- Sunday, February 23, 2025
THE Maldivian president told India last Sunday (14) to withdraw its nearly 100 troops by March 15, a day after returning from China where he signed a raft of deals. New Delhi considers the Indian Ocean archipelago to be within its sphere of influence, but the Maldives has shifted into…
DONALD TRUMP stormed towards New Hampshire on Tuesday (16), knowing that a repeat of his runaway win in Iowa would all but seal the Republican nomination to set up his rematch with president Joe Biden in November. The scandal-plagued former president romped home in the first contest of the drawn-out…
Ahead of the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony at Ayodhya Ram Temple on January 22, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the country will miss the beloved legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar. PM Modi took to social media platform X to state “As the nation awaits January 22 with great enthusiasm,…
Actors Pratik Gandhi, Vidya Balan, and Illeana D’Cruz are set to come up with a romantic drama film, Do Aur Do Pyaar. On Wednesday, the official page of Applause Entertainment, an Ellipsis Entertainment production, shared a motion poster on Instagram. The post read, “This season, let love surprise you, confuse…
Streaming platform Sony LIV on Wednesday announced its new series Kan Khajura, starring Mohit Raina in the lead role. Joining him on the cast are Roshan Mathew and Sarah Jane Dias. According to the makers, the upcoming show is the Hindi adaptation of the globally acclaimed Israeli crime thriller drama…
INDIA said it had lodged a protest over a senior British diplomat’s visit to Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, saying the trip last week had infringed on India’s “sovereignty and territorial integrity”. Kashmir is claimed in full, but controlled only in part, by nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, which have fought two wars and…
MANY Sikhs in the UK have received “threat-to-life” notices from the police, intensifying concerns over rising tensions related to the separatist movement in India, reported The Times. The threat-to-life warnings, known as Osman notices, issued by West Midlands police have fuelled apprehensions among recipients who fear potential connections to alleged…
BRITISH ASIAN presenter, Amol Rajan, has revealed his admiration for “pale, male, and stale” figures, expressing his respect for traditional figures of authority and intellectual weight. “I’m a big fan of pale, male and stale people, figures of white middle-class authority or intellectual heft. I don’t assume those people are…
In its first overseas deal, India has acquired exploration and production rights for lithium blocks in Argentina, marking a strategic move to diminish reliance on China for the essential green technology metal. Coal and Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi said the “historic” $24 million deal will ensure a “resilient and diversified…
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas’ daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas turned 2 on January 15 and the couple hosted a beach party to celebrate her birthday. The intimate celebration was attended by family and friends, among them Cavanaugh James and Divya Akhouri. Nick’s younger brother, Franklin Jonas, turned into a…
