- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
DAYS after conferring Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, on former social justice icon Karpoori Thakur and former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani, prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday (9) extended the list to include three more names to be recognised with the prestigious award posthumously. The decisions came…
CANDIDATES linked to jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan were running a close race with the party of three-time premier Nawaz Sharif on Friday as election results trickled in after a long delay that added to accusations of poll rigging. Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was barred from contesting Thursday's…
A SPECIALIZED Canadian police task force has apprehended five individuals, including two women of Indian descent, for suspected extortion and firearm-related crimes targeting the South Asian business community in the Greater Toronto area. The Peel Regional Police Extortion Investigative Task Force (EITF), with assistance from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP),…
HERE are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Thursday, February 8, 2024: The government of the western Indian state of Maharashtra on Thursday inked a Memorandum of Understanding with search engine behemoth Google, aiming to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) for innovative solutions across sectors such as…
AUSTRALIA scrambled to a one-wicket win with five balls to spare in their Under-19 World Cup semi-final against Pakistan at Willowmoore Park on Thursday (8). Australia will meet India in the final at the same venue on Sunday (11). Tom Straker led a potent Australian fast bowling attack, taking six…
PAKISTAN'S caretaker prime minister Anwaar-ul-Haque Kakar on Thursday (80 lauded the "participation and enthusiasm" of people as the cornerstone of democratic exercise and said the voter turnout in the general elections in his country is a "clear indication of public commitment". He said this on a day when incidents of…
AMID a growing concern to free Jagtar Singh Johal, who has been jailed in India for more than six years for his alleged involvement with the Pakistani intelligence agency and targeted murder of a number of members of the right-wing Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, British foreign secretary David Cameron…
FORMER Australia cricketer Tom Moody, who is currently a coach, said on Thursday (8) said performance of players in highly competitive T20 tournaments such as Indian Premier League (IPL) and International League T20 (ILT20) will be under the scanner more this year due to the upcoming T20 World Cup in…
INDIA on Thursday (8) unequivocally rejected as "baseless" allegations of its interference in elections in Canada and asserted instead that the core issue has been Ottawa's meddling in New Delhi's internal affairs. According to media reports in Canada, the country's federal commission of inquiry into foreign interference is looking into…
HUMAN rights body Amnesty International on Wednesday (7) said the widespread "unlawful demolitions" of houses, businesses and places of worship of members of India's minority Muslim community through the use of JCB bulldozers and other machines must stop immediately. In two reports, titled "If you speak up, your house will…
