- Monday, May 05, 2025
The Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday extended relaxed fumigation norms for imported onions up to December 31, in a bid to improve domestic supply and check prices that have skyrocketed up to Rs 100 per kg. On November 6, the ministry had liberalised fumigation provisions under the Plant Quarantine (PQ) Order,…
SOHA ALI KHAN on Tuesday said she will foray into the digital medium with a comedy web-series. "I am looking forward to starting something in January and it will be 30 or 40 days commitment. I have never stayed this long away from my daughter Inaaya, I will take her…
LEGENDARY singer Lata Mangeshkar, who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital earlier this week, is still on ventilator and is "critical but improving", hospital sources said on Wednesday. Mangeshkar, 90, was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital in the early hours of Monday after she complained…
ACTOR Lara Dutta believes it's crucial for a person to be strong to survive in Bollywood, pageantry or modelling world as it requires nerves of steel to navigate the ups and downs. Lara will mentor contestants for LIVA Miss Diva 2020, which will feature young aspirants from across the country…
The noxious haze returned to Delhi and its suburbs on Tuesday due to raging farm fires in neighbouring states and a fall in temperature and the wind speed. Weather experts said the national capital recorded a minimum of 11.7 degrees Celsius, the season's lowest so far, Tuesday morning. It is…
PUNJAB Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has assured the Punjabi diaspora of trying to set up special courts to expeditiously settle cases of those who were declared proclaimed offenders after fleeing the state during the Khalistan militancy days. Singh said he would take up the issue with the chief justice of…
VODAFONE on Tuesday (12) posted a net loss of more than €2.1 billion (£1.81bn) in its first half after India's Supreme Court ordered telecoms companies to pay long-standing bills. In the six months to September 30, the British group's loss after tax stood at €2.128bn. However, that was far less…
TATA Group has approached two global auto giants in a bid to form partnerships for its beleaguered British automotive business, media reports said today (12). The deliberations by the Indian conglomerate are at an early stage, and it could still approach other potential partners, media reports said quoting people with…
AT least six construction workers, believed to be Indian nationals, were killed in Oman when they were buried at an excavation site of a water pipeline project due to heavy rains. The incident happened in the Seeb area of Muscat following heavy rain on Sunday (10), the Indian Embassy in…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday described Guru Nanak Dev as a unique symbol of India's saint tradition and said the Modi government is devoted to the thoughts and teachings of the Sikhism founder. In a series of tweets on the occasion of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru…
