- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
AHEAD of its initial share sale, Swiggy's Food Marketplace CEO Rohit Kapoor said the company as a whole is "very well positioned" and is looking at an organic growth trajectory for its quick commerce business Instamart. The Bengaluru-based company is aiming to garner ₹113.30 billion (£1.04bn) from the initial public…
THE Supreme Court on Tuesday said the positive concept of secularism required the state to treat minority institutions at par with secular ones and treat all equally irrespective of faith, belief. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra…
ANIL SHARMA, the director of the 2001 hit "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha," faced heavy scepticism over his choice to include the now-iconic handpump scene. Sharma recalls that many thought the scene would appear unrealistic. “No one was impressed when I told them about the handpump scene. They told me it…
BOLLYWOOD superstar Salman Khan has received a fresh threat along with a demand of ₹50 million (£457,634.20) from a person claiming to brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, officials said on Tuesday. The threat message, which also asked Khan to apologise apparently over an alleged blackbuck poaching incident, was received…
AN AIR of excitement and expectancy pervades the Thulasendrapuram village in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvarur district hoping that Democrat Kamala Harris, current vice president, wins in the US presidential elections. The villagers have performed prayers at the Sri Dharma Sastha temple in her ancestral village expecting her to trounce former president…
INDIAN professional boxer Mandeep Jangra won the World Boxing Federation's super featherweight world title after defeating Britain's Conor McIntosh in the Cayman Islands. The 31-year-old, who trains under former Olympic silver medallist Roy Jones Jr and has faced only one defeat in his professional career so far, had the upper…
ROYAL ENFIELD on Monday forayed into electric bike space as it unveiled its first model which is likely to hit roads in 2026. The company unveiled the classic-styled Flying Flea C6 and scrambler-styled Flying Flea S6 bikes under a completely new electric vehicle brand, Flying Flea. Speaking at the unveiling…
QUINCY JONES, celebrated record producer and composer known for his work with Michael Jackson, Count Basie, and Frank Sinatra, died on Sunday at age 91. Jones' publicist confirmed his passing, though the cause of death was not disclosed. With a career that spanned over 65 years, Jones won 28 Grammy…
US VICE PRESIDENT Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump on Monday rallied their supporters in key swing states on the eve of the polling day, Tuesday. Harris, 60, is the Democratic presidential candidate, while Trump, 78, is her Republican rival. Trump held four rallies, two of which were in…
HUNDREDS of sex tapes involving a high-ranking Equatorial Guinean civil servant with other men's wives have done the rounds on social media, prompting the authorities to attempt to curb their spread. In the videos the married director of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), Baltasar Ebang Engonga, is seen in…
