- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
MORE trouble awaited former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan as he was sentenced to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment along with his wife Bushra Bibi on Wednesday (31) in a corruption case. The development took place a day after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader was handed a decade-long jail term…
WHILE it was required to acknowledge China will influence India's neighbours, but New Delhi must not be scared of such "competitive politics", the country's external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Tuesday (30) as he also emphasised on the Indian Navy's proactive role in the Red Sea region given its…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Tuesday, January 30, 2024: On Tuesday, Tata Motors emerged as India's most valuable auto company by market capitalisation, surpassing Maruti Suzuki India. Tata Motors' shares rose 2.19 per cent to close at Rs 859.25 (£8.17) on the BSE, reaching…
INDIA'S naval officials have rescued 19 sailors from Pakistan after their fishing vessel was hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia. It was the second rescue operation carried out by the Indian warship INS Sumitra in 36 hours. In its earlier mission, the ship had rescued an Iranian crew…
THE general elections are not too far in India and Samajwadi Party (SP), one of the country's major opposition parties, on Tuesday (30) declared names of 16 candidates that it will field in the polls the dates of which are yet to be unveiled. The SP is a member of…
INDIAN president Droupadi Murmu and prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (30) paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, the country's iconic freedom movement leader, on his 76th death anniversary at Raj Ghat in New Delhi. Modi later wrote on X, “I pay homage to Pujya Bapu on his Punya Tithi. I also…
DARRELL Issa, a prominent American lawmaker, has said that the perceived "threat" posed by China presents an opportunity for the US and India to forge robust agreements, potentially including a genuine Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Issa, a 70-year -old Republican Congressman from California, conveyed this perspective during a dialogue with…
HE scripted a record in his maiden Test that would make spinners from England envious and Tom Hartley doesn't want to stop here. The 24-year-old Lancashire cricketer hopes to have respect on his name after spinning his side to a victory not many would have thought was coming against India…
THE recently inaugurated Ram temple in the northern Indian holy city of Ayodhya is likely to have a major economic impact in the region as local tourism is projected to receive a boost with 50 million visitors annually, US financial services company Jefferies said. In a report, it said the…
IN another incident of an Indian student losing his life in the US, Neel Acharya, who studied at Purdue University in Indiana, was found dead on Sunday (28), hours after his mother reported him to be missing. Tippecanoe County Coroner's Office in Lafayette, Indiana, said officials were given a call…
