- Sunday, April 06, 2025
India will not let its “pride be hurt” in its latest border flareup with China but is determined to settle the dispute through talks between the giant neighbours, defence minister Rajnath Singh has said. Singh also said in a television interview late Saturday that India has turned down a mediation…
Indian batting great VVS Laxman says the ability to remain calm under pressure is the reason behind Rohit Sharma’s success as a captain in the Indian Premier League. The 33-year-old led Mumbai Indians to four title wins, one ahead of Chennai Super Kings’ Mahendra Singh Dhoni, making him currently the…
A deadly thunderstorm that rolled across parts of northern India damaged sections of the Taj Mahal complex, including the main gate and a railing running below its five lofty domes, officials said Sunday (31). One of the New Seven Wonders of the World, India’s top tourist attraction has been shut…
THIRTY countries led by Costa Rica and the World Health Organization launched an initiative aimed at sharing vaccines, medicines and diagnostic tools to tackle the global Covid-19 pandemic. While the developing nations’ push, called the Covid-19 Technology Access Pool, was welcomed by groups including Doctors Without Borders, a drug industry…
THE number of Covid-19 cases in India surged to 173,763 on Saturday (30). For the second straight day, the number of daily coronavirus cases in the country hit a new high at 7,964. The deadly virus has claimed 4,971 lives so far in the country. At least 265 new deaths…
INDIAN police have released a pigeon belonging to a Pakistani fisherman after a probe found that the bird, which had flown across the contentious border between the nuclear-armed nations, was not a spy, two officials said. “The pigeon was set free after nothing suspicious was found,” said Shailendra Mishra, a…
India on Thursday (28) sidestepped US President Donald Trump’s offers to mediate the country’s border showdown with China, saying it was already engaged with Beijing to “resolve this issue”. Trump’s offer on Wednesday came after Indian defence sources said hundreds of Chinese troops had moved into a disputed zone along…
Two men have been jailed in the UK for a total of 12 years and nine months for their involvement in a global money laundering operation involving £2.4 million and an attempt to launder a further £1.6 million. Vijaya Kumar Krishnasamy, 32, and Chandrasekar Nallayan, 44, were sentenced on Friday…
India’s economy grew at its slowest pace in at least two decades last quarter, government data showed Friday, with warnings of far worse to come as it grapples with the fallout of the world’s largest coronavirus lockdown. Asia’s third-largest economy expanded by just 3.1 percent in the January-March period, which…
A POLICE precinct in Minnesota went up in flames late Thursday (28) in a third day of demonstrations as the so-called Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul seethed over the shocking police killing of a handcuffed black man. The precinct, which police had abandoned, burned after a group of…
