- Tuesday, June 17, 2025
DALJIT SINGH, who was among the deportees who reached Amritsar from the US on Saturday (15) night, claimed they were handcuffed with their legs chained during the journey. "Our legs were chained and hands were also cuffed," Singh told reporters in Hoshiarpur on Sunday (16). Singh, a native of Kurala…
AT LEAST 18 people died during a stampede in New Delhi railway station late Saturday when surging crowds scrambled to catch trains to Prayagraj city, where the Maha Kumbh Mela is being hosted, officials and reports said. The incident occurred around 9.55 pm on the two platforms and the dead…
DRESSED nattily in a white T-shirt and black tracks, Rohit Sharma got down from his car, and walked towards his teammates at the departure lounge amid loud calls of 'Rohit bhai' and 'Rohit sir' by fans waiting near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport entrance. Most of the squad members…
TESLA and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk presented a Starship relic as a gift to prime minister Narendra Modi during a meeting in Washington on Thursday (13), according to media reports. The relic appears to be a heatshield tile that flew on SpaceX's starship test flight 5 in October last year.…
TEN PEOPLE travelling in a Bolero jeep were killed in a head-on collision with a bus on a highway in the Meja police station area of Prayagraj late on Friday (14) night, police said on Saturday (15). Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Vivek Chandra Yadav said the devotees from Chhattisgarh's…
PRESIDENT Donald Trump's plan for "reciprocal tariffs" on US trading partners are set to spark a flurry of negotiations that could bring reductions in levies - but analysts warn that it also risks painful retaliation. "This is every country, and essentially, when they treat us fairly, we treat them fairly,"…
OSCAR-WINNING actor Catherine Zeta Jones will play the lead role in the upcoming revenge thriller series “Kill Jackie”, based on Nick Harkaway’s novel “The Price You Pay”. The series is being produced by Prime Video, Fremantle, and Steel Springs Pictures, as reported by Variety. Zeta-Jones, 55, will portray Jackie Price,…
A MAN robbed a bank at knifepoint near Chalakudy in central Kerala in broad daylight on Friday (14) and fled with around ₹1.5 million (£13,745.27) in cash, police said. A senior district police officer told reporters that the accused, armed with a knife, spoke Hindi, and stole money from the…
INDIA has slashed import duty on bourbon whiskey to 50 per cent as it warmed up to negotiating a mega trade deal with the US. The reduction in customs duty on bourbon whiskey was notified on February 13 just ahead of prime minister Narendra Modi's talks with US president Donald…
MALAYALAM filmmaker Basil Joseph credits his acting career for providing him the financial stability to pursue his passion for directing films. Known for directing movies such as “Kunjiramayanam” (2015), “Godha” (2017), and “Minnal Murali” (2021), Joseph has built a substantial acting portfolio with nearly 50 roles since his debut in…
