- Tuesday, March 04, 2025
INDIAN police on Sunday (23) arrested firebrand Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh after a manhunt that lasted more than a month. Singh rose to fame calling for the creation of a separate Sikh homeland known as Khalistan, the struggle for which sparked deadly violence in India in the 1980s and 1990s.…
Indian climber Anurag Maloo has shown signs of improvement, but is still in critical condition, his brother said on Saturday (22), days after he was found alive by rescuers on Nepal’s Mount Annapurna. Anurag, 34, from Kishangarh in Rajasthan, went missing on Monday (17) after he fell from around 6,000…
A landlord, accused of racially abusing his tenant and attempting to break into his home in an Irish city over unpaid, rent has been arrested. He allegedly used an electrical saw to cut through the door of Muhammed Raheel Jethel – his tenant for four years – in Ballinasloe in…
ASIAN peers representing the Hindu and Sikh faiths are likely to be joined by Muslim and Jewish House of Lords representatives in carrying key pieces of coronation emblems to add a multi-faith touch to the Christian religious ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London on May 6, it emerged on Saturday…
A court in Gujarat on Thursday (20) dismissed the plea of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to halt his conviction in a defamation case, causing doubts about his eligibility to run for an upcoming election next year. Last month, Gandhi was found guilty in a case filed by a lawmaker from…
JUDGES are sharing so-called “live questions” used in recruitment exercises with consultants offering to coach candidates to get top judicial appointments, a tribunal has heard from a senior south Asian judge. On the second day of the online hearing, Judge Abbas Mithani KC, suggested the current process could be open…
India’s Reliance Industries reported a better-than-expected lift in net profit for the March quarter on Friday (21), driven by strong growth in its energy and retail divisions. Reliance, owned by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, reported a net profit of Rs 192.99 billion (£1.89bn) in the first three months of…
RAVINDRA JADEJA’s 3-22 led Chennai’s dominance in spin-friendly conditions at home for a smooth seven-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League Friday (21). The visitors managed just 134-7 after being sent in to bat and Jadeja’s four-over spell for the Super Kings choked their innings before it…
One of the victims of Rotherham child sex abuse said that she had no idea about how to describe her story to her son. Sammy Woodhouse, 37, became pregnant at the age of 15 after being raped by abuser Arshid Hussain, who was 25 at the time. “I didn’t know…
Veteran actor Jackie Shroff has cultivated a unique way of raising awareness about environmental issues — wearing a spider plant as an accessory or gifting one to the host at a social gathering. From public events to weddings and even movie premieres, where the who’s who of the film industry…
