- Thursday, May 01, 2025
HOURS before his last hurrah, celebrated India hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh described his international career as "nothing short of extraordinary" and expressed his gratitude to the countrymen for believing in him. The 36-year-old from Kerala will hope to end his illustrious 18-year-long career with a medal when he steps on…
THE RESERVE Bank of India on Thursday expectedly kept the benchmark interest rate and stance unchanged for the ninth straight policy meeting, saying it cannot afford to look through persisting high food inflation and has to remain vigilant to prevent spillover. Retaining its unambiguous focus on inflation, the Monetary Policy…
ACTORS Naga Chaitanya and Sobhita Dhulipala got engaged on Thursday at a traditional engagement ceremony in Hyderabad. The event was a private occasion, attended by close family and friends. Naga Chaitanya’s father, Telugu cinema star Nagarjuna, confirmed the engagement via his official X page. Nagarjuna’s post read: “We are delighted…
NOBEL Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus returned home to strife-torn Bangladesh on Thursday, to lead a new interim government after weeks of tumultuous student protests forced prime minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to neighbouring India. The South Asian nation's only Nobel laureate and a harsh critic of Hasina, Yunus,…
HUNDREDS of Bangladeshi nationals gathered at the international border with India in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Wednesday, seeking to crossover claiming that they were under attack in their country, officials said. The incident happened near Dakshin Berubari village in the Jhaportala border outpost area, they said, adding that the…
FORMER West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee died on Thursday at his Kolkata home following old age-related ailments, CPI(M) state secretary Md Salim said. The former chief minister was 80 and is survived by his wife Mira and daughter Suchetana who underwent gender change surgery. A party official said Bhattacharjee…
INDIA'S heartbroken Vinesh Phogat on Thursday announced her retirement from wrestling, a day after being disqualified from the women's 50kg competition at the Paris Olympics for being overweight for the final. World bronze medallist Phogat, 29, was due to face Sarah Hildebrandt of the United States for the gold medal…
The disqualification of wrestler Vinesh Phogat for being overweight just hours before the women's 50kg freestyle final at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday broke the hearts of many Indians. She was set to fight Sarah Hildebrandt of the United States for the gold medal, but the disqualification will deprive her…
THE CBI has taken over the probe into the deaths of three civil services aspirants at a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar here and registered an FIR against the owner of the institute, officials said on Wednesday. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took over the case from the…
OPPOSITION parties on Wednesday demanded that the Waqf (Amendment) Bill be sent to Parliament's standing committee for scrutiny after it is introduced, with the government saying the Business Advisory Committee will take a call after assessing the sense of Lok Sabha. The government, official sources said, will not press for…
