• Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Clashes in Nagpur after rumours of burning of holy book

VIOLENCE erupted in central Nagpur on Monday with stones hurled at police amid rumours of the burning of a holy book during an agitation demanding the removal of Aurangzeb's tomb, leaving six people and three policemen injured, officials said. Police arrested 15 people during combing operations in various localities in…

Stranded US astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore to return on…

A PAIR of US astronauts stuck for more than nine months on the International Space Station will be returned to Earth on Tuesday evening, NASA said. Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are to be transported home with another American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft,…

Atmosphere was volatile, dangerous: Ranjani Srinivasan after leaving US

RANJANI SRINIVASAN, an Indian scholar at Columbia University who opted to "self-deport" after her visa was revoked, has described the terrifying moment when federal immigration agents knocked on the door of her varsity apartment. The immigration agents were searching for Srinivasan, 37, who had recently learned her student visa had…

IPL: Bumrah may miss initial matches; Sanju set to get…

STAR PACER Jasprit Bumrah is likely to miss the initial rounds of the IPL 2025 matches for Mumbai Indians as he is still recovering from the lower back injury that rendered him out of action since January. Bumrah suffered the injury during the second day of the fifth Test against…

RBI directs IndusInd Bank to complete remedial action this month

The Reserve Bank on Saturday (15) asked IndusInd Bank's board to complete remedial action during the current quarter amid disclosure of a ₹21 billion (£185.76m) accounting discrepancy. Earlier this week, the Hinduja group promoted bank disclosed a discrepancy in accounting with an estimated impact of 2.35 per cent of the…

Trump weighs travel ban on 41 countries; list includes Pakistan,…

THE DONALD TRUMP administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for the citizens of dozens of countries as part of a new ban, according to sources and an internal memo seen by Reuters. The memo lists a total of 41 countries divided into three separate groups. The first group of…

At US request, India arrests Russia-based crypto administrator accused of…

A RUSSIA-BASED cryptocurrency exchange administrator accused of money laundering and violating sanctions was recently arrested in India at Washington's request, according to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The United States, Germany and Finland took down the online infrastructure used by the Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, the US Justice Department…

India slams Pakistan for Jammu and Kashmir reference at UN…

INDIA has slammed Pakistan for its "unjustified" reference to Jammu and Kashmir in the UN General Assembly, with New Delhi asserting that such remarks will neither validate the country's claim nor justify its practice of cross-border terrorism. "As is their habit, the former foreign secretary of Pakistan today has made…

Pawan Kalyan: Tamil politicians oppose Hindi, but allow Tamil films…

JANASENA founder and Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan attacked Tamil Nadu politicians for opposing Hindi while profiting from dubbed films. While commemorating the 11th formation day of his party at Pithampuram in Kakinada on Friday 14), the actor-politician waded into the language controversy raging between Tamil Nadu and…

Indian scholar at Columbia University self-deports after visa revocation, accused…

AN INDIAN student at Columbia University, whose visa was revoked for allegedly supporting Hamas, has self-deported, says the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Ranjani Srinivasan, an Indian citizen, came to the United States on an F-1 student visa as a doctoral student in Urban Planning at Columbia University, and her…