- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Ojas Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam have clinched India’s first gold medal in the compound mixed team event, marking their best-ever performance in archery at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday (4). The 21-year-old reigning world champion Deotale dropped a point but Jyothi made up for it, shooting all…
PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak is set to fire the starting gun Wednesday (4) on Britain’s next general election campaign, with a much-anticipated keynote speech closing his ruling Tories’ annual conference. He faces a daunting challenge rallying his beleaguered Tories to win the election — due some time in 2024 —…
HOME secretary Suella Braverman warned on Tuesday (3) that Britain faces a “hurricane” of immigration, as she doubled down on her hardline rhetoric at the Conservative party’s annual conference. Braverman, already a darling of the ruling party’s right for her attacks on “woke” politics, used the keynote speech to launch…
INDIA’s Swapna Barman on Monday (2) sparked a controversy with sensational allegations that she lost out on a bronze medal in the women’s heptathlon competition of the ongoing Asian Games to a “transgender” athlete. Swapna, who had won the gold medal in the 2018 edition of the Asian Games in…
INDIA’s economy is projected to grow at 6.3 per cent in current financial year aided by investment and domestic demand, according to a World Bank report released on Tuesday (3). South Asia is expected to grow 5.8 per cent this year, higher than any other region with developing countries, but…
ENGLAND hope to ride their formidable batting firepower to a second successive World Cup title but if India’s crafty spinners and sprightly pace attack can fully exploit home conditions the country’s cricket-mad fans could have something to celebrate. Since failing to make it out of the pool phase at the…
Pakistani actress Mahira Khan recently tied the knot with her long-time beau Salim Karim. On Tuesday, the actress shared the first picture from her dreamy wedding with her husband in which they look like a regal couple. Taking to Instagram, Mahira shared the picture and wrote, “Bismillah.” In the romantic…
Channel 4 broadcaster Krishna Guru-Murthy has revealed that he accepted the offer to participate in the widely popular celebrity dance reality show Strictly Come Dancing to keep up with his ‘hot wife’ Lisa after he realised that he was “overweight and unattractive” on his 53rd birthday back in April. He said his…
PAKISTAN on Tuesday (3) ordered all illegal immigrants, including 1.73 million Afghan nationals, to leave the country or face expulsion after revealing that 14 of 24 suicide bombings in the country this year were carried out by Afghan nationals. It was not immediately clear how Pakistani authorities could ensure the…
A PENARTH man has been jailed after defrauding his employer to repay the money he had stolen from a company he had previously worked for. Mayur Gaglani, 48, has also been ordered to pay back £78,000 to the power systems consultancy firm PSE 2 following his admission of his offence.…
