- Tuesday, June 17, 2025
A 31-YEAR-OLD man was arrested allegedly for attempting to sexually assault a four-month pregnant woman in a moving train and pushing her out of the compartment near Katpadi in the district, police said on Friday. The 36-year-old victim, a native of Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, was travelling alone in the…
THE SEATTLE Consulate General of India said it had to “deal with a law and order situation” when certain individuals entered its premises “unauthorised” and engaged in aggressive and threatening behaviour with the Consulate staff over alleged denial of visa to one of them. “Today, the Consulate was forced to…
INDIA vice-captain Shubman Gill has allayed fears around Virat Kohli's fitness, saying the batting stalwart is fine and should be fit for the second One-Day International against England in Cuttack on Sunday. Kohli, 36, was forced to miss the ODI series opener in Nagpur due to swelling in his right…
INDUSTRIALIST Ratan Tata, who died in October last year, has in his will passed on assets worth ₹5 billion (£45.88 million) to Mohini Mohan Dutta, a Jamshedpur-based businessman, The Economic Times reported. This has created a flutter because Dutta is little known to the Tata family or his inner circle.…
IT services giant Infosys has laid off over 300 freshers who underwent foundational training at its Mysuru campus but could not clear internal assessments after three attempts, according to sources. IT employee union NITES, however, said the number of freshers affected by the move was much higher, and threatened to…
HOME, auto and other loans are likely to see a drop in interest rates after the Reserve Bank of India under a new Governor cut the key benchmark rate on Friday (7) for the first time in almost five years to spur a sluggish economy. The Monetary Policy Committee, headed…
THOUSANDS of protesters set fire to the residence of Bangladesh founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Dhaka and vandalised the houses of several Awami League leaders, as the interim government on Thursday blamed deposed premier Sheikh Hasina's "provocative" speech for the violence. On Wednesday night, protesters rallied in front of Sheikh…
A FIRE broke out at the ISKCON camp in Mahakumbh Nagar on Friday and quickly spread to over a dozen nearby camps, officials said. No casualties have been reported. Chief Fire Officer Pramod Sharma told PTI, "Upon receiving information about the fire at the ISKCON camp in Sector 18, fire…
ALL 33 people from Gujarat, who were among 104 Indians deported from the US for illegal immigration, were transported to their home towns on Thursday (6) in state vehicles under the supervision of police, the state government said. Chief minister Bhupendra Patel and minister of State for home Harsh Sanghavi…
FIFTEEN years after its release, Kalki Koechlin recalls her experience working on “Dev D”, a film that redefined Devdas for a new generation. The 2009 Anurag Kashyap-directed film was a turning point in her career, but for the then-newcomer, the process was nerve-wracking - especially because she was still learning…
