- Sunday, April 20, 2025
THE DELHI High Court has closed the proceedings on a petition challenging the ban on the import of Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" after the authorities failed to produce the relevant notification. The Rajiv Gandhi government had in 1988 banned the import of the Booker Prize-winning author's controversial novel for…
INDIA on Thursday said Canada blocked an Australian media outlet hours after it broadcast the press conference of External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and his Australian counterpart Penny Wong. External Affairs Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said the Canadian action of blocking the social media handles and certain pages of…
THE Enforcement Directorate Thursday conducted searches against some of the "main vendors" operating on platforms of e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart as part of a foreign investment "violation" investigation, official sources said. A total of 19 premises of these "preferred" vendors located in Delhi, Gurugram and Panchkula (Haryana), Hyderabad (Telangana)…
DANIEL CRAIG, the actor who played James Bond in five films, has given a straightforward and blunt response to speculation about his replacement. When asked by Variety who he would like to see take over the role of the iconic British spy, Craig responded, “I don’t care.” Craig, 56, had…
TWO-TIME Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu's dream project, the PV Sindhu Centre for Badminton and Sports Excellence, will be set up in the port city of Visakhapatnam. The facility will be dedicated to nurturing and empowering athletes across multiple sports and disciplines. Sindhu and her Team PVS thanked Andhra Pradesh…
SHORTLY after conceding the presidential race to Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris urged supporters to accept the election results and pledged to ensure a peaceful transfer of power to the Republican leader. In an emotional concession speech at her alma mater Howard University, 60-year-old Harris said the “light of…
ON THE occasion of Kamal Haasan's 70th birthday on Wednesday (7), the makers of his upcoming film "Thug Life" announced that the movie will be released worldwide on June 5, 2025. Directed by Mani Ratnam, the Tamil film reunites Haasan with the acclaimed filmmaker 35 years after their last collaboration,…
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,…
