MORE than 100 flights were delayed at the Delhi airport on Friday morning as visibility dropped to zero in some areas due to dense fog. A thick blanket of fog engulfed the national capital in the morning, with the weather department predicting cloudy skies for much of the day. Delhi's…
INDIA dropped skipper Rohit Sharma but their batting woes continued as they were dismissed for 185 on the opening day of the fifth and final test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. Scott Boland led the way with four for 31 as Australia's bowlers revelled in seam-friendly…
IRAN will do whatever it can in the case of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, facing a death sentence in Yemen, a senior Iranian official said on Thursday. Priya, hailing from Kollengode in Kerala's Palakkad district, has been found guilty of murdering a Yemeni citizen in July 2017. The 37-year-old nurse…
PUNJABI actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh said he made a "fantastic start to 2025" by meeting prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. Dosanjh shared some pictures of his meeting with the prime minister on the social media platform X and claimed they talked about music and a lot of other things. Modi…
IN A video he recorded before committing suicide, a 40-year-old Delhi cafe owner has alleged he was "extremely tortured" by his in-laws and wife, and accused them of not respecting court's orders in their divorce case. Puneet Khurana died by suicide by hanging from a ceiling fan at his residence…
THE FBI is investigating whether there is any connection between the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas and a New Orleans truck attack that killed 15 people on New Year's Day, officials said. Gasoline canisters and large firework mortars were packed into the Cybertruck…
DIRECTOR SS Rajamouli’s upcoming film SSMB29, featuring Mahesh Babu, will launch on January 2 with a low-key pooja ceremony in Hyderabad. This event marks the start of the film’s production, which has been generating significant interest among fans and the film industry. Rajamouli has been preparing for the project through…
THE SUPREME COURT on Thursday asked the federal government why couldn't it say its doors were open and it would consider the genuine grievances of farmers, including the legal guarantee of minimum support price for crops. Further, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan asked the Centre to…
A YOUNG Indian man crossed over illegally into Pakistan to meet a Facebook friend he wanted to marry, but instead found himself behind bars. To add to his distress, the woman told the local police she does not want to marry him. Badal Babu from the Aligarh district of Uttar…
A COURT in Bangladesh on Thursday denied bail to former ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, who was arrested for sedition on November 25. At a virtual hearing, Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions judge Saiful Islam rejected the bail plea after hearing arguments from both sides for around 30 minutes. This was the…