- Sunday, February 23, 2025
MORE than 250 millionaires from India have made use of the so-called “golden visa” to settle down in the UK through a large investment into the country since the route started in 2008, according a to a new report brought out by a UK-based anti-corruption charity on Monday (12). Spotlight…
THE Tokyo Olympics are set to kick off on July 23, a year after it was scheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The event remains sports’ biggest show on earth and like their counterparts from elsewhere on the planet, Indian athletes will also compete in a bid to make the…
FUGITIVE Indian businessman Mehul Choksi was on Monday (12) granted bail by a court in the Caribbean island-nation of Dominica on medical grounds. He was arrested and jailed there since May 23 for illegal entry. Choksi, 62, can now travel to neighbouring Antigua and Barbuda, of which he is a…
JUSTICE Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud, a judge of the Supreme Court of India on Monday (12) said anti-terror law should not be “misused for quelling dissent”. He said this while addressing an event on legal ties between India and the United States. His remarks came days after India saw an outrage…
DAYS after effecting a major reshuffle in the, the Narendra Modi government has reconstituted some powerful committees in the cabinet. While Union ministers Smriti Irani, Bhupender Yadav and Sarbananda Sonowal were brought in as the new members of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs led by Modi, those like Arjun…
KAPIL'S Devils who had won India’s maiden World Cup in cricket in 1983 were in for a shock on Tuesday (13) when one of their colleagues in the memorable mission Yashpal Sharma passed away in New Delhi after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 66 and is survived by his…
A STRONG medal contender at the Tokyo Games, ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu on Friday admitted that she has got a favourable draw but insisted that she has to be on top of her game since no match is easy at the Olympics. Reigning world champion and Rio Games silver…
A MUGHAL dagger and scabbard is at risk of leaving the country unless a UK buyer can be found as a temporary export bar has been placed to save the work. Owned by Robert Clive, an important figure in British India, and collected during his time in India, the dagger…
SIRISHA BANDLA made history on Sunday (11) when she flew to the edge of space on billionaire Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic rocket plane. She became the second woman from India to go to space after Kalpana Chawla, who died when the Columbia Space Shuttle's crash in 2013. Sir Richard…
BHARTI Airtel and its telecom gear maker Nokia on Monday (12) switched on their 5G field trial network at a shopping mall complex in Mumbai and will run a similar trial in Kolkata, according to sources. Airtel is conducting the trial in the 3500 MHz band using 5G gear from…
