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17-year-old girl dies as Assam reports first suspected GBS death

A 17-year-old girl died at a private hospital in Guwahati due to suspected Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), the first such case in Assam in the current season, doctors of the health facility......

Law ministry allocated Rs 1,400 cr for 2024 LS polls, new EVMs

The Union Budget 2025-26 has allocated more than Rs 1,400 crore to the law ministry to meet carry forward expenditure for holding the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and purchase of new electronic voting......

Budget allocation makes Census unlikely this year too

If budgetary proposals are anything to go by, the decadal census is unlikely to be carried out in 2025 as well with a meagre Rs 574.80 crore allocated for the exercise in the Budget presented on......

31 Bangladeshis held in TN for illegal stay using fake documents

The Anti-Terrorist Squad in Coimbatore arrested 31 Bangladeshi nationals from the Palladam area of Tiruppur district for illegally residing in the country, the police said on Sunday. Image used......

Guj horror: Mob led by father-in-law parades tribal woman naked; 12 held

A 35-year-old tribal woman was assaulted, disrobed and paraded by a mob led by her father-in-law in Gujarat's Dahod district over a suspected extra-marital affair, following which 12 persons were......

Sitharaman tables Economic Survey 2024-25 in LS

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday presented the Economic Survey 2024-25 in the Lok Sabha. Photograph: ANI Photo The Economic Survey is an annual document presented by the government......

Modi-led Cabinet clears Union Budget 2025-26

The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday approved the Union Budget 2025-26. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman poses with a digital tablet enclosed in a......

The story behind Nirmala's sari

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is often known for making statements with her sarees on Budget Day. Each year, she wears a saree that represents India's rich textile heritage and......

E-commerce spend driving use of credit cards in non-metros, says Visa

With rising disposable incomes in cities beyond metros, the penetration of credit cards — and consequently, credit card spending — is growing at a much faster pace than in traditional......

'We Expect Everyone Will Shift To New Tax Regime Now'

'Nearly 10 million people will benefit from the increase in the rebate limit for those earning up to Rs 12 lakh.''We expect all that money will come back into the economy in either savings,......

Is Shahid Playing A Gay In Deva?

IMAGE: Shahid Kapoor in Deva. The word on the street is that Shahid Kapoor's Deva happens to be a remake of Rosshan Andrews' 2013 Malayalam movie, Mumbai Police. If Deva is indeed a remake......

'It's Very Difficult To Survive Without...'

Photograph: Kind courtesy Sonnalli Seygall/Instagram After portraying a variety of roles on screen, Sonnalli Seygall is probably her favourite one -- that of a mother in real life. The actor,......

'Murderers Are The Most Reliable People'

''It would be difficult for us to run jails if it wasn't for murderers.' IMAGE: Zahan Kapoor as ASP Sunil Kumar Gupta in the Netflix web series Black Warrant. His warm and genial greeting over the......

'Subhash Ghai Made Me'

'Being signed on as the leading man of Hero came to me like a bolt out of the blue.' IMAGE: Jackie Shroff in Hero. Jackie Shroff's association with Subhash Ghai has flourished over an incredible......

Australia CRUSH Sri Lanka in historic win

IMAGE: Australia's biggest victory in Asia also ensured they will retain the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy. Photograph: Kind Courtesy ICC/X Spin twins Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon combined......

SA20: MI Cape Town send Pretoria Capitals packing

IMAGE: MI Cape Town's Reeza Hendricks hit 4 fours and 5 sixes before finishing on 77 not out off 44 balls. Photograph: Betway SAT20 Reeza Hendricks and Dewald Brevis produced fireworks with the......

Henman reveals Why Wimbledon won't go beyond 14 days

IMAGE: Tim Henman, who is a member of the All England Tennis Club board, said the decision to move to 14 days by removing the middle Sunday rest day from 2022 had been a big decision. Photograph:......

Fit-again Rinku flashes Pant-like brilliance in nets

IMAGE: Fit-again Rinku Singh looked comfortable against pace bowlers Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami and Harshit Rana during India's nets session on Thursday. Photograph: BCCI Rinku was rested from......

Australia in control after Khawaja, Inglis pummel SL

IMAGE: Usman Khawaja and Josh Inglis during Day 2 of the first Test in Galle on Thursday. Photograph: Cricket.com.au/X Australia's Usman Khawaja struck a maiden double hundred and Josh Inglis got......

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