- Tuesday, April 22, 2025
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…
TWO passengers, a man and a child, were still missing a day after a Navy craft carrying out engine trials rammed into their ferry off Mumbai coast, police said on Thursday. Of the 113 people on board both the vessels, 13 died and 98, including two injured, were rescued, they…
A MURDER convict sentenced to 28 years' imprisonment in the United Kingdom in 2020 has been brought to Gujarat to serve the remaining sentence under an India-UK agreement, officials said on Wednesday. The UK government agreed to transfer the convict following an appeal filed by his parents that their son,…
