- Thursday, April 24, 2025
THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT on Thursday (17) assured the Supreme Court that it will neither denotify waqf properties, including "waqf by user", nor make any appointments to the central waqf council and boards till May 5. The assurance of solicitor general Tushar Mehta came when he informed a bench of chief…
JAMMU AND KASHMIR'S only relationship with Pakistan is that of Islamabad vacating the illegally occupied part of the union territory, India said on Thursday, strongly condemning Pakistan army chief Gen Asim Munir's remarks. In his address at an event in Islamabad on Tuesday (15), Gen Munir described Kashmir as the…
INDIA'S second-largest IT company, Infosys on Thursday (17) reported an 11.7 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to ₹70.33 billion (£622.28 million) for the March quarter. It had posted a profit (attributable to owners of the company) of ₹79.69 billion (£705.09m) in the year-ago period. The Bengaluru-headquartered company has…
SENIOR West Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh stirred a controversy with his purported call for Hindus to keep weapons at home for protection. His alleged remark drew sharp criticism from the ruling Trinamool Congress, which termed it "provocative". "Hindus are buying television sets, refrigerators and new furniture. But they don't…
A SENIOR faculty member of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi has been dismissed over charges of sexual harassment involving a foreign researcher, an official said on Thursday (17). The alleged incident took place a few months ago during a university event, according to JNU sources. University officials…
THE US Department of Homeland Security has threatened to revoke Harvard University's ability to enrol foreign students if it failed to provide by April 30 records on its international student visa holders' "illegal and violent" activities. It also cancelled grants totalling more than $2.7 million to Harvard University. The latest…
ELECTRIC cab-hailing platform BluSmart remained non-operational on Thursday (17) across Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, and Mumbai, as the market regulator cracked down on its co-founder over alleged misuse of funds at an affiliated company. BluSmart app, that offered more than 8,000 taxis in the three metros, stopped taking bookings on Wednesday evening…
A 28-YEAR-OLD YouTuber allegedly murdered her husband with the help of a male friend, also a content creator, after he objected to their "intimacy" and her social media activities. The duo carried the body on a motorcycle and dumped it in a drain in Haryana's Bhiwani, where it was found…
MITCHELL STARC, who bowled the crucial match-winning super over for Delhi Capitals against Rajasthan Royals said he "backed" himself to execute his plans. The Australian pacer produced his magic not once but twice nailing blockhole deliveries at will. Needing nine in six balls, Starc bowled his yorkers consistently in the…
US VICE PRESIDENT JD Vance and his wife Usha, the first Indian-American Second Lady, will visit India early next week that will see him hold talks with prime minister Narendra Modi amid increasing global trade disruptions over Trump administration's tariff tussle. The US vice president is visiting Italy and India…
