INDIAN-AMERICAN presidential candidate Nikki Haley, who continued to challenge former president Donald Trump in the race to clinch the nomination of the Republican Party for this year's election despite making little gains against him, on Wednesday (6) bowed out of the race. The 52-year-old leader's move came a day after…
A 33-YEAR-OLD Indian-origin woman on Wednesday (6) appeared before a court in the UK after being charged with the murder of her minor daughter, who was found dead at their home in a town in the West Midlands region of England. Jaskirat Kaur, also known as Jasmine Kang, appeared before…
THE intervention of the army in Pakistan's public life is not new. But now, the country's armed forces are set to play a key role in improving the fitness level of the national players, an information that the chief of its cricket board has shared. Mohsin Naqvi, chairman of the…
FIVE days after the blast at a popular restaurant in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, the country's anti-terror agency on Wednesday (6) released a photograph of a man it claimed was the suspect behind the explosion and announced a cash reward of Rs 1 million (£9,475) for sharing information…
THE Indian opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) has found itself in a fresh controversy after a senior leader of Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), the ruling party of the southern state of Tamil Nadu, made remarks on "Jai Shri Ram" (Hail Lord Ram) and "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" (Hail…
A DAY after Donald Trump swept nearly all contests of Super Tuesday (5), Nikki Haley, his last remaining challenger in the race for the presidential nomination, was set to suspend her campaign and leave a clear path for the former president to contest the election on November 5. She had…
INDIAN external affairs minister Subrahmanyan Jaishankar on Wednesday (6) met a delegation led by the mayor of Gimhae, a city in South Korea which is a 'sister city' of India's holy city of Ayodhya where a grand temple dedicated to Hindu god Ram was inaugurated in January. The meeting took…
ENGLAND, who will play for pride in the fifth Test match against India in Dharamsala starting Thursday (7) after having losing the series 1-3, have announced their playing XI and pace bowler Mark Wood was set to return to replace Ollie Robinson, also a seamer. Wood, who has played two…
PRIYANKA Gandhi Vadra, one of the top leaders of the Indian National Congress, India's main opposition party, is set to make her electoral debut in the upcoming general elections from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The 52-year-old Gandhi Vadra, who is the daughter of former Indian prime minister Rajiv…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (6) inaugurated several metro railway projects across the country, including its first underwater metro route in the eastern city of Kolkata. The capital of the state of West Bengal is the first in India where the metro railway started running in 1984. The…