- Friday, April 11, 2025
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ram Madhav on Monday (5) hailed the government's decision on Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and said the martyrdom of its ideologue Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee for complete integration of the state into India has been "honoured". The national…
PAKISTAN on Monday (5) condemned India's move to abolish Kashmir's special status as "illegal", insisting it was an internationally recognised disputed territory. "No unilateral step by the Government of India can change this disputed status... As the party to this international dispute, Pakistan will exercise all possible options to counter…
INDIAN space agency ISRO on Sunday (4) released the first set of pictures of the earth captured by Chandrayaan 2, the country's second Moon mission launched a fortnight ago. The pictures were captured by L 14 camera onboard Chandrayaan II. The pictures show the earth in different hues. "Earth as…
INDIA'S government on Monday (5) revoked the special status of Kashmir in a bid to fully integrate its only Muslim-majority region with the rest of the country, the most far-reaching move on the Himalayan territory in nearly seven decades. Interior minister Amit Shah told parliament the federal government would scrap…
SUDHIR GHARPURE and his sales team sat chatting at a big Maruti Suzuki dealership on the outskirts of Mumbai some two hours after its doors were opened on a recent Saturday (3) morning - not a single customer was in sight. "There used to be close to 15-20 bookings each…
INDIA is unlikely to sign a China-backed Asia-Pacific trade pact because of opposition from industry and farmers, a powerful group tied to prime minister Narendra Modi said on Friday (2), in a blow to prospects for creating a giant free trade zone. Trade ministers from 16 countries are trying this…
TALENTED Canadian producer, lyricist and recording artist Raz recently teamed up with Isam B for the song My World, which was the latest chapter in his musical journey. A creative voice making waves in alternative hip hop, Raz has more songs on the way and is set to generate even bigger waves.…
TWO men from Thailand's insurgency-hit "Deep South" have been arrested linked to several small bomb attacks which rattled Bangkok Friday (2) as it hosted a regional summit attended by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, leaving four people wounded but not disrupting the diplomatic event. Thailand, which has a grim…
SENIOR Indian journalist Ravish Kumar on Friday (2) was awarded this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award, regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize. Kumar, 44, who is NDTV India's senior executive editor is one of India's most influential TV journalists, the award citation by the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation…
A RARE Assam tea has sold for a world record price at auction in India, highlighting a boom for speciality teas while the industry as a whole is in crisis. A two-kilogram lot of Maijan Orthodox Golden tea sold for Rs 141,002 ($2,035) on Wednesday (31). An unidentified Belgian trader…
