- Wednesday, April 30, 2025
INDIA has "strongly registered" its concerns with the US authorities on the treatment meted out to deportees on flights that landed in Amritsar, particularly with respect to the use of shackles, the Centre told Parliament on Friday (21). A total of 388 Indian nationals have been deported from the US…
AMERICAN George Foreman, one of the great second acts in sports, who reclaimed the heavyweight boxing title at age 45 and became a celebrated product pitchman, died on Friday at age 76. "With profound sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved George Edward Foreman Sr. who peacefully departed on…
A WOMAN from Brazil was held at Mumbai airport allegedly with cocaine worth ₹111 million (£1m), a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence official said on Thursday (20). She was held after alighting from Sao Paulo from flight AF 218 on a specific tip-off received by the Mumbai zonal unit of the…
TAMIL NADU'S ruling DMK is all set to host its first meeting of states over delimitation here on March 22 and chief minister M K Stalin on Friday said it was more than a meeting, which marked the beginning of a movement that will shape the future of the country…
LEGAL experts on Friday (21) deplored the observation of the Allahabad High Court on what constitutes a rape charge, calling for a restraint by judges and underlining the drop in public confidence in the judiciary due to such statements. The high court ruled that actions like grabbing of breasts and…
THE FIRE on a private firm’s minibus that killed four employees near Pune was allegedly an act of sabotage by a vengeful driver who was upset over a dispute with some staffers and a pay cut, police have said. “Investigation has shown that the fire was not an accident but…
AIR INDIA on Friday (21) said its operations to and from the London Heathrow airport have been disrupted, with one flight returning to Mumbai, another diverting to Frankfurt and other flights remaining cancelled due to temporary suspension of operations at the airport. Following a significant power outage, operations at London…
NEW rules and new captains will be in focus but the razzmatazz will be pretty much the same when the 18th Indian Premier League kicks off in Kolkata on Saturday with defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders taking on perennial underachievers Royal Challengers Bengaluru amid a looming threat of rain. There…
PAKISTAN opener Hasan Nawaz struck a record-breaking maiden century against New Zealand the third Twenty20 in Auckland Friday (21) and helped keep the series alive. After scoring a duck in each of the two opening games - the first innings' of his international career - Nawaz rebounded with a stunning…
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump signed the controversial order Thursday (20) aimed at "eliminating" the Department of Education, thus paving the way for individual states to run schools free from the federal government. Surrounded by schoolchildren sitting at desks set up in the East Room of the White House, Trump smiled…
