- Sunday, March 09, 2025
THE BJP is poised to form a government in Delhi after more than 26 years, with the latest Election Commission trends showing the saffron party ahead in 45 of the 70 assembly seats and AAP in 21. The BJP and AAP have won two seats each, according to the Election…
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi will visit the US on Wednesday (12) for talks with president Donald Trump on trade and other issues, days after many Indians were deported in shackles on a US military plane and more are due to come. Modi's February 12-13 schedule was announced by India's foreign…
KARLA SOFIA GASCON announced Friday (7) that she would step back from the Oscar campaign for "Emilia Perez" following the resurfacing of past social media posts that have drawn widespread criticism. The Spanish actor, who is the first transgender woman nominated for best actress, said she hoped her decision would…
BILLIONAIRE Gautam Adani's younger son Jeet on Friday (7) married fiancée Diva Shah at an private, traditional ceremony in Ahmedabad with a small group of friends and family in attendance. The business tycoon kept the wedding simple and donated ₹100 billion (£920m) to various social causes including building infrastructure in…
A 31-YEAR-OLD man was arrested allegedly for attempting to sexually assault a four-month pregnant woman in a moving train and pushing her out of the compartment near Katpadi in the district, police said on Friday. The 36-year-old victim, a native of Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, was travelling alone in the…
THE SEATTLE Consulate General of India said it had to “deal with a law and order situation” when certain individuals entered its premises “unauthorised” and engaged in aggressive and threatening behaviour with the Consulate staff over alleged denial of visa to one of them. “Today, the Consulate was forced to…
INDIA vice-captain Shubman Gill has allayed fears around Virat Kohli's fitness, saying the batting stalwart is fine and should be fit for the second One-Day International against England in Cuttack on Sunday. Kohli, 36, was forced to miss the ODI series opener in Nagpur due to swelling in his right…
INDUSTRIALIST Ratan Tata, who died in October last year, has in his will passed on assets worth ₹5 billion (£45.88 million) to Mohini Mohan Dutta, a Jamshedpur-based businessman, The Economic Times reported. This has created a flutter because Dutta is little known to the Tata family or his inner circle.…
IT services giant Infosys has laid off over 300 freshers who underwent foundational training at its Mysuru campus but could not clear internal assessments after three attempts, according to sources. IT employee union NITES, however, said the number of freshers affected by the move was much higher, and threatened to…
HOME, auto and other loans are likely to see a drop in interest rates after the Reserve Bank of India under a new Governor cut the key benchmark rate on Friday (7) for the first time in almost five years to spur a sluggish economy. The Monetary Policy Committee, headed…
