• Friday, April 11, 2025

Have to mentally prepare to be a coach: Sreejesh

INDIAN hockey's goalkeeping stalwart P R Sreejesh, who was given a grand welcome on his arrival at the international airport here, said he will be spending the next 2-3 months to mentally prepare himself to transition from a player to a coach. With regard to the enthusiastic welcome given to…

SBI hikes lending rates, loans to be costlier

INDIA'S biggest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has raised the Marginal Cost of Funds-based Lending Rate (MCLR) by 10 basis points (0.1 percentage point), across tenors, making most of the consumer loans costlier. This is the third time in a row that the bank has increased MCLR. The benchmark…

Aadu Jeevitham dominates Kerala film awards

THE 54th Kerala State Film Awards for 2023 were announced on Friday, with 'Aadu Jeevitham' emerging as a standout winner. The film, directed by Blessy and based on Benyamin's novel, secured several key awards including Best Director and Best Actor. Malayalam actor Prithviraj Sukumaran received the Best Actor award for…

Jammu and Kashmir to go to polls from September 18

ASSEMBLY elections will be held in Jammu and Kashmir from September 18 in three phases, the Election Commission (EC) said on Friday. This will be the first state polls there after New Delhi scrapped the region's special autonomy. Voting will take place for 90 seats in Jammu and Kashmir on…

Taylor Swift resumes Eras tour in London

TAYLOR SWIFT’S "Eras" tour resumed in London on Thursday with a sell-out show at Wembley Stadium, marking the end of the European leg of the tour. This performance comes after the cancellation of her Vienna concerts due to a disrupted suicide attack plot and follows a recent mass stabbing at…

Independence Day: Congress attacks government for seating Rahul Gandhi in…

THE CONGRESS party said that making Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi "sit in the fifth row" during the Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort showed prime minister Narendra Modi's "pettiness" and lack of respect for democratic traditions. The opposition party's attack came after sources involved in organising…

Trump refuses to tone down personal attacks on Harris

REPUBLICAN presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he is "entitled" to personally attack his Democratic rival Kamala Harris and dismissed calls from allies to refocus his campaign on policy issues. Trump, 78, said he is "angry" at vice president Harris, 59, over the Biden administration's handling of issues ranging from…

Earth observation satellite launch a success: ISRO

ISRO on Friday successfully launched an Earth observation satellite on board a small satellite launch vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The third developmental flight carrying Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-08) along with a passenger satellite SR-0 DEMOSAT was successfully placed into the intended orbit as planned. "The…

Sequel to Wolfs in the making

A SEQUEL to the upcoming action comedy "Wolfs," featuring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, is currently in development. This news comes as the film prepares for its out-of-competition premiere at the Venice International Film Festival. "Wolfs" is slated for a limited theatrical release in the United States on September 20,…

Modi calls for uniform civil code, simultaneous elections

PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi Thursday made an unequivocal pitch for a uniform civil code in the country, asserting that a "secular civil code" in place of the existing "communal" one is the need of the hour. In his 11th straight address to the nation, his third term's first, from the…