- Monday, June 23, 2025
INTERMITTENT, widespread rains lashed Chennai and other regions of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday and the India Meteorological Department said the low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal has turned into a well-marked low pressure area and it is likely to become a depression. Civic authorities said there has been…
YASHASVI JAISWAL and Shubman Gill, the torchbearers of India's transition phase, will have to be the team's driving force in its quest to lord over an unsettled New Zealand when the two sides square off in a three-Test series, beginning in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The baton has not been completely…
ACTORS Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson are set to lead the cast of the musical film "Song Sung Blue," which is being directed by Craig Brewer for Focus Features. The film, inspired by a true story, revolves around two struggling musicians who come together to form a Neil Diamond tribute…
THE INITIAL public offer of Hyundai Motor India Ltd, the Indian arm of South Korean automaker Hyundai, received 9 per cent subscription during the initial hours of bidding on Tuesday. The ₹278.70 billion (£2.54bn) initial share sale received bids for 8,992,522 shares against 99,769,810 shares on offer, as per NSE…
CANADIAN prime minister Justin Trudeau has accused India of choosing to use its diplomats and organised crime to attack its citizens and make them feel unsafe on their soil, calling it a "monumental mistake" by New Delhi. These remarks were made by Trudeau on Monday on a day India expelled…
THE INDEFINITE hunger strike of junior doctors of West Bengal to press for their demands in the wake of the RG Kar Hospital incident entered the 11th day on Tuesday, as a meeting between medics and the state government failed to resolve the deadlock. Two more doctors participating in the…
INCARCERATED gangster Lawrence Bishnoi (31) alias Balkaran Barar was all of five when the infamous blackbuck poaching case involving Bollywood star Salman Khan took place in 1998 during the filming of "Hum Saath-Saath Hain" in Rajasthan, irking the Bishnoi community which revers the animal. Twenty-six years down the line, the…
INDIA on Monday decided to withdraw its high commissioner and other "targeted" diplomats and officials from Canada in response to Ottawa's attempt to link them to a probe into the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced the decision shortly after summoning the…
RELIANCE Industries Ltd on Monday reported a 5 per cent fall in the July-September quarter net profit as weak oil refining and petrochemical business hurt operational performance. The consolidated net profit of India's most valuable company fell to ₹165.63 billion (£1.51bn) or ₹24.48 per share in July-September - the second…
IN A joint operation of Delhi and Gujarat Police, at least 518 kilograms of cocaine worth around ₹50 billion (£455.53 million) were recovered from Gujarat's Ankleshwar on Sunday and five people were arrested, officials said. The officials said the new seizure was connected to the recovery of 700 kilograms of…
