- Monday, March 10, 2025
TABLA maestro Zakir Hussain will be laid to rest in San Francisco on Thursday, family sources said. Hussain, one of the world's most accomplished percussionists, died at a San Francisco hospital on Monday due to complications arising from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease. He was 73. "The funeral is…
VARUN DHAWAN shared that his preparation for his dual roles in “Baby John” was influenced by Amitabh Bachchan’s performance in the 1991 film “Hum”. Speaking at the movie's press conference, Dhawan mentioned that Bachchan's portrayal in the film continues to inspire him and many newer actors. "Amit ji has done…
THE PARENTS of the doctor who was raped and murdered at the RG Kar hospital moved the Calcutta High Court on Thursday, seeking a fresh investigation into the crime. Expressing a lack of confidence in the ongoing probe into the incident that led to huge protests, they prayed for a…
FIVE Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists, including a self-styled top commander of the outfit, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said here. Two security forces personnel sustained injuries in the operation that was launched in the early hours of the…
UNABLE to comprehend Ravichandran Ashwin's sudden decision to retire from international cricket, a shocked World Cup-winning skipper Kapil Dev says the premier off-spinner deserved a fitting farewell, ideally on home soil. Ashwin stunned one and all by calling it quits on Wednesday, right after the Brisbane Test against Australia ended…
EQUITY benchmark Sensex on Thursday plunged about 965 points to crash below the 80,000 level due to heavy selling in global equities after the US Federal Reserve signalled fewer rate cuts next year. Besides, deep losses in consumer durables, banking and IT stocks amid foreign fund outflows added to the…
PAYAL KAPADIA, the noted filmmaker who won the Gran Prix award at Cannes for her debut feature “All We Imagine as Light”, lamented the underrepresentation of women in the film industry. During an "In conversation" session at the 29th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday (18),…
THERE was the mandatory shower of flower petals, lots of smiles and a live band too as Ravichandran Ashwin returned home in Chennai on Thursday after his shock international retirement in the middle of a Test series in Australia. The veteran off spinner insisted that he made an "instinctive" decision…
FUGITIVE businessman Vijay Mallya has said that he will pursue relief for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and banks taking more than two times the debt he owed. His remarks came following a statement by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament about recovery of over ₹141.31 billion (£1.31bn) from his attached…
A FACE-OFF between the opposition and NDA MPs on the Parliament premises over the alleged insult to B R Ambedkar left former minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi injured. The BJP accused Rahul Gandhi of pushing the senior member, a charge rejected by the Congress leader. Trouble began when the INDIA bloc…
