- Wednesday, April 02, 2025
SRI LANKAN police are trying to track down 140 people believed linked to Islamic State, which has claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday suicide bombings of churches and hotels that killed 253 people, president Maithripala Sirisena said today (26). Muslims in Sri Lanka were urged to pray at home and…
A PRO-INCUMBENCY wave is being witnessed for the first time in the country, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi told Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) booth level workers Friday (26) before filing his nomination papers here. Noting that the "mood is festive" from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, Modi said the party workers are…
OVER 1,500 complaints have been received till date through the 'cVigil' app by the office of the chief electoral officer in Delhi and nearly 70 per cent of those were found to be genuine, according to the Delhi CEO office. The country’s Election Commission last year had launched an Android-based…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi staged a show of strength today (25) in the city of Varanasi, one of the most sacred places for India's majority Hindu population, as the country's 39-day staggered general election neared its mid-point. Dotted with ancient temples and sitting on the banks of the Ganges…
SRI LANKA'S former president Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother, then the defence secretary, crushed Tamil Tiger separatists with such ferocity ten years ago that Western powers sought war crime trials against them and greeted their defeat in elections later with barely concealed glee. But now the tiny Indian Ocean island…
BREXIT worries have not dampened the appetite of Indian investors for British business, a report showed today (25). Data from almost 850 UK-incorporated limited firms of Indian interests showed a significant rise in the contribution to the British economy over the last year. This year, there are 842 Indian businesses…
THE Congress today (25) fielded Ajay Rai from Varanasi to take on prime minister Narendra Modi, ending speculation on a possible blockbuster electoral duel between Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and the prime minister in the temple town of Uttar Pradesh. The 'will she, won't she' suspense finally ended in a sort…
CONGRESS leader Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday (24) termed prime minister Narendra Modi as "Pradhan Prachar Mantri" and accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of "wasting drinking water" to clean roads in Banda, an arid town in Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand region. Priyanka's comments drew a sharp reaction from chief minister Yogi…
UTPAL PARRIKAR, the elder son of late Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, is one of the two persons shortlisted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to contest the upcoming bypoll in the Panaji Assembly seat, a party leader said today (25). Goa BJP president Vinay Tendulkar yesterday (24) held discussions…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi will hold a mega roadshow in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi on Thursday (25), a show of strength that will include union ministers, state chief minister, and other senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Modi, who will file his nomination papers for the…
