- Monday, June 30, 2025
IRANIAN Ambassador to India Iraj Elahi has said India as a "big power" and "voice" of the Global South can play an "active role" in the de-escalation of conflicts in West Asia. His remarks during an exclusive interview to PTI Videos on Friday comes in the backdrop of escalation in…
IN ONE of the biggest operations against Maoists in Chhattisgarh, security personnel killed 28 Naxalites in a fierce encounter in the Bastar region on Friday, a senior police official said. Chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai hailed the security forces for their operation and said the 'double engine' government (BJP government…
LEGENDARY Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh was on Friday named the Director of Hockey in the Delhi franchise for the upcoming Hockey India League. SG Sports, Media and Entertainment (SGSE), part of the APL Apollo Group, has acquired the Delhi team, to be named Delhi SG Pipers, for the HIL, which…
GERMAN luxury carmaker BMW Group on Friday said its BMW and MINI brands recorded a 10 per cent year-on-year increase in sales at 10,556 units in India during the January-September period of 2024, which are the highest-ever numbers in 17 years for the company in a nine-month period. The number…
THE INDIAN AIR FORCE (IAF) has slapped a show-cause notice on a wing commander after a court of inquiry probing allegations of rape against him found that he violated protocols, official sources said. The notice was served on the fighter pilot, who is posted at Ambala air base, on Thursday,…
BANGLADESH skipper Shanto Najmul Hossain on Friday promised that his new-look team will play aggressive brand of cricket in the upcoming T20 series against India, saying that the Test series defeat is now behind them. India whitewashed Bangladesh 2-0 in the Test series, winning the Kanpur game in mere six…
THE UNION CABINET has approved conferring classical language status to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali languages. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet on Thursday chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "This is a historical decision and it goes very well with Prime Minister Narendra…
A "TIME MACHINE", the promise of turning the clock back four decades and a couple that went into hiding after making around ₹350 million (£3.16m) by duping those desperate to be young. It may sound like a plot of a Bollywood potboiler but is straight out of the Kanpur crime…
IPHONE maker Apple on Friday said it will open four more stores in India, located in Pune, Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and Mumbai. The company said it will also roll out its first-ever "made in India" iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max series devices this month. "We're thrilled to build…
INDIAN-AMERICAN historian and author Shailaja Paik has been awarded the prestigious MacArthur Foundation's 'genius grant' fellowship of $800,000. Paik is a history professor at Cincinnati University and has written extensively about the plight of Dalit women and caste discrimination in India. She is also affiliate faculty in Women’s, Gender, and…
