- Friday, February 21, 2025
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that Pakistan is trying to stay relevant through "terrorism" and "proxy war" but its "unholy plans" will never succeed. The nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours share an uneasy relationship and India has, for decades, accused Pakistan of backing Islamist militants fighting its rule…
In a major setback to Pakistan's ruling coalition, the election commission has notified 39 successful MPs as lawmakers of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's party following a landmark Supreme Court directive. The decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) may help the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) become the largest…
THE LEBANESE American man accused of attempting to kill Booker prize-winning author Salman Rushdie in New York two years ago now faces federal terrorism charges for his alleged support for Hezbollah, according to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday. The grand-jury indictment charges Hadi Matar, the New Jersey man already facing…
FORMER Siemens UK Chief Executive Juergen Maier will chair Great British Energy, a publicly owned body to spearhead funding in domestic renewable energy projects, prime minister Keir Starmer announced on Thursday. The Labour government has unveiled its flagship green energy infrastructure plan, announcing a multi-billion-pound partnership with the business arm…
VETERAN filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, known for films such as "Mr India", "Bandit Queen" and "Elizabeth", has been appointed festival director for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). Kapur will head the festival, held annually in Goa, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry said in a notification. "With the approval of…
FROM spending time in a hypoxic chamber to sparring with a variety of partners to adapt to different styles, Indian badminton ace PV Sindhu has left no stone unturned to be battle-ready for the Paris Games, where she will be chasing an unprecedented third consecutive Olympic medal. Sindhu's form has…
A video showing a police officer kick and stamp on a man's head during an arrest at Manchester airport sparked a protest outside a police station late on Wednesday. Police suspended one of the officers involved and referred the actions to an independent police complaints watchdog after the video, filmed…
LABOUR government on Thursday said it had deported 46 people to Vietnam and East Timor, after ditching the previous Conservative administration's plan to send migrants to Rwanda. Home secretary Yvette Cooper this week said flights initially intended to fly undocumented migrants to the east African nation would instead be used…
THE UNIVERSITY of Birmingham recently unveiled a portrait of Lord Karan Bilimoria, to commemorate his tenure as its seventh chancellor. Bilimoria, the first India-born chancellor of a Russell Group university in Britain, has stepped down. During his 10-year-long tenure, the university established its Dubai campus, which now hosts nearly 2,000…
INDIA and the UK have firmed up a landmark technology security initiative (TSI) that sets out a bold new approach for collaboration in a range of "priority" sectors including telecom, critical minerals, semiconductors and artificial intelligence. The decision was made public in New Delhi on Wednesday following a wide-ranging talks…
