Clive Lloyd believes Australia and India are the ‘standout’ teams at the World Cup but has urged Virat Kohli's side to boost their batting if they are to dethrone the reigning champions. Australia, whose only loss at the tournament so far has come against India, are already…
SMALL screen star Shakti Arora has been delivering winning performances on television for a number of years and in the process won himself dedicated fans around the world, including Nidhi Vasudeo. What first connected you to Shakti? It was Shakti’s blogs that I got connected to. He writes really well…
FORMER champions Maria Sharapova and Garbine Muguruza crashed out of Wimbledon in quick succession on Tuesday (2) as big-name casualties continued to pile up, but twice winner Petra Kvitova made sure she did not join them. Russian Sharapova, who ignited her money-spinning career by winning the title in 2004, was…
INDIA is likely to stick to a modest rise in defence spending in the 2019-20 budget due on Friday (5) because of tight government finances, officials said, further delaying a long-planned military modernisation programme. India's air force desperately needs hundreds of combat planes and helicopters to replace its Soviet-era aircraft…
INDIA'S Rahul Gandhi today (3) resigned as president of the main opposition Congress, taking responsibility for the party's second-straight landslide defeat to prime minister Narendra Modi in national elections. "Accountability is critical for the future growth of our party. It is for this reason that I have resigned as Congress…
INDIAN authorities on Wednesday (3) airlifted the bodies of seven climbers killed in an avalanche near the country's second highest mountain in May to the biggest town in the area for identification and repatriation, officials said. Eight climbers - four from Britain, two from the US, and one each from…
