FILMMAKER Payal Kapadia’s critically-acclaimed feature film “All We Imagine as Light” is set to release digitally on Disney+ Hotstar from January 3, 2025, the streaming platform announced Friday. The widely-loved film had a limited theatrical release in September in India. “Baahubali” star Rana Daggubati had acquired the exclusive rights to…
NITISH REDDY, an unknown entity in red ball cricket before the start of Border-Gavaskar series, virtually bailed India out with his dogged maiden Test century in Melbourne on Saturday, severely denting Australia's hopes of winning the Boxing Day contest. Reddy's unbeaten 105 took India to 358 for nine, still 116…
THE MORTAL remains of former prime minister Manmohan Singh were consigned to flames at the Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi on Saturday amid the chanting of religious hymns. The funeral pyre was lit by his eldest daughter Upinder Singh. The last rites were performed in the presence of president Droupadi…
SEVERAL parts of north India continued to be in the grip of intense cold wave conditions on Thursday with minimum temperatures settling several degrees below the freezing point in some cities of Kashmir valley. Weather was mostly dry across Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand during the last 24 hours. Punjab, Haryana…
AN ONLINE food delivery firm staffer was made to take off his Santa Claus attire on Christmas Eve in Indore in Madhya Pradesh, though the leader of a right-wing group allegedly involved in the incident on Thursday claimed the former took it off "voluntarily". State Congress spokesperson Santosh Singh Gautam…
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, the architect of India's economic reforms, died in New Delhi on Thursday night. He was 92. Singh's death was announced by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, where he was admitted in the Emergency ward around 8.30 PM in a critical condition. An…
THE NUMBER of bank frauds witnessed a significant on-year increase in the first half of the current fiscal to 18,461 cases and the amount involved jumped more than eight-fold to ₹213.67 billion (£2 bn), according to RBI data released on Thursday. The Reserve Bank of India has released the Report…
SAM KONSTAS tore the MCC coaching manual to shreds with his brazen batting approach and flippant treatment of an intimidating Jasprit Bumrah, former India coach Ravi Shastri said on Thursday, adding that the Australian teenager reminded him of legendary Virender Sehwag. Konstas, 19, grabbed eyeballs with his scintillating batting on…
CHINA has approved the construction of the world's largest dam, stated to be the planet's biggest infra project costing $137 billion, on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet close to the Indian border, raising concerns in riparian states - India and Bangladesh. The Chinese government has approved the construction of a…
THE POLICE in Chennai have arrested a roadside biryani seller for sexually assaulting an Anna University student. The incident happened on December 23, around 8 pm, when the victim, a student of the varsity's College of Engineering, Guindy, was chatting with her male friend on the campus premises. They were…