• Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Kiara Advani denies hospitalisation rumours

KIARA ADVANI has been advised to rest following an intense work schedule, her representative confirmed on Saturday. This comes after reports surfaced claiming that the Bollywood star had been hospitalised, following her absence from the trailer launch event of her upcoming film “Game Changer”. "Kiara Advani has not been hospitalised,…

Diljit Dosanjh: India can host bigger music festivals than Coachella

PUNJABI singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh believes India has the potential to host music festivals larger in scale than the globally renowned Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The artiste shared this vision during his meeting with prime minister Narendra Modi on New Year's Day at the PM's residence. During their discussion,…

Rohit Sharma: I am not retiring from Test cricket

INDIA captain Rohit Sharma said Saturday he stood down from the decisive ongoing fifth Australia Test because he was not in form but insisted he was not retiring. The acclaimed opener has had a poor series, with critics suggesting his omission from the Test - with the visitors down 2-1…

India vs Australia: Wickets tumble in Sydney, injury woes for…

AN EXPLOSIVE Rishabh Pant slammed the second-fastest Indian Test half-century Saturday to drive the visitors to a 145-run lead with four wickets left after an intense day two of the decisive fifth Test against Australia in Sydney. At the close, India were 141-6 with Ravindra Jadeja on eight and Washington…

Cases against Gautam Adani in US to be assigned to…

A NEW YORK court has ordered that the criminal and civil cases filed against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and others in a bribery scheme are “related” and will be assigned to the judge overseeing the criminal case. The order available on the court website of the US District Court Eastern…

Bidens received priciest gift from Modi: Report

A $20,000 (£16,112.40) diamond presented by prime minister Narendra Modi to US First Lady Jill Biden was the most expensive gift given by any world leader to the Biden family in 2023, the US State Department has said here. The 7.5 carat eco-friendly, lab-grown diamond was gifted by Modi in…

From seeking alms to managing traffic: Transforming lives of transgenders…

FROM seeking alms on city roads to managing traffic at the same places, it has been an incredible journey of empowerment for 39 transgenders in Hyderabad who have been inducted as traffic assistants to help the city police. The transgenders, who have been appointed on a pilot basis, say they…

India protests China’s creation of two new counties in Hotan…

INDIA on Friday said it has lodged a "solemn protest" with China over the establishment of two new counties in Hotan prefecture as parts of these regions fall in Indian union territory of Ladakh. In a strong reaction, New Delhi said creation of new counties will neither have a bearing…

Union Carbide waste disposal at Pithampur: Two attempt self-immolation, hospitalised

TWO men were hospitalised after they set themselves afire on Friday amid a bandh call in Madhya Pradesh’s Pithampur against the planned disposal of 337 tonnes of Union Carbide waste in the industrial town, an official said. During one of the protests against the waste disposal in the town in…

Very surprised when I heard the term ‘opting out’: Ponting…

AUSTRALIAN batting great Ricky Ponting on Friday said he was "surprised" by the Indian camp's wording around Rohit Sharma's absence from the fifth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, but admitted that the move was on expected lines. The match started here on Friday with the visitors eyeing a…