- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
VIJAY Rupani, the chief minister of the western Indian state of Gujarat, on Saturday (11) stepped down from his post with the next elections in the state 15 months away. The senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader later submitted his resignation to Acharya Devvrat, the state’s governor, at the Raj…
AUTOMOBILE giant Ford has decided to stop making cars in India because it doesn’t see a way to profitability in the country. The American car-maker entered India 25 years ago but still has less than two per cent of the country’s passenger vehicle market. It thus becomes the latest automaker…
FORMER Indian Olympian and veteran sports administrator Raja Randhir Singh on Saturday (11) assumed charges of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) after its former head from Kuwait was jailed for forgery. On Friday (10), a court in Geneva found Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, a member of Kuwait’s ruling family,…
A 34-YEAR-OLD woman who was brutally raped inside a stationary vehicle in the suburbs of Mumbai, the financial capital of India, in the early hours of Friday (10), succumbed to her injuries at a local hospital early on Saturday (11). In a horrific attack that resembled the assault on a…
ANGRY farmers seeking justice over the police action against agitators last month called off their protests on Saturday (11) morning after the government of the northern state of Haryana assured them that an inquiry committee will be set up under the chairmanship of a retired judge who will probe the…
FORMER India captain Sunil Gavaskar has praised the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over an offer to reschedule the cancelled fifth Test match between England and India at Old Trafford which was set to be played between September 10 and 14. The legendary former opener said India…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (11) said the 9/11 terror attacks in the US were attacks on humanity and such tragedies can only be avoided by inculcating human values. He said this on the 20th anniversary of the devastating attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. The twin towers…
THE farmers' protest in the northern Indian state of Haryana against the police brutality of August 28 seems to have taken a worse turn as the talks between the protesters and the representatives of the state government remained inconclusive on Wednesday (8), the second consecutive day. The farmers, who have…
FORMER Twenty20 world champions India on Wednesday (8) announced their 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup to be held in the United Arab Emirates and Dubai and the biggest surprise was the return of veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. Former India captain Mahandra Singh Dhoni, who led India…
THE Narendra Modi government has decided to stick to the September 15 deadline for investors to put in bids for buying Air India, the national carrier, official sources have said. This stand was in sharp contrast to the extension of the deadline for the preliminary bids by as many as…
