• Monday, March 10, 2025

Farmers suspend march for day after some suffer teargas shell…

PROTESTING farmers on Friday suspended their foot march to Delhi for the day after a few of them suffered injuries due to teargas shells lobbed by security personnel, according to a Punjab farmer leader. "We have called back the 'jatha' for today in view of the injuries suffered by a…

Aamir Khan says ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’ to release by mid-2025

ACTOR and filmmaker Aamir Khan has announced that his upcoming film “Sitaare Zameen Par” will be released in theatres by mid-2025. The movie is thematically a sequel to his critically acclaimed 2007 film “Taare Zameen Par”, which explored the challenges faced by children with dyslexia. Speaking at the Red Sea…

Julia Roberts, Elisabeth Olsen to star in ‘Panic Carefully’

ACTOR Elisabeth Olsen will join Julia Roberts in the upcoming Warner Bros thriller “Panic Carefully”. Directed by Sam Esmail, the film reunites Roberts with Esmail, with whom she previously worked on “Homecoming”, “Gaslit”, and Netflix’s “Leave the World Behind”. The plot details for “Panic Carefully” remain undisclosed, but the movie…

Big-bang opening: ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’ sets new box office…

ALLU ARJUN’S “Pushpa 2: The Rule” has set a new benchmark in Indian cinema, earning ₹1.75 billion (£16.20m) on its opening day, as reported by Sacnilk. This record-breaking start has dethroned SS Rajamouli's RRR, which previously held the title of the biggest opener with ₹1.33 billion (12.31m) on day one.…

India vs Australia: India 180 all out; maiden five-wicket haul…

AUSTRALIAN Mitchell Starc made the pink ball talk for his maiden five-wicket haul before Nitish Reddy's fearless approach pushed India to 180 all out on day one of the day-night Test here on Friday. Having reduced India to 82 for four at tea, Australia took the remaining six wickets at…

Central bank keeps interest rates unchanged, cuts CRR as economy…

THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA on Friday kept its key interest rate unchanged citing inflation risks, but cut the Cash Reserve Ratio that banks are required to park with the central bank, boosting money with lenders to support a slowing economy. With India's GDP seeing a sharper-than-anticipated dip in the…

Uproar in Rajya Sabha after currency notes found in Congress…

RAJYA SABHA chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said security staff had recovered a wad of ₹500 currency notes from the seat allotted to Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi, leading to an uproar in the House. While Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said the chairman should not have named the member…

Adani issue: Opposition MPs take out protest march in Parliament

SEVERAL Opposition MPs led by the Congress on Friday held a protest march inside Parliament complex on the Adani issue, wearing black masks that read "Modi Adani bhai bhai". The protest saw several leaders from some of the INDIA bloc parties marching, holding a copy of the Constitution and raising…

College student in Delhi held for killing parents, sister

A 20-YEAR-OLD Delhi University student was arrested for allegedly murdering his parents and sister over domestic differences and a property dispute, police said. The accused, Arjun Tanwar, killed his family members with a knife while they were asleep at their residence in Delhi's Neb Sarai around 5am on Wednesday. To…

BJP accuses Rahul Gandhi of links with Soros, triggers chaos…

A VERBAL battle took place in the Parliament on Thursday after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey accused Rahul Gandhi of being a "traitor of the highest order" having links with "some agencies of America" and billionaire George Soros. The Congress party strongly condemned the attack and called out Dubey for using…