- Thursday, February 27, 2025
A FULL-FLEDGED women’s Indian Premier League (IPL) could kick off as early as next year, with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) saying it is working on delivering the tournament “soon”, Reuters reported. Currently, a three-team Women’s T20 Challenge is held alongside the men’s IPL every year.…
AS the volatile Westminster mood shifts daily, predictions are perilous. But the bookmakers odds capture the fragility of the prime minister’s position, giving Boris Johnson a one in three chance of remaining in office to the end of this year, and only a one in five chance of fighting a…
THE Indian subcontinent has lost a truly great singer the world has known with the demise of Lata Mangeshkar, top leadership of South Asian countries said on Sunday (6) as they paid their tribute to the “Empress of Music” who “touched billions of hearts through her golden and unparalleled voice”.…
SPINNER Yuzvendra Chahal claimed four wickets while captain Rohit Sharma slammed a fifty as India defeated the West Indies by six wickets in the first match of the three-game one-day international series at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat on Sunday (6). India reached…
ICONIC Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar, who passed away early on Sunday (6) in a hospital in the western Indian city of Mumbai after almost a month’s treatment, was cremated with full state honours at the city’s Shivaji Park in the evening. The death of India’s ‘Nightingale’ at the age of…
EMINENT personalities from across all spheres of life in Pakistan on Sunday (6) described Lata Mangeshkar as the “nightingale of the subcontinent” and the “queen of melody” as they paid tributes to the iconic singer, who, they said, was the most favourite artiste of Pakistani people and would rule their…
AMBASSADORS and missions of various nations on Sunday (6) condoled the death of singing legend Lata Mangeshkar and said her melodies will forever remain alive with music lovers across generations. Mangeshkar, whose voice struck an instant chord of recognition with generations of South Asians and is considered one of India’s…
BEFORE she became a singing legend, Lata Mangeshkar started her career in the film industry as an actor playing smaller parts to support her family after her father’s death. Born in Indore in the present-day central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on September 28, 1929, Mangeshkar was named Hema at…
MORE than 75 years ago, an opinion poll held among employees at Tata to choose from four names resulted in the country’s first airline company being named ‘Air India’. Just days after officially taking control of India’s debt-ridden national carrier, the Tata Group on Sunday (6) shared nuggets of information…
LATA MANGESHKAR, known as the ‘Nightingale of India’ for her melodious voice, holds the distinction of being the first Indian artiste ever to perform live at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall. The legendary singer, who passed away aged 92 in Mumbai on Sunday (6), chose the British venue for her…
