- Wednesday, April 30, 2025
BRITISH-AMERICAN novelist Salman Rushdie will publish his first major work of fiction since the brutal stabbing that blinded him in one eye, his publisher said on Thursday (27). "The Eleventh Hour," is a collection of short stories examining themes and places of interest to Rushdie who narrowly escaped death during…
BENGALURU city has been rocked by yet another 'suitcase murder' case. A 32-year-old woman was found murdered, and the body was stuffed inside a suitcase at her apartment in a Bengaluru suburb. The victim was identified as Gauri Khedekar, hailing from Maharashtra, and the body bore severe injury marks, police…
THE RESERVE BANK on Friday (28) permitted banks to increase charges on ATM cash withdrawals beyond the free monthly usage by ₹2 to ₹23 per transaction from May 1. Customers are eligible for five free transactions (inclusive of financial and non-financial transactions) every month from their own bank Automated Teller…
DELHI on Thursday (27) recorded a maximum temperature of 36.4 degrees Celsius, 3.8 degrees above the season's average. According to the IMD, the minimum temperature was 19.5 degrees Celsius, 1.4 degrees above the season's average. The department has forecast strong surface winds during the day on Friday. Relative humidity at…
HOME MINISTER Amit Shah has said those who come to India for business, education and investment are welcome, but those who pose a threat to security will face stringent action while declaring that the country is not a "dharamshala". He said this on Thursday (27) while replying to the debate…
THE BODY of another policeman was sighted using a drone on Friday (28) near the spot where a gunfight took place earlier in a remote forested area in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. This is the fourth cop to have died in the gunfight in which…
A POWERFUL earthquake rattled Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand on Friday (28), trapping dozens of workers in a collapsed under-construction skyscraper in Bangkok where a state of emergency was declared. The 7.7-magnitude tremor hit northwest of the city of Sagaing on Friday afternoon at a shallow depth, the United States Geological…
NICHOLAR POORAN slammed 70 off 26 balls as Lucknow Super Giants chased down a target of 191 to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday (27) for their first win of the new IPL season. Pooran's power-packed innings featured six fours and six sixes, as the West Indies batsman ruthlessly took the…
DELHI POLICE have busted a vehicle theft syndicate operating across the country and arrested seven people, an official said on Thursday (27). "The syndicate, allegedly masterminded by Dubai-based Khawaja Shaik Husain alias Sarik alias Sata, specialised in stealing and trafficking high-end vehicles across the country," Delhi Police said in a…
THREE people were arrested on Thursday for their alleged involvement in the killing of a 24-year-old woman during a drunken brawl at a house party in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on March 20. Bhavna Singh was shot at following a dispute over the music being played during the party, and she…
