- Monday, March 10, 2025
INDIGO expects to carry 112 million passengers in 2024 and is on the way to become a leading player in global aviation, its chief Pieter Elbers has said. In 2023, the country's largest airline has flown over 100 million passengers. India is one of the world's fastest-growing civil aviation markets…
CELEBRATED music personalities, including Amjad Ali Khan, Shubha Mudgal and Shankar Mahadevan from across the classical and pop traditions, have joined hands to celebrate the musical legacy of the great Mohammed Rafi with a performance on his timeless song "Abhi Na Jao Chhodkar". Rafi, one of the greatest playback singers…
SANTA CLAUS grooving to a bhangra beat or lip-syncing to a Bhojpuri rendition of "Jingle Bells", adding in some ha-ha-ha to the classic ho-ho-ho this festive season, are the many amusing, desi versions of Christmas carols. Whether it's Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, or Facebook posts, social media this year is…
POPCORN, in loose form, sold in movie theatres will continue to attract 5 per cent goods and services tax (GST), same as in restaurants, government sources said. However, if the popcorn is clubbed and sold together with a movie ticket, the supply would be treated as a composite supply and…
ACTOR Allu Arjun and makers of the film 'Pushpa' on Wednesday announced financial assistance of ₹20 million (£183,368.10) for the family of the woman who died in a stampede during the film's screening at a theatre here on December 4. Meanwhile, Telangana State Film Development Corporation (FDC) chairman and leading…
BRITISH-INDIAN novelist Salman Rushdie's controversial book "The Satanic Verses" has quietly returned to India 36 years after it was banned by the Rajiv Gandhi government. A "limited stock" of the book, which caused a furore against its author and content that was deemed blasphemous by Muslim organisations the world over,…
TRAVIS HEAD is the "best batter in the world" whose performances against Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy exemplify his fearless approach and "Australian way of batting", feels legendary cricketer Greg Chappell. Head has dominated the batting chart with 409 runs in the first three Tests with…
SANJEEB WAZED, son of deposed Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has accused the Muhammad Yunus led interim government of “weaponising the judiciary” for carrying out a “political witch hunt” against the Awami League leadership. Wazed's allegations, as a long post on X, came two days after the interim government on…
THE DELHI government's Women and Child Development and Health departments issued public notices on Wednesday distancing themselves from the ruling AAP's promised schemes of providing ₹2,100 to women and free treatment for the elderly, triggering a fresh row ahead of assembly polls. The two departments also cautioned the people against…
PUNJAB Police's investigations into the terror module controlled by Pak-based Ranjeet Singh Nita, the chief of Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF), has led to a British Sikh soldier suspected to be behind the recent grenade attacks on police stations in the state. In a series of terror attacks in Punjab involving…
