- Monday, February 24, 2025
THE Indian home affairs ministry on Monday (4) handed over the probe into the explosion at the Rameshwaram Cafe in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru to the elite National Investigation Agency (NIA). The blast took place in the popular eatery at peak hours on Friday (1), resulting in injuries…
INDIAN railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has revealed that the drivers of a train that jumped the signal and rammed into a stationary train, resulting in deaths of 14 people, were busy watching a cricket match on a mobile phone. The fatal accident took place in Vizianagaram district of the south-eastern…
THE alleged gangrape of a tourist holding Brazilian-Spanish dual nationality in a desolate place in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand has resulted in an uproar. It was reported that the 28-year-old victim, who was with her husband, was on a motorcycle tour of Asia and had stopped for the…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday (4) expressed his happiness after the country's Supreme Court overruled the verdict given in a case in 1998 that "an MP or MLA can't claim immunity from prosecution on a charge of bribery in connection with the vote/speech in the parliament/legislative assembly". "SWAGATAM!…
NIKKI Haley won the Republican presidential primary in Washington DC on Sunday (3), scoring her first victory as she struggles to remain relevant in her underdog race against Donald Trump. Haley's symbolic victory in the nation's capital comes just ahead a decisive day in the long US nominating process --…
INDIA, the world's largest democracy, is headed for the national election soon and all political parties of the country -- large and small -- have kicked off preparations for the major battle of the ballots. While prime minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are eyeing their third…
SHEHBAZ Sharif on Sunday (3) was elected as the new prime minister of Pakistan and soon after winning the premier's election, he vowed to steer the beleaguered nation "back to shore" with help of allied parties in his second tenure. He had earlier served between April 2022 and August 2023…
AIMING to secure a psychological lead over the opposition, India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday (2) announced its first list of candidates for the upcoming general elections due in a few months, even before the election schedule was announced. The ruling party's national general secretary, Vinod Tawde, announced…
MUKESH AMBANI's youngest child Anant Ambani is all set to get married to Radhika Merchant, a businesswoman and daughter of Indian pharmaceutical tycoons Viren and Shaila Merchant. While the high-profile wedding will take place in July, a lavish pre-marriage celebration is currently underway in Jamnagar, a city in the western…
PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak has passionately implored Britain to safeguard its democracy, cautioning against the divisive influence of extremist factions seeking to unravel the nation's unity and erode its rich multi-faith tapestry. Drawing from his personal Hindu faith, the British Indian leader on Friday (1) emphasized the enduring ethos of…
