- Thursday, April 24, 2025
NEARLY 42,000 Indians, who had booked through private tour operators for Hajj pilgrimage this year, will not be able to travel, after Saudi Arabia reportedly slashed their quota. The Indian government on Tuesday (15) blamed the Combined Haj Group Operators (CHGOs), an umbrella organisation of private tour operators, for failing…
A 51-YEAR-OLD Pune resident was arrested at Mumbai International Airport for allegedly tearing pages from his passport to conceal his trips to Bangkok from his family, a police official said on Wednesday (16). The accused, Vijay Bhalerao, was intercepted by immigration officials at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA)…
IN a significant development, the Supreme Court on Wednesday (16) proposed to stay certain key provisions of the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, including the power to denotify properties declared as waqf by courts and inclusion of non-Muslims in central Waqf councils and boards. The top court proposed to pass…
FORMER Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah Wednesday (16) reacted angrily to claims of former R&AW chief A S Dulat that he had "privately backed" the Article 370 abrogation, and accused him of "cheap stunts" to boost the sales of his forthcoming book. Dismissing Dulat's claims that the National…
APPLE'S main India suppliers Foxconn and Tata shipped nearly $2 billion worth of iPhones to the United States in March, an all-time high, as the US company airlifted devices to bypass President Donald Trump's impending tariffs, customs data shows. The smartphone maker stepped up production in India and chartered cargo…
SUPREME COURT chief justice Sanjiv Khanna on Wednesday (16) recommended to the Centre the name of Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai as the next chief justice of India (CJI). Justice Gavai, the second senior-most Supreme Court judge after the incumbent CJI Khanna, is set to become the 52nd CJI on May…
ACTOR and Punjab Kings (PBKS) co-owner Preity Zinta's ecstatic celebration after her team's sensational victory over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in New Chandigarh on Tuesday is trending on the internet. In a low-scoring match, PBKS could set up a modest total of 111 after being bowled out inside 16 overs.…
FORMER cricketer Zaheer Khan and Sagarika Ghatge welcomed their first child - a baby boy, and shared a joint post on Instagram on Wednesday (16). They have named their child Fatehsinh Khan. In a grey-scale picture shared on Instagram, Zaheer Khan is seen holding his child on his lap with…
A US federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a 21-year-old undergraduate Indian whose student visa was cancelled. Krish Lal Isserdasani has been pursuing a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with an F-1 student visa since 2021. Court documents, as seen by…
AN AIR HOSTESS on the ventilator in the ICU of a private hospital in Gurugram was allegedly sexually assaulted by a staff member, police said on Tuesday. Police said they are examining CCTV footage of the hospital and questioning those who may have interacted with her to identify the perpetrators.…
