- Sunday, May 04, 2025
THE Supreme Court of India on Thursday (7) agreed to hear the petition filed by Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News, who is seeking protection from arrest and challenging the Allahabad High Court’s order refusing to quash the first-information report (FIR) registered against him for a tweet in…
BHAGWANT Mann, the first Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief minister of the northern Indian state of Punjab was in the headlines on Thursday (7) not for hard political news. Instead, the 48-year-old got married to Gurpreet Kaur, a doctor, in what was his second wedding. Also, one doesn't often get…
MOMENTS after the news broke on Thursday (7) of British prime minister Boris Johnson's decision to step down as the Conservative Party leader and therefore as the premier after days of high political drama, the overwhelming reaction from different quarters was that of relief. In his departing statement at 10…
A MONTH ago, former Australia captain Mark Taylor had remarked that ace England batter Joe Root could end up eclipsing former India great Sachin Tendulkar’s record tally of runs in Test cricket after he hit a ton against New Zealand. Now, the same has been reiterated by former India opener…
A YEMENI delegation will visit India next week in a bid to secure wheat for the war-ravaged country where strategic food stockpiles are running out, a government minister said on Thursday (7). Mohammed al Ashwal, the trade and industry minister of Yemen’s Saudi-backed government, told Reuters the delegation would seek…
GROUP of 20 foreign ministers travelled to the resort island of Bali in Indonesia this week for a meeting which has been overshadowed by war in Ukraine, where Russia’s presence has caused divisions in the bloc as host Indonesia tries to mediate. The G-20 includes Western countries that have accused…
AS India's external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Bali, Indonesia, on Thursday (7), China said the situation at the border is "stable" and both the countries have the capability and willingness to safeguard peace and stability in the border areas. Jaishankar held…
SHE has faced a massive backlash over the poster of her film ‘Kaali’ which showed the goddess smoking a cigarette and wielding an LGBTQ flag but that has not stopped Leena Manimekalai from expressing her mind once again. Hitting back at her distractors, the Tamil Nadu-born filmmaker has now said…
A PREGNANT Sri Lankan woman, who had been waiting in a queue for two days to obtain a passport to exit the crisis-hit island-nation for employment overseas, went into labour while waiting for her turn on Thursday (7) and delivered a baby girl. Sri Lanka Army personnel stationed at the…
FORMER India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who was known for his swashbuckling batting and trophy-winning habit during his playing days, turned 41 on Thursday (7) and Indian cricket fans could not stop celebrating the moment with flourish. Dhoni is currently in England where he celebrated his birthday party where India…
