- Tuesday, June 24, 2025
THE DEVASTATING landslides in Chooralmala and Mundakkai in Wayanad district on July 30 happened while the residents were fast asleep and in a matter of few minutes, hundreds of households in the two hamlets got washed away. Some of the bodies were recovered nearly 25 km downstream of Chaliyar river…
POLICE in Pakistan's Punjab province on Thursday said they have booked two young Christian women for blasphemy under the country's penal code. Samia Masih and her sister Sonia Masih, both in their 20s, allegedly threw a sack containing the pages of the Quran outside their house in Gojra, Toba Tek…
THE INDIAN men's hockey team clinched a second successive bronze medal at the Olympic Games for the first time in 52 years with a 2-1 win over Spain, giving veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh a fitting farewell here on Thursday. It was tense last few minutes for the Indians as they…
THE MURDER of nine women in an identical manner in 14 months has shocked the residents of Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh, Times of India reports. All the victims, aged between 45 and 55, were strangulated and left in fields, with no signs of sexual assault, and all murders happened…
UNION Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday introduced The Waqf (Amendment) Bill and proposed sending it to a joint parliamentary committee after opposition parties objected to its provisions. He also introduced The Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, 2024. Home Minister Amit Shah said since the Waqf Act of 1995 came…
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…
