- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
HOLLOWOOD star Angelina Jolie will be felicitated with the Performer Tribute at the 34th edition of Gotham Awards in New York City. The Oscar-winning actor will be honoured for her role in filmmaker Pablo Larain's "Maria", about the popular American-born Greek opera singer Maria Callas, the Gotham Film & Media…
A JUVENILE was apprehended on Friday for his alleged involvement in the shooting incident in Shahdara's Farsh Bazar area on Diwali evening in which a man and his teenage nephew were killed while his 15-year-old son was injured, police said. According to police officials, the juvenile, a distant relative of…
NEW ZEALAND reduced India to 86 for 4 after being dismissed for 235 in the first innings on the opening day of the third Test in Mumbai on Friday. The spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja (5/65) and Washington Sundar (4/81) shared nine wickets between them to bowl out New Zealand…
TITANIC star Billy Zane is set to portray the Oscar-winning legend Marlon Brando in the upcoming biopic "Waltzing with Brando". The movie is set for a world premiere at the Torino Film Festival in Italy this month and it follows Brando's life during the 1970s. "Waltzing with Brando" offers glimpses…
BRITISH-INDIAN filmmaker Sandhya Suri says her debut feature "Santosh", which is the UK's official entry to the Oscars, is a deeply political film but she was careful that the story, woven around two female cops, doesn't become "didactic". Set in the interiors of north India, the movie revolves around a…
IPHONE maker Apple has set an all-time revenue record in India and observed a double-digit growth in iPad sales in the country in the September 2024 quarter, senior officials of the company said on Friday. The company reported an over 6 per cent growth in total net sales to $94.93…
OFF-SPINNER Washington Sundar slowed down New Zealand’s progress with two vital strikes as the visitors reached 92/3 at lunch against India on the opening day of the third and final Test at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Friday. Washington (2/26) added two more dismissals to bring his wicket tally…
ECONOMIC ADVISORY COUNCIL to the prime minister (EAC-PM) chairman Bibek Debroy passed away on Friday, a senior EAC-PM official said. He was admitted to AIIMS Thursday night. "He was admitted with subacute intestinal obstruction. He also suffered from hypertension and diabetes mellitus," an official source at AIIMS, Delhi said. Prime…
SENDING Diwali greetings, former president Donald Trump, who is the Republican presidential candidate, on Thursday condemned the attack on Hindus in Bangladesh, vowed to strengthen ties with India and described prime minister Narendra Modi as his good friend. Bangladesh, he said, remains in a total state of chaos and alleged…
A THICK layer of haze blanketed Delhi, with the national capital's AQI plunging to 362 on Friday as people defied a citywide ban on firecrackers during Diwali celebrations. Delhi also recorded its most polluted Diwali in three years. On Diwali on Thursday, the city's 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI)…
