- Wednesday, April 02, 2025
DELHI chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday (25) said his party would do everything to stop the Modi-Shah duo from coming to power and support any "secular mahagathbandhan" after the general election. Addressing the media after releasing the party manifesto here, Kejriwal said the…
SRI LANKA'S government today (24) acknowledged ‘major’ lapses over its failure to prevent the horrific Easter attacks that killed more than 350 people, despite prior intelligence warnings. Recriminations have flown since Islamist suicide bombers blew themselves up in packed churches and luxury hotels on Sunday (21), in attacks claimed by…
BRITAIN'S competition regulator said today (23) it expected to publish its final report on supermarket group Sainsbury's proposed £7.3 billion takeover of Walmart-owned rival Asda on Thursday (25). The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had said in its provisional report in February that the deal, agreed last April, should either…
SAMMY CHAND AND RAOUL JUNEJA ON THEIR EXCITING NEW RADIO STATION The newly-launched online Rukus Avenue Radio began broadcasting globally earlier this month and it already looks like a game-changer. The commercial-free radio station focused on South Asian content has gathered an impressive roster of hosts selected from around the…
"FANTASTIC effort," Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said on Monday (22) after Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan released a rap video urging fans to exercise their democratic right in the Lok Sabha elections in response to his appeal to celebrities to increase voting awareness. In the 1.06 minute video, titled…
INDIA’S Maharashtra state chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said that opposition leaders seeking proof of the Balakot air strike should have been strapped to rockets so that they could have "seen with their own eyes.” State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister Pankaja Munde had also made a similar remark recently about…
INDIA’S yoga guru Ramdev has come out in support of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Bhopal candidate and Malegaon blast case accused Pragya Singh Thakur, saying it was unfair to subject her to cruelty in jail for nine years on the basis of a suspicion. "Sadhvi Pragya was made to…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (24) said the voter ID (identity card) is more powerful than the 'improvised explosive device' (IED) of terrorists. He was speaking after casting his vote during the single-phase polling for Lok Sabha in his home state Gujarat. After casting his vote, Modi walked…
ACTOR Sunny Deol joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday (23) in the presence of BJP leader, defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman and railway minister Piyush Goyal, days after he met BJP president Amit Shah at Pune airport. "The way my father (film star Dharmendra) was attached with Atalji, today I have come to join Modiji.…
ENGLAND'S Jonny Bairstow is leading an exodus of foreign stars from the Indian Premier League (IPL) as the looming World Cup draws top names away for international duty. Bairstow was out for a duck in his final innings of the season for Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday (23) after being a…
