- Tuesday, June 17, 2025
INDIA is working on the logistics of Tahawwur Rana’s surrender and extradition from the US, foreign secretary Vikram Misri has said, as US president Donald Trump announced that his administration has given the go-ahead to extradite the 26/11 terror attack accused “to face justice". “This is an issue on which…
THE ICONIC Sachin Tendulkar and legendary wicketkeeper-batter Kumar Sangakkara will don the jersey once more, this time as the skippers of India and Sri Lanka in the inaugural International Masters League. The tournament is scheduled between February 22 to March 16 across Mumbai, Vadodara and Raipur. The India Masters squad,…
NEARLY eight years after Irish-British national Danielle McLaughin was raped and brutally murdered in Goa, a court on Friday (14) convicted the lone accused in the case, a 31-year-old resident. While the prosecution demanded the maximum sentence for the accused Vikat Bhagat, the judge said she would pronounce the quantum…
RELIANCE GROUP, promoted by Mukesh Ambani, has acquired fast-moving consumer goods firm Velvette from Chennai-based Sujatha Biotech for an undisclosed sum, a top official said Reliance Consumer Products, a unit of Reliance Retail, has signed the acquisition agreement and aims to revive the Velvette brand of shampoos and introduce various…
TAMIL actor-politician Vijay, who launched a political party Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) last year, has been granted 'Y' category security by the union home ministry. The decisions on the level of security to be provided for VIPs (X, Y, Z and Z+) are based on threat assessments submitted to the…
CONGRESS leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused prime minister Narendra Modi of "covering up" the alleged corruption of businessman Gautam Adani. In a post on X, he said, the PM maintains silence when questions are asked in the country and terms it a 'personal matter' when asked abroad. "If you…
A US plane carrying 119 illegal immigrants is likely to land at Amritsar airport on February 15, the second such batch of Indians deported by the Trump government after it was sworn in last month. According to official sources, the plane is expected to land at the airport around 10…
INDIA and the U.S. agreed on Thursday to start talks to clinch an early trade deal and resolve their standoff over tariffs as New Delhi promised to buy more US oil, gas and military equipment and fight illegal immigration. The series of agreements emerged after talks between US president Donald…
President's rule was imposed in strife-torn Manipur on Thursday and the state assembly put under suspended animation, days after chief minister N Biren Singh resigned from his post that led to political uncertainty in the northeastern state. The Manipur assembly, which has a tenure till 2027, has been put under…
THE PROCESS of unloading 337 tonnes of hazardous waste, transported from Bhopal-based defunct Union Carbide factory in container trucks, began at an incineration unit in Pithampur industrial area in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district on Thursday (13), an official said. He said the exercise, which began at around 3 pm by…
