- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
THE DELAYED decadal census exercise and the work to update the National Population Register (NPR) are likely to begin early 2025 and the data will be declared by 2026, thus changing future census cycles completely, official sources said. However, no decision has been taken yet on whether caste census will…
BOLLYWOOD star Salman Khan has announced his participation in the "Da-bangg The Tour - Reloaded" event in Dubai, scheduled for December 7. The actor, known for his recent hosting role on Bigg Boss 18, confirmed the news through his official X account, inviting fans to join him in Dubai for…
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi has flagged the issue of fraudsters targeting people with the cyber crime of "digital arrests" and urged the people to be vigilant. In his monthly 'Mann ki Baat' broadcast on Sunday, he said that while probe agencies are dealing with the issue, people should be aware…
IN A warning sign for the Democrats, Indian-Americans' attachment to the party is declining in the US while the share of Republican identifiers held steady. A new survey, the "2024 Indian-American Attitudes," conducted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in partnership with the research and analytics firm YouGov, says…
INDIA will be hoping to resolve their batting brittleness in their quest to win the third and final women’s ODI and seal the series against New Zealand here on Tuesday. It was clear from the first match, which the hosts won by 59 runs through a fine effort by the…
PUNJABI Diljit Dosanjh addressed a large crowd with the message “dream big” at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday. Around 40,000 fans gathered for the second show of his “Dil-Luminati India Tour,” where Dosanjh performed hits such as “5 Taara,” “Do You Know,” “GOAT,” and “Patiala Peg”…
A GROUP of terrorists fired at an ambulance that was part of an Army convoy passing through a village near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Akhnoor sector here on Monday, officials said. However, there was no immediate report of any casualty. The Army personnel in the ambulance had…
FORCES dividing the country on various lines and corrupt entities are his party's enemies, TVK leader and top Tamil actor Vijay said in Villupuram on Sunday. He emphasised that his party has been based on secular social justice ideologies with leaders like EVR Periyar and K Kamaraj as its guiding…
After capturing India's mobile phone subscribers market through a bevy of freebies and aggressive promotions, Mukesh Ambani has now set his sights on the satellite broadband market. He is now pitted against Elon Musk, the promoter of satellite internet service provider Starlink, which now dominates the global market with presence…
PRIVATE sector lender ICICI Bank on Saturday posted a 14.5 per cent growth in its standalone profit to ₹117.46 billion (£1.08bn) for the second quarter ended September 2024. The private sector lender had earned a net profit of ₹102.61 billion (£940m) in the same quarter of the previous financial year.…
