- Wednesday, April 30, 2025
LEGENDARY cricketer Kapil Dev is all for family travelling with cricketers on tours but has also called for a balanced approach in dealing with the contentious issue that has divided opinions. Following India’s 1-3 Test series loss to Australia, the BCCI issued a directive limiting the duration of family visits…
RESIDENTS of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams' ancestral village in Gujarat's Mehsana district are gearing up for Diwali-like festivities on Wednesday (19) morning to celebrate her scheduled return to Earth after a nine-month stay at the International Space Station. Williams has been in the thoughts and prayers of the villagers, eagerly…
THE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE conducted searches in Bengaluru on Tuesday (18) as part of an alleged foreign exchange violation case against US billionaire George Soros-founded 'private funding agency' OSF and its investment arm EDF, official sources said. Eight premises of some of the beneficiaries of Open Society Foundations (OSF) and Economic…
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams departed the International Space Station early Tuesday in a SpaceX capsule for a long-awaited trip back to Earth. Their week-long test mission got stretched to nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft developed snags. Wilmore and Williams, two veteran NASA astronauts and…
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump's policy of 'America First' should not be misunderstood as America alone, US director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Tuesday (18). In an address at the Raisina Dialogue, she said there is "huge opportunity" in expanding the India-US relationship, and prime minister Narendra Modi and…
CHINA has appreciated prime minister Narendra Modi's "positive" remarks on the Sino-Indian ties favouring dialogue over discord and said that a cooperative "dance between the elephant and dragon" contributing to mutual success is the only choice for both sides. “China appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent positive statements on China-India…
MAHARASHTRA chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday (18) said the violence in Nagpur appears to be a premeditated conspiracy and the mob had targeted specific houses and establishments. Violence erupted on Monday (17) evening, with stones hurled at police amid rumours that the holy book of a community was burnt…
VIOLENCE erupted in central Nagpur on Monday with stones hurled at police amid rumours of the burning of a holy book during an agitation demanding the removal of Aurangzeb's tomb, leaving six people and three policemen injured, officials said. Police arrested 15 people during combing operations in various localities in…
A PAIR of US astronauts stuck for more than nine months on the International Space Station will be returned to Earth on Tuesday evening, NASA said. Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are to be transported home with another American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft,…
RANJANI SRINIVASAN, an Indian scholar at Columbia University who opted to "self-deport" after her visa was revoked, has described the terrifying moment when federal immigration agents knocked on the door of her varsity apartment. The immigration agents were searching for Srinivasan, 37, who had recently learned her student visa had…
