- Tuesday, March 11, 2025
BILLIONAIRE Mukesh Ambani's Reliance has asked India's telecom regulator to review the potential reach of Elon Musk's Starlink and Amazon's Kuiper before awarding satellite spectrum amid concerns local players could suffer, a letter showed on Friday. Reliance's letter, which is not public, is Ambani's last-ditch effort in an ongoing face-off…
ACTOR Nayanthara has responded to a legal notice from Dhanush, who demanded ₹ 100 million (£937,968.90) in compensation for the alleged unauthorised use of clips from their 2015 film “Naanum Rowdy Dhaan” in her upcoming Netflix documentary, “Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale”. In an open letter shared on Instagram, Nayanthara accused…
JAGDISH SINGH PATANI, retired deputy superintendent of police and father of actress Disha Patani, was allegedly defrauded of ₹2.5 million (£23,449.22) by a group of five individuals who promised him a high-ranking position in a government commission, police here said on Friday. An FIR was registered at Bareilly Kotwali police…
AT LEAST 10 children died in a fire that engulfed the children's ward of a medical college in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district, officials said, as 16 others injured battled for life on Saturday. District Magistrate (DM) Avinash Kumar told reporters that the fire broke out around 10.45 pm on Friday…
THE number of Indian students applying to UK universities has fallen by nearly a fifth, says a new report into the stability of the higher education sector in England. This comes at a time when universities have already been hit by budgetary constraints and other financial woes. Based on the…
SANJU SAMSON'S breathtakingly beautiful stroke-play was matched by Tilak Varma's understated brilliance as India, riding on their record-breaking twin tons, bullied a listless South Africa with a series-winning 135-run victory in the fourth and final T20 International here on Friday. India thus ended this year's T20I campaign by winning all…
ALMOST everyone in India is now vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, former chief scientist of the World Health Organisation Dr Soumya Swaminathan has said. She also underscored the urgent need for cross-ministerial and international collaboration to address its effects on health, gender and economic stability in the country.…
DONALD TRUMP has tapped vaccine sceptic and conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his secretary of health in the latest provocative nomination from the incoming Republican president. "We want you to come up with things and ideas and what you've been talking about for a long time and I…
DEFENDING champions India will face their sternest test at the women's Asian Champions Trophy when they take on reigning Olympic silver medallists China in Rajgir, Bihar on Saturday. Both India and China are undefeated in the tournament so far, having registered three wins from as many games. But world no.…
TAMIL actor Suriya's latest movie Kanguva collected ₹586.2 million (£5.48 m) gross worldwide on its opening day, the makers announced on Friday. The film, which premiered on Thursday, has been described by the production team as a "mighty valiant saga" spanning generations. Studio Green, one of the film's producers, shared…
