- Friday, May 02, 2025
BILLIONAIRE Gautam Adani's group will supply clean energy to power Google's cloud services and operations in India, the two firms said on Thursday. Adani group will supply 61.4 megawatt of electricity from a new solar-wind hybrid project located at its 30 gigawatt (GW) Khavda renewable energy park in Gujarat. Google…
ACTOR-POLITICIAN Kangana Ranaut courted a new controversy on Wednesday with a social media post about Mahatma Gandhi and former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. The actor, who previously faced backlash for her comments on the farmers' protests, paid homage to Shastri on his 120th birth anniversary through a post that…
A DOCTOR was shot dead inside a nursing home in southeast Delhi's Kalindi Kunj area in the early morning hours, police said on Thursday. The accused, who appeared to be juveniles, came for treatment and shot Javed Akhtar, a Unani practitioner (BUMS), around 1.45 am, they said. According to a…
THE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE has summoned former Indian cricket captain and Congress politician Mohammad Azharuddin for questioning in a money laundering case linked to alleged financial irregularities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association, official sources said Thursday. The 61-year-old former Member of Parliament was asked to depose before the federal agency at…
FORMER actor couple Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya hit back at Telangana minister Konda Surekha after her remarks that senior BRS leader KT Ramarao was responsible for their divorce sparked controversy, saying her claims are "false" and the decision to part ways was "mutual". On her Instagram Story, Samantha…
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the Swachh Bharat Mission as the largest and most successful people's movement of the 21st century, emphasising its impact on public health and wellbeing. Addressing an event to mark 10 years of the mission, Modi said that mass participation has transformed the campaign…
ACTORS Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Alia Bhatt on Wednesday urged citizens to actively participate in the Swachh Bharat campaign as they marked the 10th anniversary of the cleanliness initiative. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the campaign in 2014 on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, who put…
ALTHOUGH trams have become a "white elephant" for the West Bengal government, immediate suspension of services in Kolkata is not on the cards as projected in a section of the media, a senior transport official said. Protests have erupted in Kolkata after Transport Minister Snehasis Chakraborty last week announced that…
BABAR AZAM has tendered his resignation for the second time as Pakistan’s captain with Mohammad Rizwan likely to replace him in limited-overs formats later this month. Babar released a statement on X (formerly Twitter) around midnight on Wednesday announcing he had informed the Pakistan Cricket Board and team management about…
CELEBRATED composer AR Rahman on Wednesday said he is set to score music for the upcoming series "Gandhi", directed by Hansal Mehta. The multiple award winner, known for his work in films such as "Roja", "Bombay", "Taal", "Lagaan", and "Slumdog Millionaire", shared the update on the occasion of Gandhi's 155th…
