- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
NEERAJ SHRIDHAR, lead singer of Bombay Vikings, attributes his entry into Bollywood to the title track of "Bhool Bhulaiyaa," despite multiple film hits to his credit, including "Race," "Love Aaj Kal," and "Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani." Originally recorded in 2007 with music by Pritam and lyrics by Sameer, the…
THE INGLORIOUS end of India's proud home record has left the cricket-mad nation grappling with the reality it has long been dreading - that ageing stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma might be approaching the end of the road. Through three World Cup titles, two World Test Championship (WTC) finals,…
TATA MOTORS shares were one of the worst hit after auto stocks came under selling pressure on Tuesday amid concerns over slugging festival season sales. On the Nifty 50 index on Tuesday, Tata Motors shares declined as much as 6 per cent, while the Nifty Auto Index fell 2 per…
IN A recent podcast, Joaquin Phoenix revealed that director Christopher Nolan once approached him to play the Joker in the 2008 film "The Dark Knight." Phoenix, however, decided he "wasn't ready" to take on the role of Batman's iconic antagonist at that time. Ultimately, the role went to Heath Ledger,…
SECURITY forces on Tuesday morning gunned down two terrorists holed up in a forest area near a village in the Akhnoor sector in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the number of militants killed in the 27-hour-long gunfight near the Line of Control (LoC) to three, officials said. One of the three…
OVER 150 people were injured, including ten seriously, in a fireworks accident during a temple festival near Neeleswaram in Kerala late last night, police said on Tuesday. The injured have been taken to various hospitals in Kasargod, Kannur, and Mangaluru, they said. The accident occurred at Veerarkavu Temple near Neeleswaram.…
PAKISTAN'S white-ball coach Gary Kirsten on Monday stepped down after developing a rift with the country's cricket board within six months of his appointment. The 56-year-old South African, who coached India to victory at the 2011 ODI World, was appointed by the PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) in April end this…
PLAYBACK singers Sunidhi Chauhan and Shreya Ghoshal, celebrated for their distinct musical journeys, recently collaborated on "Chhaila," an independent track composed by Salim-Sulaiman and written by Shraddha Pandit. Reflecting on their enduring bond, Chauhan described their relationship as “friends, best friends, BFFs, and everything that comes along with friends and…
RATAN TATA, the late Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, felt that his half-brother Noel Tata needed greater exposure and experience in handling difficult assignments to succeed him as the head of the principal investment holding firm and promoter of Tata companies, according to a recently released book. Noel Tata was…
KARNATAKA police have solved the murder of a Telangana-based businessman, whose burnt body was found in an estate in Kodagu district on October 8. The deceased has been identified as Ramesh (54) and the police have arrested his second wife Niharika (29), and two accomplices - Ankur Rana (30) of…
