- Friday, April 04, 2025
INDIA'S ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is preparing to meet coalition partners to discuss a new government, two BJP sources said on Monday (20), after exit polls predicted a better-than-expected result for it in a general election. The talks would most likely be held on Tuesday (21) afternoon, the two sources…
INDIAN painters such as Tyeb Mehta and Maqbool Fida Husain are among a host of modern and contemporary artists from South Asia to be celebrated at an auction in London next month. Christie's annual summer auction of 'South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art', to be held on June 11, comprises…
INDIA'S Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation's biggest oil firm, has tied up imports from the US and taken additional volumes from Saudi Arabia to make up for the bulk of the volumes lost because of sanctions prohibiting buying oil from Iran, top officials said today (17). Iran supplied more…
WE always feel that Bollywood movies are either a remake of Hollywood films or the films from down South. But, not many would know that Bollywood filmmakers have also explored Korean cinema and there are many Hindi films that have been inspired by Korean movies. So, here’s the list of…
PRIME minister Narendra Modi embarked on a spiritual break Saturday (18) as India's acrimonious marathon election wound to a close after almost seven weeks awash with insults, violence, and fake news. On the eve of the seventh and final day of voting in the world's biggest democratic exercise, local media…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday (17) condemned an election candidate from his ruling party who called the assassin of independence hero Mahatma Gandhi a "patriot". The prime minister was forced to act as a backlash grew over comments by Pragya Singh Thakur, already dogged by a criminal case…
WEST BENGAL chief minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday (16) rejected prime minister Narendra Modi's offer to install a new bust of social reformer Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar at the same spot where it was vandalised saying that Bengal has the money for it. She said that it was BJP "hooligans" who…
ACTOR-politician Kamal Haasan, who is at the centre of a raging row over his Hindu extremist remarks, Friday (17) said "every religion has its own terrorists" and that no one can claim to be sanctimonious. The Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM)chief also said that he was not afraid of being arrested…
CONGRESS leader Kapil Sibal on Friday (17) questioned prime minister Narendra Modi's silence on BJP leader Sadhvi Pragya's remarks describing Nathuram Godse as a "patriot". BJP's Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate and Malegaon blast accused Thakur on Thursday (16) lauded Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as a "patriot", sparking an outrage…
MADHYA PRADESH chief electoral officer (CEO) Friday (17) submitted a report to the Election Commission (EC) over the statement of BJP candidate from Bhopal, Pragya Singh Thakur, who termed Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse a deshbhakt (patriot). The state election officials have forwarded a report to the EC in this…
