- Friday, February 21, 2025
THE CONSERVATIVE Party said on Monday it will name its new leader on November 2, following the party's worst-ever election performance this month that prompted former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to say he would stand down. After 14 years in power, the Conservative party was reduced to a rump of…
THE ASYLUM applications of migrants entering the UK illegally from countries on its designated safe states list, including India, will be fast-tracked to deport them back speedily under new Labour government proposals. UK home secretary Yvette Cooper has said she has begun the work to move staff from the previous…
PAYAL KAPADIA'S All We Imagine as Light, which won a Grand Prix at Cannes, drew a packed house at its screening during the 2024 Jerusalem Film Festival (JFF). The festival, which commenced on July 18, also featured Sandhya Suri’s Santosh, previously screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the…
VETERAN goalkeeper and former India hockey captain P R Sreejesh on Monday announced that the Paris Olympics will be his last international outing. The 36-year-old, a veteran of 328 International caps, three Olympic Games, and multiple Commonwealth Games and World Cups, will be playing in his fourth Olympic Games. The…
INDIA'S pre-Budget Economic Survey on Monday set a conservative GDP growth forecast of 6.5 to 7 per cent for the current fiscal as it flagged the need for creating more jobs in the economy and backed more Chinese direct investments to boost exports. The report, which is authored by the…
Sunil Kumar, a 30-year-old, has spent the last 9 years of his life chasing a jobs in the Indian government. Packed with scores of others in makeshift classrooms under tin roofs with barely enough light and air, Kumar has spent years cramming for a variety of tests, including the prestigious…
INDIA'S Supreme Court on Monday temporarily suspended directives issued by two state governments requiring eateries to display the names of their owners, local media reported, following criticism the rule was intended to divide restaurants by religion. The rule was imposed last week by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand states - both…
Foreign secretary David Lammy is expected to visit India on Tuesday (23), the first high-profile visit under the newly-elected Labour government in Britain, to discuss the India-UK free trade agreement. A report in ‘The Daily Telegraph' quotes a New Delhi source to claim the Indian side would seek clarity on…
MORE than 4,500 Indian students have returned home from Bangladesh as violent clashes continue and have claimed more than 140 lives. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Sunday (21) that 500 students from Nepal, 38 from Bhutan and one from the Maldives have also arrived in India. It…
ALL five Indian-American lawmakers have hailed US president Joe Biden's decision to withdraw from the presidential race and three of them threw their weight behind vice president Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's likely presidential nominee. Biden, 81, announced on Sunday that he decided to give up running for re-election…
