- Wednesday, April 30, 2025
IN A surprise move, Mukesh Ambani-owned Jio Platforms struck a deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring Starlink's satellite broadband internet services to India. This follows months of bickering between the Indian billionaire and Musk over the allocation of spectrum rights. The deal with Musk - considered the right-hand-man of…
THE KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT has launched an investigation to probe whether police officer K Ramachandra Rao had any role in the alleged gold smuggling activity of his stepdaughter and Kannada actress Ranya Rao. The chief minister's office said on Tuesday that additional chief secretary Gaurav Gupta has been appointed to head…
A DAY after Baloch separatists took hundreds of train passengers hostage in the troubled Balochistan province, Pakistani security forces claim they have killed at least 27 militants and rescued 155 passengers as they continued to battle rebels on Wednesday (12). Security sources said 37 passengers were injured during the rescue…
VETERAN Telugu actor Mohan Babu has been named in a police complaint alleging that he had a property dispute with late actor Soundarya, who died in a plane crash in 2004, and was also responsible for her death. The complaint, filed by Chittimalli of Khammam district, has accused Babu of…
LAKSHYA SEN fought his way back to reach the second round of the All England Championships on Tuesday (11), while compatriot HS Prannoy was eliminated in the opening round of the men's singles competition in Birmingham. In the mixed doubles, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Aadya Variyath had a tough outing…
KANNADA actress Harshavardhini Ranya alias Ranya Rao, who was arrested in a gold smuggling case, was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days by a special court for economic offences, on Monday (10). The 34-year-old actor was in the custody of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) for three days…
BALOCHISTAN separatist militants said they had taken 182 hostages including military personnel on Tuesday (11) in an attack on a train and threatened to kill them if security forces did not leave the area. The train, which had about 400 passengers, was trapped in a tunnel and the driver was…
INDIA'S second-largest telecom company Bharti Airtel on Tuesday (11) said it has partnered with Elon Musk's SpaceX to provide Starlink's high-speed satellite internet services in India. This agreement is subject to SpaceX receiving authorisations to sell Starlink's satellite communications-based services in India, Airtel said in a statement. The agreement will…
A GUJARAT resident trying to enter the US illegally through the 'donkey' route with his wife and child died in Nicaragua due to ill health. The person, identified as Dilip Patel, a resident of Sabarkantha district in Gujarat had paid local agents around ₹10 million, Gujarat Samachar reports. Patel had…
DAYS after its Delhi-bound aircraft returned to Chicago due to unserviceable lavatories, Air India on Monday (10) said its probe found that polythene bags, rags, and clothes had been flushed down and were stuck in the plumbing. On March 6, AI126 from Chicago to Delhi returned to the US city…
