- Monday, March 10, 2025
MUSIC maestro AR Rahman and his son AR Ameen met British musician Ed Sheeran ahead of the singer's Chennai concert on Wednesday (5). Sheeran will perform in Chennai at the YMCA grounds, Nandanam. Ameen, also a singer, shared a series of pictures with Sheeran and Rahman on his Instagram page…
FORMER skipper Ravi Shastri reckons that Jasprit Bumrah's potential absence could severely weaken the Indian team in the Champions Trophy, but advised against rushing the premier fast bowler's return to the national side. Bumrah suffered back spasms in the fifth Test against Australia at Sydney in January, and did not…
THE AGA KHAN, imam of the Ismaili Muslims and head of a major development aid foundation, died Tuesday (4) in Lisbon at the age of 88, his foundation announced. He was the founder and president of the Aga Khan Development Network, which employs 96,000 people and finances development programmes particularly…
Delhi recorded 57.89 per cent voter turnout in the assembly polls on Wednesday (5) amid charges of malpractices including money distribution and fake voting. The turnout is about five percentage points lower than the 2020 assembly polls (62.59 per cent) when the Arvind Kejriwal-led party won 62 seat of the…
INDIA'S annual budget announcement was a bigger deal than usual this year: As the first full budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third term, it will set the tone for how the world's fifth-largest economy confronts slowing growth and sagging markets. But the year's top economic policy event opted mainly…
A SHARJAH-BASED Indian expat has won the Dh25 million (£5.45 m) grand prize in Big Ticket’s series 271 draw held in Abu Dhabi. The winner, Ashik Patinharath (38), hails from Kerala and works in the real estate sector by managing properties. He bought six tickets online for Dh1,000 and one…
THE CLOSE aide and confidant of Ratan Tata, Shantanu Naidu, has been made the General Manager, Head - Strategic Initiatives at Tata Motors. Naidu made this announcement on his LinkedIn profile, and recalled how is father, a Tata Motors employee used to walk home from the plant and he used…
NOTED South film producer Allu Aravind has hinted at making a sequel to the 2008 hit “Ghajini,” starring Aamir Khan. Speaking at the trailer launch event for his latest production, “Thandel,” Aravind recalled how “Ghajini” became the first Bollywood film to cross ₹1 billion at the box office. “Ghajini,” directed…
THE MAHA KUMBH stampede was not a "big incident" and is being "exaggerated", BJP MP Hema Malini said on Tuesday (4) asserting the congregation is being managed very well. The stampede took place on January 29, the occasion of Mauni Amavasya , one of the most auspicious days of the…
WHILE Delhi goes to polls on February 5, a report on illegal immigration by some professors of Jawaharlal Nehru University has evoked controversy. The report, titled "Illegal Immigrants to Delhi: Analysing Socio-economic and Political Consequences," said that illegal migration from Bangladesh and Myanmar was taking a toll on the city's…
