- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
BHUPENDRA Patel, the new chief minister of the western Indian state of Gujarat, on Thursday (16) inducted several new faces in his cabinet despite dissent among those who were part of the previous government of Vijay Rupani but got dropped under the new leadership. Twenty-four ministers were sworn in the…
FORMER India captain Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday (16) said the voice of former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding will be missed by millions of cricket lovers across the planet as the latter decided to conclude his stint with broadcasting. In a tweet, Tendulkar said, “Congratulations on a wonderful career…
JAIPUR Foot USA, which rehabilitates disabled people, on Wednesday (16) organised a virtual event to flag off the launch of a mobile van in the western Indian state of Gujarat to give free prosthetic fitments for the differently-abled. The event took place on the occasion of Indian prime minister Narendra…
DAYS after Telangana labour minister Malla Reddy remarked that the man accused of raping a six-year-old girl in state capital Hyderabad “will be killed in an encounter”, a body was found on the railway tracks around 130 kilometres from Hyderabad and the police believe that it is of Pallakonda Raju,…
INDIA'S capital Delhi accounted for almost 40 per cent of all rape cases and almost 25 per cent murder cases among 19 metropolitan cities in India last year, latest government data have shown. In all, 2,533 rape cases and 1,849 murder cases were reported across India in 2020, the National…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi, chief minister of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee and the chief executive of the Serum Institute of India (SII) Adar Poonawalla have found themselves in the Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2021, as per the list released by the…
THE Narendra Modi cabinet on Wednesday (15) approved a production linked incentive (PLI) scheme worth Rs 26,058 crore (£2.5 billion) for auto, auto components and drone industries to enhance India’s manufacturing capabilities, India’s minister of state for finance Anurag Thakur said. The PLI scheme will incentivise the emergence of advanced…
BRINGING back India’s black money stashed in foreign banks is something the Narendra Modi government had promised to the countrymen and the prime minister’s critics often mock him asking where is the money. Modi is often accused of failing to keep a promise of depositing in the bank account of…
THE Indian government on Wednesday (15) approved a relief package for its cash-starved telecoms sector, including a four-year moratorium on airwaves payments due to the government, the country’s telecoms minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told a news conference. He said the deferred payments cycle will start from October 1, giving the debt-ridden…
THE management body of the Brisbane Sikh temple (gurudwara) at Eight Mile Plains on the outskirts of the Australian city has slammed the brawl that broke out involving around 40 men armed with baseball bats and poles late on Monday (13). The gurudwara released a brief statement on its Facebook…
