- Wednesday, April 02, 2025
BEFORE being named prime suspects in Sri Lanka’s Easter bomb suicide attacks, National Thowheeth Jama’ath’s main claim to fame was being linked to vandalising of Buddhist statues. After long wrangling with radical Buddhist leaders, suicide bomb attacks against churches and hotels would be a spectacular departure for the little-known Islamic…
SRI LANKAN officials said today (22) that at least six Indian nationals were killed in a series of eight powerful bomb blasts, including suicide attacks in the island nation. The worst attack in a decade hit three churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday (21). India’s minister of external affairs…
RISHABH PANT'S exclusion from India's World Cup squad could prove to be a big gain for Delhi Capitals in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), the franchise's head coach Ricky Ponting has said. Dinesh Karthik pipped young Pant to the second wicketkeeper's spot in India's World Cup squad, which was…
STERN, sharp and shrewd, Narendra Modi fought his way off the streets to become one of India's most popular and polarising prime ministers. There is no middle ground between admirers and adversaries of the man now running for a second term as leader who helped his father run a railway…
A BANGLADESH film star has apologised after he was expelled from India for taking part in election campaigning, but found support in his country’s foreign minister who said the giant neighbour had overreacted. Ferdous Ahmad has starred in more than 200 films, and was kicked out of India on Tuesday…
VOTERS across India cast ballots today (18) in the second round of the country’s mega elections amid more deadly violence including a poll worker gunned down by Maoist rebels. More than 155 million people are eligible to vote in the second phase, which covers 95 parliament constituencies in 12 states…
JET AIRWAYS shares plunged more than 32 per cent today (18), hours after the Indian carrier’s final flight landed following a decision to ground its entire fleet. The Mumbai-based carrier is on the edge of bankruptcy and has failed to secure emergency funding from banks, forcing it to suspend all…
by LAUREN CODLING AN ASIAN artist has spoken of the challenges of gender prejudice in the art world, as she admitted to initially feeling “invisible” when she pursued a career in the industry. Faiza Butt is a Pakistani-born artist who is based in the UK. Her art, which has been…
EMBATTLED Indian business tycoon, Vijay Mallya today (17) failed to convince a UK High Court to dismiss an order related to money in one of his London bank accounts, dealing a blow to his efforts to prevent a consortium of Indian banks getting access to nearly £260,000. In one of…
NAMO TV, sponsored by the BJP, cannot display 'election matter' during the silence period prescribed in the electoral law in a particular phase of the poll, the Election Commission has concluded. The EC has now asked the chief electoral officer of Delhi to ensure that its directions are followed in…
