- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
TWO American senators have requested US president Joe Biden to waive sanctions that Washington has imposed on India over the latter’s purchase of the S-400 defence system from Russia, saying such measure would harm the two democracies’ growing cooperation. India signed a deal worth $5.5 billion (£4 billion) with Russia…
PAKISTAN interim head coach Saqlain Mushtaq on Thursday (28) said it would be a “great thing” if his team meets India again in the final of the ongoing T20 World Cup and lauded both sides for sending a message of friendship during their group clash on Sunday (24). Pakistan tasted…
INDIA'S ministry of external affairs on Wednesday (26) expressed its concern over a new law passed by China last week to strengthen protection of the border amid a protracted military standoff between the two nuclear-armed neighbours along their border in the Himalayas. On Saturday (23), China passed a law specifying…
AUTHORITIES in India have taken celebrations over Pakistan’s win against India in the T20 World Cup in Dubai on October 24 seriously. Three Kashmiri students, for example, were arrested in the city of Agra in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday (27) for allegedly celebrating Pakistan’s dominant…
AUSTRALIA wicket-keeper Matthew Wade feels his side must emerge victorious in the spin battle against Sri Lanka in a crucial Group 1 fixture in the T20 World Cup in Dubai on Thursday (28). Both teams have won their first game but the Asians are ahead of the Kangaroos in net…
HINDU-AMERICAN culture has enriched the United Stated and the world, American lawmakers said during the annual Diwali celebrations at the US Congress on Wednesday (27). “We have come a long way as a community where someone can easily say today as I do, that I am a proud Hindu-American, that…
INDIA on Wednesday (27) tested Agni-5 ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead up to 5,000 kilometres (3,100 miles), the country’s defence ministry said in what the media called a “stern signal” to China as the two nuclear-armed neighbours continue to lock horns over a border dispute. The missile…
SECURITY forces in India on Wednesday (27) guarded mosques in the northeastern state of Tripura after right-wing groups attacked Muslim targets in what is considered an apparent revenge for the deadly violence against the minority Hindus in the neighbouring country of Bangladesh. Authorities have imposed a ban on gatherings of…
AMID the sensational episode surrounding the arrest of Aryan Khan, the visit by a Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) team at Shah Rukh Khan’s residence in Mumbai on Thursday (21) created a flutter. The anti-drugs agency, however, said that the visit to the superstar’s house “wasn’t a raid” and was meant…
MANCHESTER United (Man U) owners’ interest to be a part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) may be a reason behind the Indian cricket board’s decision to extend the date for purchasing the Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the right to own and operate one of the two proposed new…
