• Wednesday, March 05, 2025

Adani Group completes majority acquisition of NDTV

The Adani Group on Friday (30) said it had acquired 27.26 per cent equity stake in NDTV from the promoters -- Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy -- indicating that the group had acquired the majority stake in the media firm. In a statement on Friday, the Adani Group said, "RRPR,…

Cyrus Mistry death; Rishabh Pant injury: India reveals its horrible…

Road accidents are emerging as a major menace in India. In September, Cyrus Mistry, a prominent Indian industrialist, died in a horrific car crash in the western state of Maharashtra. In December, Prahlad Modi, the younger brother of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, was involved in a car accident along…

World leaders condole demise of PM Modi’s mother: ‘No greater…

Several world leaders on Friday (30) condoled the demise of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben Modi who passed away in Gujarat at the age of 99. Heeraben passed away at a hospital in Ahmedabad in the early hours of Friday. Her mortal remains were consigned to flames by…

Why Indian leather companies are accused of helping Russia’s war…

While India has been accused in the west of not taking a strong stand on Russia despite its military invasion of Ukraine and over the decision to buy oil from Moscow, now a number of South Asian nation's leather companies have also come under the scanner. It has been alleged…

Bus driver who rescued India cricketer Rishabh Pant after car…

A bus driver from the northern Indian state of Haryana, who was among those who took India cricketer Rishabh Pant to safety after her Mercedes Benz SUV got into a deadly accident in the northern state of Uttarakhand early on Friday (30), said he could not identify the ace wicket-keeper-batter…

Hours after mother’s death, Modi virtually flags off elite Vande…

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday virtually flagged off the Vande Bharat Express connecting Howrah and New Jalpaiguri in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Also present on the occasion were Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose and Indian railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. The seventh Vande…

WATCH: PM Modi carries mother Heeraben’s mortal remains after she…

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday (30) bid adieu to his mother Heeraben Modi who passed away at a hospital in Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat earlier in the day at the age of 99. PM Modi, who arrived at the Gujarat city after her death and…

Pak drones: India’s BSF gives £1k reward to border ‘hit’…

A cash prize of Rs 1 lakh (1,003) to its 'hit' team, an assortment of jammers and spoofers and multi-layered patrols by security personnel are some of the measures taken by the Border Security Force (BSF) to check the increasing infiltration of drones carrying drugs and arms from Pakistan into…

When Brazil icon Pele was left mesmerised in Kolkata, India’s…

Much before Diego Maradona's 'Hand of God' moment stirred the football passion in the region, it was the Brazilian maestro Pele who began Bengal's tryst with the 'beautiful game'. Playing against Mohun Bagan on a slushy and jam-packed Eden Gardens on September 24, 1977, in the twilight of his career,…

Here are top political events that happened in India in…

Here are top 10 events that happened in Indian politics in 2022: Aam Aadmi Party winning Punjab and Delhi municipal elections, emerges as national party: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led by Arvind Kejriwal took a major step towards fulfilling its national dream in 2022, less than a decade after…