- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
INDIA lifted their eighth SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) title on Saturday (16) when they defeated Nepal 3-0 at the National Football Stadium in Male, the Maldives. India captain Sunil Chhetri continued with his good form in the tournament to score of the his team’s goals in the final and…
INDIA captain Virat Kohli on Saturday (16) downplayed the “hype” surrounding the India-Pakistan clash in the T20 World Cup starting in Muscat, Oman, on Sunday (17), saying it’s “just another match for us” despite the ridiculously high demand for tickets. The arch-rivals will lock horns in their first game of…
INDIA captain Virat Kohli on Saturday (16) said he has “no idea” about former India skipper Rahul Dravid taking over as the head coach of the national team after the T20 World Cup which was kicking off on Sunday (17). Dravid, who has made a name in coaching with junior…
DALIT labourer Lakhbir Singh, who was lynched at the farmers’ protest site in Singhu border in north-west Delhi bordering Haryana on Friday (15), was cremated on Saturday (16) at his native village Tarn Taran in the northern state of Punjab amid tight security. Members of his close family were present…
AT least six people were killed while dozens went missing on Saturday (16) as heavy rain lashed southern and central parts of the southern Indian state of Kerala causing flash floods and landslides in many parts, forcing the state government to seek assistance of the defence personnel to carry out…
MAHENDRA Singh Dhoni on Friday (15) became the oldest captain to win an Indian Premier League (IPL) title when his team Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 27 runs to clinch the 2021 edition at the Dubai International Stadium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This…
DESPITE their military standoff in eastern Ladakh and political blame games, the trade volume between India and China looks to cross the record figure of $100 billion (£73 billion) in 2021 as the total has already touched $90 billion (£65.6 billion) in the first nine months. The figures have been…
INDIAN Army chief General MM Naravane on Thursday (14) inaugurated in Colombo two stimulator facilities gifted to Sri Lanka by India for enhancing capacity-building of the island-nation’s army and to bolster defence cooperation between the two maritime neighbours. Naravane, who arrived in the Sri Lankan capital on Tuesday (12) on…
INDIAN finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday (14) met her US counterpart Janet Yellen for the eighth ministerial meeting of the US-India Economic and Financial Partnership in Washington. The meeting was also attended by US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell and his Indian counterpart Shaktikanta Das, the governor of India’s…
RICHEST Indian Mukesh Ambani was earlier this year interested in merging Zee with his own media empire, the television giant's largest shareholder revealed Wednesday (13). However, the proposal was dropped following differences over the role of Zee founders. US investment firm Invesco rejected allegations by Zee that it was resorting…
