- Wednesday, April 23, 2025
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump said Friday (14) that his administration had "productive" talks with Russia about a ceasefire with Ukraine, urging counterpart Vladimir Putin to spare Ukrainian soldiers. Trump envoy Steve Witkoff met Putin late Thursday to lay out the details of a joint US-Ukrainian plan, which envisages a 30-day…
A SPECIAL Court of Economic Offences in Bengaluru on Friday rejected the bail plea of Kannada actress Harshavardhini Ranya alias Ranya Rao, who was recently arrested for gold smuggling. The second accused in the case, Tarun Konduru Raju (30), has been remanded to judicial custody for 15 days as the…
VETERAN actor-filmmaker Deb Mukherjee, father of director Ayan Mukerji, died due to prolonged illness on Friday (14) morning at his residence in suburban Mumbai. He was 83. “We are deeply saddened to inform you of the passing of Debu Mukherjee, an actor and driving force of the North Bombay Durga…
A 25-YEAR-OLD man was allegedly killed in Rajasthan's Dausa district for trying to stop three men from applying colour on him ahead of Holi, police said on Thursday. The incident was reported from Ralwas village on Wednesday (12) evening when Ashok, Bablu and Kaluram reached a local library to apply…
A WOMAN died on the spot and four others sustained injuries when a speeding car driven by a 20-year-old law student crashed into three two-wheelers and dragged them for some distance in Gujarat’s Vadodara city early Friday (14), police said. The accident occurred around 12.30 am near Muktanand crossroads in…
LAKSHYA SEN'S All England campaign ended in the quarterfinals as the Indian shuttler fell to former champion and world No. 6 Li Shi Feng of China 10-21, 16-21 in 44 minutes, in Birmingham on Friday (14). Sen, ranked world No. 15, had won their last two encounters, including at the…
IN his first public remarks on Ukraine's ceasefire proposal, Russian president Vladimir Putin thanked world leaders, including US president Donald Trump and prime minister Narendra Modi for their efforts to end the fighting between Ukraine and Russia. During a joint press conference with Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow on…
THE controversy over the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government replacing the rupee symbol with the Tamil letter "Ru" (ரு) in promotional material for the state budget, has taken an interesting twist as the designer of the ₹ symbol D Udaya Kumar hails from the state and is the son of a…
INDIA has trashed Pakistan's allegations of abetting terrorism against that country following the Balochistan train attack and said Islamabad should look inwards before blaming others for their own "failures". India observed that the whole world knows that Pakistan is the "epicentre of global terrorism". On Thursday, Pakistan accused India of…
A RESIDENT of Chandigarh stumbled upon Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) shares, originally purchased in 1988, during a spring cleaning of his house and this has triggered a social media chatter, says Economic Times. As per the documents, the now deceased shareholder had acquired 30 equity shares at ₹10 each, and…
