- Sunday, March 09, 2025
KING CHARLES III outlined Labour's first programme for government in 15 years on Wednesday, with promises of economic stability and tougher action on irregular immigration to improving relations with Europe soured by Brexit. "We will unlock growth and take the brakes off Britain," Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in introductory…
The nine-year-old Asian-origin girl who was shot in the head during a drive-by shooting in east London seven weeks ago may never 'speak or move properly' again, her parents have said. While she was at the restaurant in Dalston with her family on May 29, a lone biker fired shots…
The big-hitting Suryakumar Yadav is the highest-placed Indian at second spot, while young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal occupies the sixth position in the ICC T20I batting rankings issued on Wednesday. Ruturaj Gaikwad has dropped a place to the eighth position in the T20 batters' list, which was updated following India's recent…
INDIA'S Commerce and Industry minister Piyush Goyal met UK secretary of state for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds in Italy and discussed plans to take forward the free trade agreement negotiations. The bilateral meeting took place on the sidelines of the G7 Trade Ministers' meeting at Reggio Calabria, an official…
CHIDAMBARAM, the acclaimed director behind the blockbuster Malayalam film Manjummel Boys, is poised to make his Hindi directorial debut in collaboration with Phantom Studios, marking a significant leap in his career. Known for his adept storytelling and box office prowess, Chidambaram's entry into Hindi cinema follows the phenomenal success of…
THE INFLATION defied forecasts for a slight fall and held at 2 per cent in June while strong underlying price pressures prompted investors to reduce bets that the Bank of England will cut interest rates in two weeks' time for the first time since 2020. Increases in hotel prices -…
AN INDIAN naval ship and a maritime patrol aircraft have been deployed to carry out search and rescue operations after an oil tanker, with 13 Indian nationals and three Sri Lankans on board, capsized off Oman coast, The Hindu reports. A Comoros-flagged oil tanker capsized on Monday and the 16-member…
BANGLADESH announced it will indefinitely shut down all public and private universities from Wednesday after protests by students against a quota system for government jobs turned deadly this week, leaving at least six people dead and scores injured. The South Asian nation has been rocked by protests for weeks over…
REPUBLICAN leader Nikky Haley has endorsed Donald Trump as the party's candidate for the presidential election, delivering the message of unity. The 52-year-old Indian American had unsuccessfully challenged Trump, 78, for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and described him as unfit for office. But last week, she instructed her 97…
NINE people were killed, including three attackers, and more than two dozen others were injured in an assault on a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Oman late on Monday, law enforcement said, in a rare security breach in the oil-producing Gulf state. Four Pakistanis, an Indian, and a police officer were…
