GERMAN luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz has said its car sales in India grew over 13 per cent year-on-year to 14,379 units in the first nine months of 2024, registering the best-ever performance in January-September period. The company further said the September quarter delivered over 21 per cent more cars at…
A BUSINESS development professional who threatened a man that he would throw acid on his wife's face over her choice of clothes has been sacked from the company, sources said on Friday. The Bengaluru police have launched an investigation against Nikith Shetty. "..., kindly tell your wife to follow a…
MUSIC composer A R Rahman will be performing at a live music concert to celebrate Kamala Harris' historic candidacy for US President, an Indian-American fundraiser has announced. The Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Victory Fund, which has endorsed the US Vice President for the upcoming election next month, shared the…
NOEL TATA - the half-brother of late Ratan Tata - who takes over as Chairman of Tata Trusts, has been with the Tata Group for over four decades, slowly rising through the ranks in the salt-to-software conglomerate. The 67-year-old was chosen to lead the trusts, which collectively own Tata Sons,…
VETERAN actor Shabana Azmi will be honoured with the Excellence in Cinema Award at the 2024 MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. The award ceremony will take place on October 18, followed by a masterclass on October 19 led by actor Vidya Balan, who will discuss Azmi’s five-decade-long journey in the film…
NOTING that conflicts in different parts of the world are having the most negative impact on the countries of the Global South, prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for the restoration of peace and stability in Eurasia and West Asia. Addressing the 19th East Asia Summit in Vientiane, Laos,…
RAFAEL NADAL on Thursday announced he will retire after the Davis Cup finals in November, ending a career which brought 22 Grand Slam titles, global respect and inspired epic, iconic rivalries with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. "I am retiring from professional tennis. The reality is that it has been…
SOUTH KOREAN author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life," the award-giving body said on Thursday. The prize is awarded by the Swedish Academy and is worth 11 million Swedish crowns (£808,267.64).…
THE AAP on Thursday shared images showing Delhi Chief Minister Atishi signing files at her Kalkaji residence surrounded by packed cartons of her belongings, a day after the party claimed she was made to "forcibly vacate" the 6, Flagstaff Road bungalow in the national capital. Posting the images on X,…
THE TRAILER of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 was launched at Jaipur's Raj Mandir cinema hall on Wednesday, with the film bringing back Vidya Balan to the iconic role of Manjulika. Balan, who first played the character in 2007, expressed her excitement to rejoin the franchise, thanking both director Anees Bazmee and…