- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
VIKAS Oberoi, a top realtor from Mumbai, and his wife Gayatri Joshi, a former actor who made her debut in Bollywood with superstar Shah Rukh Khan in 'Swades', were recently involved in a deadly car crash in Italy and had a close shave. An elderly couple from Switzerland were killed…
DEFENDING champions England take on New Zealand in Thursday's (5) opening match of the World Cup in a rematch of their epic showdown in the 2019 final at Lord's. Jos Buttler's men come into the 10-team tournament with the depth to live up to their billing as one of the…
TWENTY-THREE personnel of the Indian Army were reportedly missing in the north-eastern Indian state of Sikkim after a massive cloudburst triggered flash floods in the region's Teesta river. Sources in the army said a search operation was launched to locate the missing soldiers. At least eight people were reportedly killed…
INDIA'S superstar cricketers endured a 3,400km (2,170 miles) cross-country journey to play a World Cup warm-up only for the match to be abandoned without a ball being bowled on Tuesday (3). India were to face the Netherlands in Thiruvananthapuram, on the southern tip of India, but they were left kicking…
INDIAN metals-to-oil conglomerate Vedanta Ltd's decision to split into six separate units over the next 15 months may do little in providing its UK-based parent an immediate relief in meeting an approaching deadline for about debt worth billions, at least four brokerages said. Last week, the company led by billionaire…
TREMORS were felt in India's Delhi-National Capital Region on Tuesday (3) afternoon after two earthquakes hit the northern neighbour of Nepal. People came out of their houses and offices for safety. Tremors were also felt in other parts of north India, including Dehradun, the capital of the Himalayan state of…
THE controversy around the frequent deaths of patients at a government hospital in Nanded in the western Indian state of Maharashtra has turned deeper with seven more patients dying late on Monday (2), raising the toll to 31. The Shankarrao Chavan Government Hospital made the headlines earlier after 24 patients…
THE Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on Tuesday (3) shut down troubled law firm Axiom Ince which was on the brink of collapse. According to the regulator, the move was made "to protect" interests of the closed company's clients -- both current and former, Legal Futures reported. The development comes in…
THE Indian capital on Tuesday (3) witnessed a major police mission conducting raids at homes of several prominent journalists and authors in connection with a probe into the financial backing of news website NewsClick. According to reports, police officers seized mobile phones and laptops during the raid. Investigations are reportedly…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Monday, October 2, 2023: HP and Google's decision to manufacture Chromebooks in India highlights the country's appeal for hardware production, feels Indian minister of state for information technology and electronics Rajeev Chandrasekhar. Chromebooks encompass laptops, detachables, and tablets running…
