- Monday, February 24, 2025
INDIAN external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Tuesday (5) said the incidents that happened in the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur, where deadly riots broke out last year, were "truly tragic" and that the people of the entire country wanted to see normalcy return there. More than 200 people have…
VARIOUS social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, went down for several users in India and various countries of the world, outage tracking website Downdetector said. As a result, users could not load apps, deliver messages or refresh their search feeds on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. While more…
THE fifth and final Test match between India and England beginning in Dharamsala on Thursday (7) might be a dead rubber since the hosts have already clinched the five-game series 3-1. Yet, the match will keep the statisticians interested since one player from each side will be playing their 100th…
WITH prime minister Narendra Modi around, India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) never falls short of unique ideas to appeal to the electorate. With the general elections approaching and the Hindu nationalist party aiming to secure 370 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha or Lower House of the parliament, the…
VETERAN Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan on Monday (5) lauded the country's external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar for asserting that India 'is not a bully'. Last week, the diplomat was speaking at a book-launch event in New Delhi where his reaction was sought in context of the Maldivian president Mohamed Muizzu's…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (6) will inaugurate the country's inaugural underriver metro service in Kolkata, the capital of the eastern state of West Bengal. Marking a monumental development aimed at transforming urban transportation, the prime minister will flag off a series of key metro and rapid transport…
AN Indian national lost his life while two others were injured on Monday (4) when an anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon by Hezbollah militants struck an orchard near Israel's northern border community of Margaliot, officials said. They also condemned it as a cowardly terror attack on peaceful agriculture workers. All…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy & business for Monday, March 4, 2024: Indian real-estate businessman Niranjan Hiranandani on Monday appeared before the country's economic crime-fighting agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a probe into the violation of Foreign Exchange Management Act. In February, ED officials carried…
INDIA'S ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday (4) came up 'Modi Ka Parivar' (Modi's family), a major online campaign, after an opposition leader took a jibe at prime minister Narendra Modi over his family and even saying that the latter is not a true Hindu. Lalu Prasad Yadav, chief…
INDIA'S ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday (2) released its first list of candidates for the national elections likely to be held in April and May and while it featured some top names, including those of prime minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah, there were also some…
