- Saturday, May 03, 2025
THE WHOLESALE price inflation rose to 1.84 per cent in September as food items, especially vegetables, turned costlier, as per the government data released on Monday. The wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation was 1.31 per cent in August. It was (-)0.07 per cent in September last year. Inflation in food…
ACTOR Naseeruddin Shah spoke about the elusive nature of originality in cinema during the opening day of IFP Season 14. He recalled a discussion with Javed Akhtar about "Sholay," the iconic 1975 film co-written by Akhtar and Salim Khan. Shah mentioned telling Akhtar that "Sholay" had borrowed elements from various…
THE BODY of former Delhi University professor and rights activist GN Saibaba who passed away in Hyderabad, will be donated to a hospital as he wished, said a statement issued by his family on Sunday. Saibaba, 58, was released from the Nagpur Central Jail after 10 years of incarceration after…
THE MUMBAI police have arrested a 28-year-old man from Pune who along with his brother “enlisted” two of the three alleged shooters in the Baba Siddique murder case, an official said. Police called the man, Pravin Lonkar, a “co-conspirator” and said they are on the lookout of his brother Shubham…
SECURITY agencies went into a tizzy after three international flights originating from Mumbai received bomb threats on Monday, with a New York-bound Air India flight getting diverted to Delhi. Apart from the Air India flight, two IndiGo flights - one to Muscat and another to Jeddah - also received bomb…
FOR someone whose immense talent hasn’t really blossomed at the international stage on a consistent basis so far, Sanju Samson was on Saturday a relieved man after hitting his maiden T20I ton in the third game against Bangladesh, but conceded he too has felt he "can do much better". Samson…
BIG names such as the Rajapaksa brothers, former presidents Ranil Wickremesinghe and Maithripala Sirisena are missing as the nominations for the November 14 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections closed on Friday. The Rajapaksa brothers — Mahinda, Gotabaya, Chamal and Basil — will not contest the parliamentary election after decades-long representation. Mahinda,…
A 25-YEAR-OLD man of Pakistani heritage has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of an Indian restaurant manager who was killed in a road collision with a car while cycling home in Reading, south-east England, on Valentine's Day this year. Shazeb Khalid was found guilty of the murder…
WITH Navratri festivities drawing to a close, quick commerce firm Zepto co-founder and CEO Aadit Palicha took to LinkedIn to inform that the platform sold over 100,000 dandiya sticks during the season. "What a day! Closing out Navratri 2024 with a grateful heart, seeing the beauty of India’s diversity through…
STEVE MCQUEEN’S latest film, "Blitz," serves as a stark reminder of the harsh realities of war, a message underscored by the Oscar-winning director’s observation that people increasingly “look away.” The film, which opened the London Film Festival, follows nine-year-old George, who embarks on a challenging journey to reunite with his…
