- Sunday, June 22, 2025
DONALD TRUMP claimed victory and pledged to "heal" the country Wednesday as results put him on the verge of beating Kamala Harris in a stunning White House comeback. His exuberant speech came despite the fact that only Fox News had declared him the winner, with no other US networks having…
CONTENDING that the Waqf (Amendment) Bill does not recognise their special status, the Dawoodi Bohra community, an affluent but microscopic sect among Muslims, told the parliamentary committee examining the proposed law that they should be kept out of the purview of any Waqf board. Senior advocate Harish Salve appeared for…
THE Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has submitted a 'Letter of Intent', expressing the country's desire to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games, to the International Olympic Committee's Future Host Commission, taking the first concrete step in an ambitious plan. The letter was submitted on October 1, according to a…
MILLIONS of Americans headed towards polling stations on Tuesday to elect the 47th President of the United States, capping one of the most bitter presidential campaigns in the country's history. On Monday night, both the candidates, Republican leader Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, spent a considerable amount of…
AHEAD of its initial share sale, Swiggy's Food Marketplace CEO Rohit Kapoor said the company as a whole is "very well positioned" and is looking at an organic growth trajectory for its quick commerce business Instamart. The Bengaluru-based company is aiming to garner ₹113.30 billion (£1.04bn) from the initial public…
THE Supreme Court on Tuesday said the positive concept of secularism required the state to treat minority institutions at par with secular ones and treat all equally irrespective of faith, belief. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra…
ANIL SHARMA, the director of the 2001 hit "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha," faced heavy scepticism over his choice to include the now-iconic handpump scene. Sharma recalls that many thought the scene would appear unrealistic. “No one was impressed when I told them about the handpump scene. They told me it…
BOLLYWOOD superstar Salman Khan has received a fresh threat along with a demand of ₹50 million (£457,634.20) from a person claiming to brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, officials said on Tuesday. The threat message, which also asked Khan to apologise apparently over an alleged blackbuck poaching incident, was received…
AN AIR of excitement and expectancy pervades the Thulasendrapuram village in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvarur district hoping that Democrat Kamala Harris, current vice president, wins in the US presidential elections. The villagers have performed prayers at the Sri Dharma Sastha temple in her ancestral village expecting her to trounce former president…
INDIAN professional boxer Mandeep Jangra won the World Boxing Federation's super featherweight world title after defeating Britain's Conor McIntosh in the Cayman Islands. The 31-year-old, who trains under former Olympic silver medallist Roy Jones Jr and has faced only one defeat in his professional career so far, had the upper…
