- Tuesday, May 06, 2025
TATA STEEL is to shut a plant in Wales but has agreed to safeguard jobs elsewhere, the Indian giant announced Monday (2), as it restructures amid the collapse of a mega-merger. Tata, Britain's biggest steel operator, said it will close its Orb Electrical Steels in Newport, South Wales, that employs…
DEBT-RIDDEN Air India said it will stop using single-use plastic and replace the packaging with eco-friendly paper and wooden cutlery, as the government ramps up its "clean India" mission. Prime minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech in mid-August said eradicating single-use plastics was a key goal and called…
INDIA'S deputy high commissioner in Islamabad Gaurav Ahluwalia on Monday (2) met death-row convict Kulbhushan Jadhav after Pakistan granted consular access to him "in line with the ICJ judgement". The meeting between Ahluwalia and the retired Indian Navy officer is currently underway at a sub-jail after Pakistan formally granted the…
YOUNG Rishabh Pant became the fastest Indian wicket-keeper to claim 50 dismissals in Test cricket, surpassing former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The 21-year-old wicket-keeper batsman on Sunday claimed his 50th victim in his 11th Test while Dhoni had taken 15 Tests to touch the milestone. Pant took an easy catch…
HITTING out at Congress leader Digvijay Singh for alleging a link between the BJP and Pakistani spy agency ISI, the saffron party on dubbed his charge as "shameful and condemnable" and sought an apology from Congress president Sonia Gandhi. In a video, Singh was purportedly heard saying at an interaction…
IN a major boost to the Indian Air Force's (IAF) combat capabilities, eight US-made Apache AH-64E attack helicopters are set to be inducted into the IAF on September 3, officials said on Monday (2). Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa will be the chief guest during the induction ceremony, which…
INDIAN Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa and Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, the IAF pilot who became the face of a tense military confrontation between India and Pakistan in February, on Monday flew a MiG 21 fighter jet here. Varthaman started flying the MiG 21 about two weeks ago, nearly six…
ACTOR Shikha Talsania is set to share screen space with Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan in "Coolie No. 1". The movie is a remake of the 1995 original of the same name, which featured Govinda and Karisma Kapoor in the lead. Shikha, who has movies such as "Wake Up!…
THE situation in Kashmir was calm as the restrictions have been eased out in most areas across the valley, but normal life remained affected for the 29th consecutive day on Monday (2), officials said. Barricades have been removed from most areas of the valley, but the deployment of security forces continued…
BOLLYWOOD stars Shraddha Kapoor, Kartik Aaryan, Ekta Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi among others on Monday (2) brought home lord Ganesh on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. Ekta shared a video of herself with her father, Jeetendra, and mother Shobha Kapoor. She introduced Shobha as the boss of her and her father's…
