- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
FORMER World Cup champions Germany on Monday (11) became the first team to qualify for the 2022 Fifa World Cup to be held in Qatar after they crushed North Macedonia 4-0 in a UEFA Group J match in Skopje. Timo Werner scored a brace besides Karl Havertz and Jamal Musiala…
THE special cell of Delhi Police on Tuesday (12) arrested a Pakistani national from the national capital’s Laxmi Nagar area and recovered arms and ammunition from him. According to sources in the police, the man, identified as Mohammad Ashraf, is a resident of Pakistan’s Punjab province and was living in…
VIRAT Kohli’s nine-season-long captaincy for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) came to an unimpressive end on Monday (11) when his team lost to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by four wickets in the eliminator of the 2021 edition to finish yet another unsuccessful campaign. Winning the…
INDIA'S political leaders are known for making controversial remarks now and then. Some of them are even accused of being misogynistic. And the latest name to get added to the list is Dr K Sudhakar, the health minister of the country’s southern state of Karnataka. The minister on Sunday (10)…
THE Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Monday (11) said privatisation of national carrier Air India gives a clear message to the markets and global creators that the Narendra Modi government has the political will to bite the reform bullet. The chamber said the time was appropriate to expedite disinvestment…
DAYS after Indian home minister Amit Shah chaired a marathon meeting over the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the killings of civilians from minority communities and counter-terror experts were sent to the Valley, security forces detained more than 700 people in the union territory, who…
INDIA on Monday (11) agreed to extend a $200 million (£146 million) Line of Credit (LoC) support to Kyrgyzstan for development projects as its external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar held “constructive” talks with the leadership of the Central Asian nation to boost the bilateral ties between New Delhi and Bishkek.…
INDIAN sports minister on Sunday (10) slammed Hockey India over its unilateral decision to pull out of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) set to be held in Birmingham, the UK, saying the sporting body must consult the government before taking such steps. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Thakur said, “I…
THE cricketing world is eagerly waiting for the T20 World Cup to kick off in the UAE and Oman on October 17 and the tournament promises to be a more engaging one as the Decision Review System (DRS) is set to be used in the tournament for the first time.…
INDIAN conglomerate Reliance Industries saw its shares rising 1.8 per cent to a record high on Monday (11) after announcing two deals over the weekend to buy solar capacity in its latest move towards net carbon zero in another 14 years. Through its unit Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd., Reliance…
