- Saturday, February 22, 2025
Rescuers in Nepal on Saturday recovered the body of a 40-year-old Indian national, the first from two buses that were swept by a mudslide into a rain-swollen river with more than 50 passengers. The two buses carrying 54 passengers, including seven Indians, went missing in the Trishuli River in the…
The International Monetary Fund said it reached a new $7 billion (£5.39bn) loan deal with Pakistan in a bid to bolster its faltering economy. Islamabad agreed in exchange to conduct further unpopular reforms, including widening the South Asian nation's chronically low tax base. Pakistan last year came to the brink…
The wedding of a scion from India's ultra-wealthy Ambani family - much in the news for its opulent celebrations and VIP-studded guest list - has suddenly developed more political overtones with posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi now lining the road to the venue. The four-day extravaganza will see Anant…
AMERICAN reality TV star Kim Kardashian and sister Khloe Kardashian landed in India to attend the grand wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant, set to be held in Mumbai on Friday. According to videos circulating on social media, Kim, 43, and Khloe, 40, landed in Mumbai early Friday morning…
THE INDIAN government has decided to observe June 25, the day the Emergency was declared in 1975, as 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas' to commemorate the "massive contributions" of those who endured inhuman pains of the period, home minister Amit Shah announced on Friday. He also said the observance of 'Samvidhaan Hatya…
KERALA chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday said though the arrival of the first cargo vessel at Vizhinjam sea port was a trial run, with this the operation of international deep-water trans-shipment port has commenced. The CM formally welcomed the 300-metre-long Chinese mothership 'San Fernando' in a ceremony held at…
INDIA'S population is projected to peak in the early 2060s at about 1.7 billion and then decline by 12 per cent, but the country will remain the world's most populous throughout the century, the United Nations has said. The World Population Prospects 2024 report released on Thursday said that the…
Trailblazing Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal feels she would have perhaps excelled more as a sportsperson if she had picked a tennis racquet instead of playing badminton. Nehwal has an impressive resume as a badminton player. Not only she became the first Indian woman shuttler to be ranked No. 1 in…
AT LEAST seven Indian nationals are among over 60 passengers who are believed to be missing after two buses were swept away by a landslide and pushed into a swollen river in Nepal early Friday, officials said. The two buses carrying 65 passengers went missing in the Trishuli river in…
