- Wednesday, June 18, 2025
VETERAN filmmaker Shyam Benegal, known for shaping Indian parallel cinema, turned 90 on Saturday. Despite the milestone, Benegal described it as “just another day,” spent with his team at the office. "We all grow old. I don’t do anything great (on my birthday). It may be a special day, but…
INFOSYS co-founder Narayana Murthy has once again emphasised the importance of adopting a 70-hour workweek in India and urged the youth to work hard to alleviate the country's poverty. At an Indian Chamber of Commerce's meeting in Kolkata, he pointed out that a lot more needs to be done to…
TECH giant Google on Monday announced the appointment of Preeti Lobana as the new country manager and vice president for India. She succeeds Sanjay Gupta, who recently transitioned to an elevated role as President of the Asia Pacific region at Google. As the new Country Manager and Vice President for…
TELUGU star Allu Arjun on Sunday said he is "deeply concerned" about the young boy who was injured in a stampede at a cinema hall in Hyderabad during the premiere of his film "Pushpa 2: The Rule" and is undergoing treatment at a hospital. The actor's statement came a day…
EIGHT Indian military veterans of Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War have reached Dhaka while eight war veterans of the Bangladesh Army arrived in Kolkata to join the Vijay Diwas celebrations in the two countries, officials said. Vijay Diwas commemorates the Pakistan military's surrender to Indian forces. India's historic victory led to…
THE INDIAN batters' inability to grind it out against a relentless Australian pace attack in testing conditions left the team precariously placed at 51 for four at the end of a rain-marred day three of the third Test in Brisbane on Monday. On a stop-start day, India bowled out Australia…
TABLA maestro Zakir Hussain died at a hospital in San Francisco, his family said on Monday. Hussain died due to complications arising out of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, the family said in a statement. He was 73. He had been hospitalised for the last two weeks and was later taken to…
AFTER AAP released its final list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls in Delhi, party supremo Arvind Kejriwal, who will contest from the New Delhi constituency, took a swipe at the BJP, alleging that the saffron party has no chief ministerial face. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday…
TRAVIS HEAD put an insipid Indian bowling attack to sword for his second successive hundred while veteran Steve Smith wore the opposition down with a century to put Australia in a favourable position on day two of the third Test in Brisbane on Sunday. Australia reached a commanding 405 for…
THE WOMAN, whose severed head was found at a garbage dump in south Kolkata's Tollygunge area, was allegedly killed by her brother-in-law as she had snubbed his advances, police said on Saturday. Cracking the case within 24 hours, Kolkata Police arrested the brother-in-law, identified as Atiur Rahman Laskar, from his…
