• Sunday, June 22, 2025

China, India agree to further ease border situation: Beijing

INDIA and China agreed to take measures to further ease the situation at the borders while continuing to implement the October agreement to resolve the standoff in eastern Ladakh comprehensively, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said a day after talks in New Delhi. China and India held the 32nd meeting of…

Foreign secretary Vikram Misri to visit Bangladesh amid strained ties

INDIA on Friday announced that foreign secretary Vikram Misri will travel to Dhaka on December 9, a visit that comes amid strain in ties with Bangladesh over attacks on minorities, including Hindus, in the neighbouring country. External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said Misri is travelling to Bangladesh to attend…

Sanjay Manjrekar says Virat Kohli should address his batting weaknesses

VIRAT KOHLI'S "adamancy" to not explore an alternate route to overcome his weakness outside off-stump has brought his batting average down from the 50s to 48.13, feels former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar. Kohli, who struck a fine hundred in the series opener of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth to break…

Madhya Pradesh: Class XII student kills principal after being scolded;…

A CLASS XII student allegedly shot dead the principal of his school in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district on Friday afternoon after being admonished for coming late, police officials said. He and his classmate from the Arts stream escaped from the spot on the deceased's scooter, they added. Superintendent of Police…

Farmers suspend march for day after some suffer teargas shell…

PROTESTING farmers on Friday suspended their foot march to Delhi for the day after a few of them suffered injuries due to teargas shells lobbed by security personnel, according to a Punjab farmer leader. "We have called back the 'jatha' for today in view of the injuries suffered by a…

Aamir Khan says ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’ to release by mid-2025

ACTOR and filmmaker Aamir Khan has announced that his upcoming film “Sitaare Zameen Par” will be released in theatres by mid-2025. The movie is thematically a sequel to his critically acclaimed 2007 film “Taare Zameen Par”, which explored the challenges faced by children with dyslexia. Speaking at the Red Sea…

Julia Roberts, Elisabeth Olsen to star in ‘Panic Carefully’

ACTOR Elisabeth Olsen will join Julia Roberts in the upcoming Warner Bros thriller “Panic Carefully”. Directed by Sam Esmail, the film reunites Roberts with Esmail, with whom she previously worked on “Homecoming”, “Gaslit”, and Netflix’s “Leave the World Behind”. The plot details for “Panic Carefully” remain undisclosed, but the movie…

Big-bang opening: ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’ sets new box office…

ALLU ARJUN’S “Pushpa 2: The Rule” has set a new benchmark in Indian cinema, earning ₹1.75 billion (£16.20m) on its opening day, as reported by Sacnilk. This record-breaking start has dethroned SS Rajamouli's RRR, which previously held the title of the biggest opener with ₹1.33 billion (12.31m) on day one.…

India vs Australia: India 180 all out; maiden five-wicket haul…

AUSTRALIAN Mitchell Starc made the pink ball talk for his maiden five-wicket haul before Nitish Reddy's fearless approach pushed India to 180 all out on day one of the day-night Test here on Friday. Having reduced India to 82 for four at tea, Australia took the remaining six wickets at…

Central bank keeps interest rates unchanged, cuts CRR as economy…

THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA on Friday kept its key interest rate unchanged citing inflation risks, but cut the Cash Reserve Ratio that banks are required to park with the central bank, boosting money with lenders to support a slowing economy. With India's GDP seeing a sharper-than-anticipated dip in the…