- Monday, March 31, 2025
THE cabinet of India's Narendra Modi government on Wednesday (13) gave nod for launching two new corridors of Phase IV project of Delhi metro railways. The corridor will link the national capital's Lajpat Nagar with Saket G-Block and Inderlok with Indraprastha and after it comes into operation, the Delhi Metro…
DIAMONDS from Russia will continue to be imported to India where they will be processed and sold to the rest of the world, a top expert has been quoted as saying.Russia is an important link in the world’s diamond industry supply chain - the country is the largest producer of…
THE UK government will lift all its remaining Covid-19 pandemic-related international travel restrictions from Friday (18), including the requirement for travellers to fill in a compulsory Passenger Locator Form prior to entering the country.From 4 am GMT on Friday, arrivals into the UK will no longer be required to submit…
SEVERAL Indian students stranded in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy hoped that they would be in a safe zone soon as their evacuation process started on Tuesday (8)."The evacuation from Sumy has started. There was finally some good news. All Indian students will be evacuated from Sumy on Tuesday…
PAKISTAN’S prime minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday (22) he would like to have a televised debate with his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, to resolve differences between the two neighbours."I would love to debate with Narendra Modi on TV," Khan told Russia Today in an interview, adding that it would…
INDIA has asked the family members of its embassy staff in Ukraine to return home and advised its citizens to leave that country temporarily.The Indian embassy in Kyiv issued the advisory on Sunday (20) amid continuing tensions between NATO countries and Russia over the Ukraine crisis."In view of the continued…
INDIAN tax officials on Wednesday (16) conducted searches at the offices of Chinese tech giant Huawei, the firm said, days after New Delhi banned a host of Chinese apps over national security concerns.Tensions between New Delhi and Beijing have been running high since a deadly 2020 clash involving their militaries…
INDIA’S income tax department on Thursday (17) raided the premises of former National Stock Exchange MD and CEO Chitra Ramkrishna and group operating officer Anand Subramanian in Mumbai as part of a tax evasion investigation. Ramkrishna made news after a recent order of the Securities and Exchange Board of India…
INDIA has recorded 200 cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant across 12 states, mostly in the western state of Maharashtra and New Delhi, the health ministry said on Tuesday (21).The country's tally of Omicron cases has nearly doubled within a week, but there have been no deaths reported so far.…
KANNADIGAS living in the UK came together in London to celebrate the 66th Kannada Rajyotsava, the foundation day of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.Hosted on Saturday (13) by the KannadigaruUK, an organisation of Kannada-speaking Indian diaspora in the UK, the event featured food from Karnataka and performances by local…
