- Saturday, March 01, 2025
M S DHONI rolled back the years with an unbeaten 38-ball 50 but his team Chennai Super Kings went down to Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets in the IPL opener. The 40-year-old Dhoni, who passed on the captaincy to Ravindra Jadeja on Thursday, lifted holders Chennai from a precarious 61-5…
INDIA’s Infosys played down its business ties in Russia after British finance minister Rishi Sunak came under fire over his wife’s stake in the IT giant. Infosys, with a market value of some $100 billion, was co-founded by Sunak’s father-in-law N R Narayana Murthy. His daughter Akshata Murthy, Sunak’s wife, owns a…
UBER TECHNOLOGIES said it has received permission to operate in London under a new 30-month license, ending a years-long battle with the city transport regulator over safety concerns. “Uber has been granted a London private hire vehicle operator’s license for a period of two and a half years,” a spokesperson for Transport for…
THOUSANDS of people rallied in the UK capital in solidarity with Ukraine following Russia’s invasion, as London’s mayor stepped up criticism of the government’s response to the refugee crisis. Following a call from the mayor Sadiq Khan for a demonstration of “solidarity with Ukraine”, crowds marched through the city centre to Trafalgar…
Tiger Shroff is set to dazzle the silver screen after a long gap of two years. Last seen in Sajid Nadiadwala’s action thriller Baaghi 3 (2020), the actor is now gearing up for the release of Nadiadwala’s next production Heropanti 2. The upcoming film, directed by Ahmed Khan, holds a special place in Shroff’s…
Actor John Abraham says he wanted to amp up the Indian action genre with his latest film Attack and break the mould of playing safe with a “routine” project. Abraham features in Attack as a “super-soldier”, who can operate “beyond normal human limits”. For the actor, who has also backed the project through his banner…
Former beauty pageant winner Apeksha Porwal surprised everyone with her debut performance in the hit streaming show Undekhi (2020). Critics praised her for her intense and raw performance as Koyal. After the huge success of Undekhi, SonyLIV recently launched Undekhi 2, which saw the return of several cast members from the original, including Porwal. Just like…
FOUR men have been jailed for their violent burglary attempt in Rochdale more than a year ago that resulted in the death of a businessman. Ahmad Mirza, of Norris Street in Lincoln, and Blackpool residents Saman Ali and Ali Karimi are sentenced to 11 years in prison after they pleaded…
A SENIOR White House (USA) official said on Friday (25) India’s position at the United Nations over the crisis in Ukraine has been “unsatisfactory” but was also unsurprising given its historical relationship with Russia. Mira Rapp-Hooper, director for the Indo-Pacific on the White House National Security Council, told an online forum hosted…
CORONAVIRUS levels reached all-time highs in Scotland and Wales and are nearing record levels in England, with around 4.2 million people infected across the UK last week, official figures showed Friday (25). The steep rise in infections is due to Omicron BA.2, a more transmissible variant of Omicron, said the…
