- Thursday, April 03, 2025
BOLLYWOOD superstar Deepika Padukone has been summoned for questioning as part of an escalating drugs probe into the suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian police said late Wednesday. The investigation has already seen actress Rhea Chakraborty arrested for allegedly buying drugs for her former boyfriend Rajput, who was found…
SIXTEEN countries, including Nepal, Bhutan and Mauritius, provide visa-free entry to Indian passport holders, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said there are 43 countries which provide visa-on-arrival facility and there are…
CHINA and INDIA have agreed to stop sending more troops to a Himalayan flashpoint along their contested border and to avoid any actions that might complicate the tense situation there, the two countries said on Tuesday. Senior military officials from the both countries met on Monday and exchanged ideas on…
CORONAVIRUS fears meant a historic travel corridor created last year to let Indian Sikhs visit a holy shrine in northeast Pakistan remained closed on Tuesday (22), one of the faith's most sacred days. Hundreds of Pakistani Sikhs visited the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, a huge temple in Kartarpur marking the grave…
INDIA reported its lowest daily tally of coronavirus cases in almost a month on Tuesday (22) as it prepared for clinical trials of a potential Russian vaccine in the next few weeks. Federal health data showed 75,083 new cases in the last 24 hours, and 1,053 deaths over the same…
UK-based real estate developer Osborne+Co on Tuesday (22) announced the launch of its investment management business to target emerging value-add and development opportunities in the UK and Europe. Osborne+Co Investment Management (OCIM) said its aim is to become a natural investment partner for globally-focused high net worth individuals (HNWIs), family…
WHEN India began lifting its coronavirus lockdown, Meera, a child bride from northwestern India, was focused on just one thing: when she could start playing football again. In Rajasthan, one of the Indian regions where early marriage persists despite being outlawed more than a decade ago, a girls' football initiative is tackling gender inequality,…
THE Covid-19 death toll in the US exceeded 200,000 on Tuesday (22), by the far the highest number of any nation. The US, on a weekly average, is now losing about 800 lives each day to the virus, according to a Reuters tally. That is down from a peak of…
A STACK of unsold shawls is an unsettling sight for street vendor K. Kunjalata Devi, reminding her of the daily struggle to feed her family as Covid-19 threatens the livelihoods of millions of informal traders across India. India has eased most lockdown restrictions and sought to reopen its battered economy, but some…
THE company behind a homegrown rival to TikTok said its social app crossed 30 million downloads in just three months. Chingari, which allows people to record and share short video clips, in a statement said it has also added augmented reality (AR) filters on its platform to give content creators…
