• Saturday, March 01, 2025

Shah Rukh Khan tops TIME magazine annual readers poll, beats…

Ace Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan has found himself bagging the top spot in the 2023 TIME100 poll, which is decided by readers who voted for individuals/groups they think deserve a place on the renowned publication's annual list of the most influential people. Khan beat the likes of celebrated couple…

Another blow for India’s opposition Congress in south as former…

At a time when the opposition in India are trying to cement unity against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of prime minister Narendra Modi ahead of the 2024 general elections, the Indian National Congress, one of the main opposition forces, was witnessing more erosion within its ranks. On Friday,…

Fugitive Amritpal Singh underwent surgery to look like Bhindranwale, the…

Khalistani separatist Amritpal Singh, who has been on the run ever since the police in the northern Indian state of Punjab launched a manhunt on March 18, underwent eye surgery in Georgia to resemble slain Khalistani militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale before returning to India last year, India Today reported citing…

Forbes 2023 billionaires list: More Indians but less combined wealth,…

Forbes released its annual world billionaires list for 2023 this week and it saw the number of Indians hitting a record high. There are 169 Indians on the list, three more from last year. However, while more Indian billionaires made it to the list, their combined wealth saw a 10…

Student discrimination charges: London School of Economics responds to Haryana…

The London School of Economics (LSE) has said it is investigating the allegations of discrimination faced by an Indian student on its premises after Manohar Lal Khattar, chief minister of the northern Indian state of Haryana from where the student belongs, wrote to the institution seeking step on the matter.…

Cricket coach arrested in India’s Uttarakhand for sexually harassing 3…

A cricket coach in India, who was accused of sexually harassing three cricketers being trained by him, has been arrested soon after being discharged from All India Institute of Medical Science Rishikesh in the northern state of Uttarakhand where he was undergoing treatment following an alleged suicide bid, officials said…

Former India central bank chief Raghuram Rajan, who foresaw 2008…

Raghuram Rajan, the former governor of India's Reserve Bank of India and chief economist at the International Monetary Fund who predicted the global financial crisis more than a decade ago, has given a warning again -- this time about the future of the banking system. The 60-year-old has said that…

IPL 2023: Shah Rukh Khan co-owned KKR hammer RCB, featuring…

All-rounder Shardul Thakur blitzed a half-century off 20 balls to rally the Kolkata Knight Riders in Thursday's (6) 81-run Indian Premier League win over Royal Challengers Bangalore. Thakur hit nine fours and three sixes during his knock of 68, powering a recovery from a worrisome 89-5 in the 12th over.…

Danielle McLaughlin murder: British, Irish envoys meet chief minister of…

British and Irish diplomats on Thursday (6) met Pramod Sawant, chief minister of the western Indian state of Goa and expressed concern over the slow pace of the trial in the 2017 rape-and-murder case of British-Irish national Danielle McLaughlin. McLaughlin (28) was allegedly raped and murdered at Canacona in the…

India economy & business news in brief for April 6:…

Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Thursday, April 6, 2023: Tata Steel India reported a record operational performance in the last financial year despite a challenging environment, according to the company's CEO & MD T V Narendran, PTI reported. The company produced 19.87 Million…