- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
FORMER British prime minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty offered prayers at Raghavendra Swamy Mutt in Jayanagar in Bengaluru. The couple was accompanied by Sunak's in-laws - Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy and Sudha Murty, who is a Rajya Sabha member. Photos of the couple seeking blessings…
THE SUPREME COURT on Thursday exercised its extraordinary constitutional powers and ordered the liquidation of grounded air carrier Jet Airways' assets. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra set aside the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) decision upholding the resolution…
BOLLYWOOD superstar actor Shah Rukh Khan has received a death threat and a demand for ₹5 million (£45,870.43), Mumbai police said on Thursday, adding an extortion case has been filed in this connection. The threat to Shah Rukh Khan follows a series of threats issued to fellow actor Salman Khan,…
NEERAJ CHOPRA on Wednesday bid an emotional farewell to his German coach Klaus Bartonietz who ended his five-year partnership with the star Indian javelin thrower, citing family commitments. The 75-year-old coach, who guided Chopra to a historic gold at the Tokyo Olympics, a silver at the Paris Games this year,…
GERMAN lender Deutsche Bank on Wednesday announced that it has infused an additional capital of ₹51.13 billion (£470.65m) into its India operations. This is the largest capital allocation to India in recent years and will be used for expanding across business lines, including corporate banking, investment banking and private banking,…
X OWNER Elon Musk led the meme brigade on social media while reacting to the US election results and Donald Trump's historic victory on Wednesday with a series of posts ranging from acerbic to straight-up mockery. As initial results started coming in, Musk was among the first who went on…
IN July, Indian-American lawyer Usha Chilukuri Vance burst into the national spotlight after her husband J D Vance was named by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as his running mate. With the Trump-Vance victory on Wednesday, Usha, 38, is set to become America's Second Lady - the first Indian-American in…
A 40-YEAR-OLD BMTC bus driver died of a heart attack while he was behind the wheel in Bengaluru on Wednesday, officials said. The incident occurred at 11 am while the bus was en route from Nelamangala to Dasanapura. A video of the incident shows that after the driver collapsed due…
SENIOR Congress leader and chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said there will be basic continuation of the India-US relationship with Donald Trump staging a comeback and noted that his being tough on China "is good for us". The former minister of state…
TAMIL cinema star Suriya says he hopes to reteam with wife and frequent collaborator Jyotika in a film soon but the couple isn't the one to go after directors for a script. The couple, who tied the knot in 2006, has co-starred in seven films, including "Poovellam Kettuppar", "Kaakha Kaakha",…
