- Thursday, May 01, 2025
IN 2015, following Ricky Kej’s first Grammy award win, he received a phone call that would become one of his most treasured memories. The call, from an unfamiliar number, was initially confusing. Kej answered and was greeted by a voice introducing itself simply as Lata. Kej described the call: “This…
STAR javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has left for Germany after winning a silver medal in the Paris Games to take medical advice regarding a possible surgery and to decide whether to feature in the upcoming Diamond League meetings, according to sources. A family source told PTI that he has left…
THE SUPREME COURT on Tuesday closed the contempt proceedings against yoga guru Ramdev, his aide Balkrishna and Patanjali Ayurved Limited after accepting the apology tendered by them in the misleading advertisements case. "The court has closed the contempt proceedings based on the undertakings given by Ramdev, Balkrishna and Patanjali Ayurved…
PAKISTAN'S ex-spy chief who served during jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's term has been taken into military custody, the army announced Monday (12). Lieutenant general Faiz Hameed, who stepped down in December 2022, was accused of abusing his power and raiding the businesses of a private housing developer, according…
A TOP adviser of Bangladesh's interim government on Monday said that deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina's extended stay in India will not hurt bilateral relations. Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain made the remarks when asked whether bilateral ties with India would be affected if Hasina's stay in India gets…
HINDENBURG Research's latest allegations have once again come to haunt the Adani Group's stocks. The US-based short-seller has alleged that a conflict of interest was preventing Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch from thoroughly probing the allegations against Adani group it had raised in January, 2023. In a blogpost, Hindenburg said…
AT LEAST seven people, including six women, were killed and 16 others injured in a stampede at Baba Siddheshwar Nath Temple in Bihar's Jehanabad district, an official said on Monday. The deceased have been identified as Pyare Paswan (30), Nisha Devi (30), Punam Devi (30), Nisha Kumari (21), and Sushila…
TELECOM czar Sunil Bharti Mittal's conglomerate will buy a 24.5 per cent stake in Britain's largest broadband and mobile company, BT Group, worth about $4 billion (£3.13bn). Bharti Global, the international investment arm of Bharti Enterprises, will buy 9.99 per cent stake in BT Group from Patrick Drahi's Altice immediately…
WHEN P R Sreejesh left for Paris Olympics to complete his "last dance" in India colours, three special sticks were part of his arsenal. One had his wife's name etched, and the other two were inscribed with the names of his two children. It was the wife stick that he…
RITESH AGARWAL has invested ₹8.3 billion (£77.46 million)through his Singapore-based entity Patient Capital in OYO's latest funding round. Post the equity dilution in the Series G funding, Agarwal's holdings will increase to 32.57 per cent from 29.97 per cent, sources told PTI. "Ritesh has invested to protect his ownership dilution…
