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KOLKATA: Tabla player Mainak Biswas and photographer Kallab Ghosh, who accompanied Sarod player Shiraz Ali Khan for his December 19 concert at Chhayanaut in Bangladesh, found themselves in a precarious situation in Dhaka after the event was cancelled.Recounting 48 hours of intense anxiety they endured before finally managing to return home on December 22, Biswas…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Isro after its ‘Bahubali’ rocket LVM-M6 successfully placed US’s new-generation BlueBird Block-2 communication satellite, weighing 6,100 kg, into orbit. It was the heaviest payload to be placed into the low earth orbit (LEO) in LVM3’s launch history — the previous heaviest was the LVM3-M5 communication satellite 03,…
Hardik Singh and Divya Deshmukh (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: No sportsperson has been recommended for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award for 2025, marking the first time in a decade that the nation’s highest sporting honour has not been conferred. The selection panel that met in the Capital on Wednesday picked 24 names for…
Sunil Mittal (File photo-ANI) New Delhi: Bharti Enterprises and Warburg Pincus on Wednesday announced a strategic investment in Haier India, a subsidiary of Chinese consumer electronics maker Haier Group, picking up a collective 49% stake in the company. This is the second Chinese company to have sold a significant stake in its Indian operations after…
‘Dhurandhar 2’, the sequel to 2025’s box-office hit, releases March 19, 2026, in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam for pan-India and global audiences. Directed by Aditya Dhar, it stars Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, and more. South India demand drives multi-language drop post cliffhanger spy thriller. ‘Dhurandhar’, the 2025 Indian box-office hit is…
Ishan Kishan. (Image: Agencies) Wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan is making a strong case for inclusion in India’s squad for the upcoming New Zealand ODI series after smashing a 33-ball century for Jharkhand against Karnataka in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.Kishan’s whirlwind knock is the second-fastest century by an Indian in List A cricket,…
The Toronto police have launched a manhunt for Abdul Ghafoor, main suspect in the murder of 30-year-old Indian woman Himanshi Khurana.Khurana’s body was found by police inside a residence near Strachan Avenue and Wellington Street West. Authorities have said the incident appears to be an act of intimate partner violence, reported CBC.Police said they responded…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Sakibul Gani NEW DELHI: Bihar rewrote the history books in emphatic fashion on Wednesday, piling up the highest team total ever recorded in List A cricket during their Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025–26 Plate Group match against Arunachal Pradesh in Ranchi. Powered by breathtaking centuries and a relentless assault that lasted the full…
Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal (ANI image) Legally binding commitments on professional services under Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) will unlock global markets for Indian professionals, said Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal while inaugurating a “Chintan Shivir” on professional services. According to a Ministry of Commerce & Industry press release, the Department of Commerce organised the event on…
Experts are of the view that the stock market could see a year-end rally. (AI image) The story of Indian stock markets has been defined by the exodus of foreign investors in 2025. But in the last few sessions, foreign investors seem to be back on Dalal Street, with purchases of Indian equities seeing a…
