- Friday, April 18, 2025
BOLLYWOOD superstar Shah Rukh Khan topped the list of celebrity taxpayers with advance tax payment of ₹920 million (£8.32m) in 2023-24, followed by Tamil actor 'Thalapathy' Vijay at a distant second, according to a list compiled by Fortune India Magazine. Fortune India's 'The Star Cast' list is based on advance…
VETERAN actors Naseeruddin Shah and Pankaj Kapur, who have worked together in several films over the past three decades, reunite in the Netflix series IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack. The series, directed by Anubhav Sinha, is based on the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight IC 814. At a press…
ACTOR Anushka Sharma opened up about the challenges of parenting, saying that there is too much pressure to be a "perfect parent." Speaking at a brand promotion event on Wednesday, Sharma emphasized the importance of acknowledging mistakes in front of children, which she believes helps them grow with a realistic…
HARVINDER SINGH became the first Indian archer to strike gold at the Paralympics before club thrower Dharambir also secured a top finish with a record-shattering throw as the country's athletes continued to surpass expectations at the Paris Paralympics 2024. World champion shot-putter Sachin Sarjerao Khilari and another club thrower Pranav…
RESERVE Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said the fundamental drivers of the Indian economy are gaining momentum and the country is moving on a sustainable growth path. In the inaugural address at FIBAC 2024, the governor said that massive changes are taking shape in various economic sectors and markets,…
THE BOARD of Reliance Industries Ltd on Thursday approved issuing 1:1 bonus shares - the first bonus issue in seven years. The Mukesh Ambani-promoted company had last issued bonus shares in September 2017. In a regulatory filing, the nation's most valuable company said its board recommended to shareholders for their…
THE SUPREME COURT on Thursday reserved its order on Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's separate pleas seeking bail and challenging his arrest by the CBI in the alleged excise policy scam. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan heard arguments put forward by Additional Solicitor General S V…
FORMER Indian high commissioner to Islamabad Gopalaswami Parthasarathy has said that 1999 hijack of an Indian aircraft to Kandahar was totally Pakistan's handiwork and al Qaeda was not involved. The Indian Airlines' Kathmandu-Delhi flight was hijacked by five terrorists on December 24, 1999, 40 minutes after it took off from…
A DAY after police filed a chargesheet against Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa and other accused in the Renukaswamy murder case, a photograph of the victim pleading for life emerged on social media on Thursday. "Fear writ large on a shirtless Renukaswamy’s face as he stared at the camera, the image…
MUHAMMAD YUNUS, the head of Bangladesh's interim government, has said that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina making political remarks from India is an “unfriendly gesture", asserting that she must remain silent to prevent the discomfort to both countries until Dhaka requests her extradition. "If India wants to keep her until…
