- Monday, February 24, 2025
NEW ZEALAND deputy prime minister Winston Peters on Monday (11) visited the Swaminarayan Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar in the western Indian state of Gujarat along with a delegation. He was warmly welcomed at the intricately carved Mayur Dwar by Pujya Vishwaviharidas Swami; Kothari Swami, head of BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham in…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (12) said his government in New Delhi takes up development work as part of its mission to build the nation and not to win elections as perceived by a section of people. The leader, who was speaking at an event in Ahmedabad in…
INDIA on Tuesday (12) strongly rejected the objection put up by China against prime minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Arunachal Pradesh and said the north-easternmost state "was, is and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India". Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson of India's external affairs ministry, said Beijing…
MEMBERS of the minority Hindu community in Pakistan were ecstatic after the news of the implementation of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was confirmed by the Indian government. They expressed happiness and a desire to migrate to India to escape persecution and forced conversions in the Muslim-majority nation. Hindu…
PATRICIA Scotland, general secretary of the Commonwealth of Nations, on Monday (11) said on the occasion of Commonwealth Day that India not only shaped the birth of the group of nations but will continue to play a vital role in shaping its work. Baroness Scotland, who will be visiting India…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday (12) inaugurate the masterplan of the Sabarmati Ashram Memorial project in Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat. He will perform "Ashram Bhoomi Vandana" before unveiling the project. With a budget of Rs 1,200 crore (£113.2 million), the project aims to rejuvenate…
THE Indian community in Geelong in the Australian state of Victoria has mourned the brutal death of an Indian woman whose body was discovered in a wheelie bin in Buckley, located west of Geelong, on Saturday (9). According to a report by The Guardian, members of the community are planning…
THE Indian home affairs ministry on Monday (11) notified the implementation of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 to streamline the citizenship granting process for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from the three South Asian countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. It calls for citizenship based on religion. Of the three…
THE Narendra Modi government of India made a massive move on Monday (11) when it issued a notification of the much debated Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), after more than four years since it was passed in the parliament amid violent protests in which more than 100 people died. The legislation,…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday (11) congratulated scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which works on military research and development, for successfully conducting the maiden flight of Agni-5, an indigenously developed missile, also called Mission Divyastra. It has been built by the DRDO for over…
