- Monday, February 24, 2025
THE Sikh community in the city of Peshawar in Pakistan has expressed its anger over the vandalism of a statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1839), the first Sikh ruler who reigned in the early part of the 19th century, at the Lahore Fort on Tuesday (17). The nine-feet tall cold…
SRI LANKA'S cricket board has said it is going ahead with arrangements to host a T20 series between Afghanistan and Pakistan, even as a top cricket official in Kabul expressed the optimism that the sport “will not be a casualty” of political changes. However, there was also an element of…
INDIA is a key partner of Britain in Asia and will have an important role to play in dealing with the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan with the takeover of the Taliban, the UK government said on Tuesday (17). Defence secretary Ben Wallace said on Monday (17) described the Taliban takeover…
GURKHA military veterans on Tuesday (17) said they would “fast until death” unless the British government agreed to meet them to discuss their demands over pension rights. Several protesters on hunger strike have been camped out under makeshift shelters around the clock opposite British prime minister Boris Johnson’s Downing Street…
INDIA'S Chief justice NV Ramana on Wednesday (18) expressed his dissatisfaction over “speculations and reports” in the media about the meeting of the Supreme Court collegium regarding appointment of Supreme Court judges. He called it “very unfortunate”. Speaking at a ceremonial function to bid farewell to Justice Navin Sinha of…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi held his second high-level Cabinet meeting on the situation in Afghanistan on Wednesday (18) morning in New Delhi. During the meeting, he asked officials to ensure timely evacuation of all Indians stranded in the war-torn nation where the Taliban have returned to power. According to…
INDIAN National Congress parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor was on Wednesday (18) cleared by a court in Delhi of charges linked to the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar in 2014. The body of Pushkar, 51, was found in a suite of a luxury hotel in the Indian capital on the night…
INDIAN Navy's frontline frigate, INS Tabar arrived at Portsmouth harbour on Friday (13) for a goodwill visit and also undertake an annual bilateral exercise, Konkan. The Indian and Royal navies have carried out bilateral naval exercise ‘Exercise Konkan’, annually since 2004. This year’s edition of Exercise Konkan commenced on Aug…
A MAN from Mancherial in the South Indian state of Telangana has found himself stranded in Afghanistan where the situation has worsened after the Taliban took over power on Sunday (15) and appealed to the Indian government to evacuate him. According to a report in The Times of India, the…
VARIOUS Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are making efforts to help out their students from Afghanistan who are currently stuck there following the Taliban coming back to power on Sunday (15). On Tuesday (17), India said that it will issue an emergency e-visa to Afghan nationals who want to come…
