- Wednesday, June 18, 2025
PAYAL KAPADIA, the noted filmmaker who won the Gran Prix award at Cannes for her debut feature “All We Imagine as Light”, lamented the underrepresentation of women in the film industry. During an "In conversation" session at the 29th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday (18),…
THERE was the mandatory shower of flower petals, lots of smiles and a live band too as Ravichandran Ashwin returned home in Chennai on Thursday after his shock international retirement in the middle of a Test series in Australia. The veteran off spinner insisted that he made an "instinctive" decision…
FUGITIVE businessman Vijay Mallya has said that he will pursue relief for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and banks taking more than two times the debt he owed. His remarks came following a statement by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament about recovery of over ₹141.31 billion (£1.31bn) from his attached…
A FACE-OFF between the opposition and NDA MPs on the Parliament premises over the alleged insult to B R Ambedkar left former minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi injured. The BJP accused Rahul Gandhi of pushing the senior member, a charge rejected by the Congress leader. Trouble began when the INDIA bloc…
TWO passengers, a man and a child, were still missing a day after a Navy craft carrying out engine trials rammed into their ferry off Mumbai coast, police said on Thursday. Of the 113 people on board both the vessels, 13 died and 98, including two injured, were rescued, they…
A MURDER convict sentenced to 28 years' imprisonment in the United Kingdom in 2020 has been brought to Gujarat to serve the remaining sentence under an India-UK agreement, officials said on Wednesday. The UK government agreed to transfer the convict following an appeal filed by his parents that their son,…
THIRTEEN people died and 101 others were rescued after a Navy speed boat crashed into a ferry off the Mumbai coast on Wednesday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said. The dead include 10 civilians and three Navy personnel, Fadnavis told reporters at Nagpur. As per the information from Navy, the…
A CASE has been registered after HSBC Bank was allegedly duped of ₹12.6 million (£116,939.18) through 38 credit cards that were issued without proper verification of documents, a police official said on Wednesday. The alleged crime came to light on Monday after the foreign bank’s vice-president (financial crime investigation) approached…
SHARES of Vishal Mega Mart Ltd surged 43.50 per cent in debut trade on Wednesday against the issue price of ₹78. The stock listed at ₹110, rallying 41 per cent from the issue price on the BSE. During the day, it surged 48.20 per cent to ₹115.60. Shares of the…
A DELHI court on Wednesday granted seven days interim bail to former JNU student Umar Khalid, accused in the conspiracy case connected to February, 2020 riots, to attend a family event. Additional sessions judge Sameer Bajpai granted him the reprieve for seven days to attend a family wedding. Khalid is…
