- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
AT least 25 people were killed in landslides and floods caused by heavy rain in the southern Indian state of Kerala, official sources on Sunday (17) said as rescue personnel looked for survivors in muddy debris and the armed forces flew in emergency materials. Residents were isolated in parts of…
WITH the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir worsening every day, the local police have decided to move vulnerable Indian migrant workers in the union territory to army and police camps for protection after several of them were killed by militants. Vijay Kumar, the inspector general of police, Kashmir, told…
THE three-day visit of Anandiben Patel, the governor of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, to Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh in the neighbouring state of Uttarakhand concluded on Sunday (17). The visit coincided with the completion of Navratri, the nine-day festival in the Hindu tradition that celebrates the…
INDIAN finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who is currently touring the United States, has told the host country’s top corporate leaders that opportunities are galore in India for all investors and industry stakeholders with the reset in the global supply chain and a committed leadership in New Delhi. Sitharaman, who reached…
INDIAN and US soldiers on Saturday (17) played friendly matches of kabaddi, American football, soccer and volleyball as part of “ice-breaking activities”. Four mixed outfits, comprising troops from both countries, played a number of friendly games with true sportsmanship spirit, sources in the Indian Army said. While the Indian troops…
SEVERAL Indians who reside in New Zealand either on migrant or student visa held a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India, last week claiming that neither the government of New Zealand nor India helped them to get back to the country where they live in times of the…
SRI LANKA has sought a credit line from India worth $100 million (£72.7 million) to pay for its crude oil purchases amid a severe foreign-exchange crisis. The move came just a few days after the country’s energy minister Udaya Gammanpila cautioned that availability of fuel could be guaranteed only till…
INDIAN finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has met in New York the chief investment officer of a big private investment firm during her ongoing visit to the United States and held talks over the latter’s interest in investing in India. Sitharaman met Philip Vassiliou, the chief investment officer of Legatum, headquartered…
THE security situation in Jammu and Kashmir is turning deadly each passing day. Clashes between rebels and government personnel and street killings saw six more lives being lost on Saturday (16), official sources said as the Himalayan region saw a worsening wave of terror and violence. At least 28 people,…
THE Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday (17) issued a ‘yellow alert’ in 11 districts of the southern Indian state of Kerala for heavy rainfall, which has already claimed 19 lives so far. The alert has been issued for the districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Idukki, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Palakkad,…
