- Monday, February 24, 2025
DANISH Siddiqui, the Reuters journalist killed in crossfire on Friday (16) covering the war in Afghanistan, was a largely self-taught photographer who scaled the heights of his profession while documenting wars, riots and human suffering. A native of New Delhi, Siddiqui, 38, is survived by his wife Rike and two…
INDIA wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant is "on his way to recovery" after testing positive for Covid-19 as the squad prepares for a Test series in England, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said Thursday. India's players, led by captain Virat Kohli, are currently in London but will enter a…
A UNITED Nations human rights expert has said that she was devastated to hear about the death of Indian priest-activist Stan Swamy in judicial custody, saying there is “no reason” for a human rights defender to be denied his rights and his death will “remain a stain” on the South…
MESSENGER service provider WhatsApp blocked over two million accounts in India during May-June for violating rules. It said 95 per cent of the blocked users violated the limits of the number of times messages can be forwarded in India. Around 2 million accounts in India sending a "high and abnormal…
SHAMEEN Thakur-Rajbanshi, the chief of South Africa’s Minority Front (MF), which has a major support in the country’s Indian community which has faced a considerable attack during the ongoing violence, has said that the “Indian community is devastated” by the riots. She said the situation turned so bad for them…
THE Madras High Court has reversed a trial court’s order setting a man accused of sexually assaulting a girl child free because of a typo error. It said that a typographical error in recording the word ‘semen’ as Tamil word ‘semmann’, meaning red soil, cannot be the basis of acquitting…
THE Indian Olympic Association on Friday (16) announced retired Indian Police Service officer B K Sinha will carry out the dual role of security and press attache of the Indian Olympic contingent at the Tokyo Games starting July 23. A former director general of police in the northern Indian state…
INDIA may not be among the top performing nations at the Olympic Games but the country may have already earned a reputation for the upcoming edition of the quadrennial sports show in Tokyo, Japan. Equipment manufactured by Indian companies will be visible across the board during the field events of…
AT least five bodies were recovered while many were feared trapped after a concrete wall around a well in a locality in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh caved in on Thursday (15) evening. More than 15 people had been rescued while 13 more were found to be missing…
DAYS after Russia ruled out a military alliance with India on Afghanistan, the Taliban have said that New Delhi is welcome to carry out its aid and reconstruction work on the Afghan soil after the Taliban come to power but it should not give the current administration in Kabul any…
