Singer Zubeen Garg known for singing songs like ‘Ya Ali’ from Gangster amidst many more passed away on Friday in a tragic accident. He was in Singapore and had an untimely demise due to a scuba diving mishap. What was meant to be a fun outing, unfortunately ended up being his final dive. While he…
Shabana Azmi’s 75th birthday celebration was a star-studded affair, with Bollywood luminaries like Karan Johar and Madhuri Dixit adding glamour to the event. Videos circulating online capture Johar and Dixit dancing to ‘Dafliwale Dafli Baja,’ while Azmi and Farhan Akhtar grooved to ‘Señorita.’ Azmi’s upcoming projects include ‘Lahore 1947’ and ‘Bun Tikki’. Bollywood veteran Shabana…
NEW DELHI: Government is drafting a regulatory framework for India’s booming coaching industry, starting with a crackdown on misleading ads and a mandate for full disclosure of teaching methods, faculty credentials, and student success rates. Proposals include limits on daily instructional hours and compulsory data on enrolment versus results to prevent parents and students from…
On September 10, 2025, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot at Utah Valley University, a shocking act that reverberated far beyond the campus where it occurred. His assassination sent waves through politics, and the media, but nowhere has the impact been more immediate or fraught than on America’s college campuses. In the days that followed,…
Oman’s Aamir Kaleem celebrates after scoring fifty against India. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: At 43, Aamir Kaleem isn’t the typical T20 opener, but on Friday night in Abu Dhabi, he turned back the clock to script a spirited stand against world champions India in the Asia Cup. Battling heat, humidity and cramps, Kaleem struck a…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Friday trashed a petition against the Karnataka government’s invite to Booker prize winner author Banu Mushtaq as chief guest for the Mysuru Dasara festival at Chamundeshwari temple. Dismissing its claim that participation of a “non-Hindu would hurt religious sentiments”, the court said in a secular country, there can be no discrimination…
Lucknow: Accusing the opposition of discrediting the democratic mandate, senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said the Congress and its allies would be wiped out in the upcoming electoral battles in UP and beyond.Talking to reporters in Lucknow, Naqvi said the Congress-led “rabble-rousing lobby” was writing the script of its own defeat while…
eepika Padukone has been in the news for her exit from ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ sequel with Prabhas. The makers of the film penned a note which read, “This is to officially announce that @deepikapadukone will not be a part of the upcoming sequel of #Kalki2898AD. After careful consideration, we have decided to part ways. Despite…
NEW DELHI: Jailed separatist and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik has told the Delhi high court that Manmohan Singh, when he was the Prime Minister, had expressed “gratitude” to him after he (Malik) had met LeT chief and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan in 2006. Malik also claimed…
Greetings in India have always reflected faith, region and custom. Traditionally, while Hindus folded hands in pranam or namaste, whispered Ram Ram or Radhey Radhey; Muslims exchanged salaam. Yet for long, there was no single expression that transcended divides.It was in the 19th century Awadh when Nawab Wajid Ali Shah gave the city and its…
