KEVIN De Bruyne's explosive return to Premier League action inspired Manchester City to a dramatic 3-2 win at Newcastle and sent a warning to the defending champions' title rivals. City climbed to second and within two points of leaders Liverpool, who had the weekend off for their winter break. Aston…
INDIAN external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has said that one cannot guarantee that every country will support or agree with New Delhi every time. He said this amid India's ongoing diplomatic row with the Maldives and while highlighting his government's continuous efforts to build global connections. Speaking at a townhall…
INDIAN actor Amitabh Bachchan has reportedly purchased a plot in Ayodhya, the holy town in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh where a grand temple dedicated to Hindu god Ram will be inaugurated on January 22. He said he has plans to build his home in the "global spiritual…
OPENER Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dube smashed half-centuries as India thrashed Afghanistan by six wickets in the second Twenty20 international in Indore on Sunday to clinch the three-match series. Jaiswal, who hit 68 off 34 balls, returned to the team along with star batsman Virat Kohli after the two missed…
SUELLA Braverman, sacked as home secretary last year, has hit out at her former boss, prime minister Rishi Sunak over the Safety of Rwanda Bill coming up in the parliament next week saying it won't work. After stern statements in the House of Commons during the week, the Indian-origin former…
DR SELVA Pankaj, CEO of Regent Group and a pioneer in global education, has been invited to take part in the annual meeting of World Economic Forum (WEF) 2024 in Davos, Switzerland, next week. Expressing his pleasure over the invite that would add yet another milestone to the acknowledgement that…
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden announced this week his intent to nominate judge Sunil Harjani to a post of a federal district court judge in the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division in a push to diversify the judiciary. Harjani, an Asian American, is among six judges across the nation to…
FOUR Shankaracharyas, top spiritual leaders of Sanatan Hindu Dharma, have decided against attending the consecration ceremony at the much awaited Ram Temple in the north Indian holy town of Ayodhya on January 22. Three of them nevertheless backed the grand ceremony which will witness participation by millions, including prime minister…
THE Indian opposition taking on prime minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its National Democratic Alliance has picked a face to lead it and it is none other than Mallikarjun Kharge, president of the Indian National Congress, the main opposition party. The 82-year-old Kharge, a first member from…
INDIAN ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Thursday (11) said the ancient Indian epic of Ramayana is a bridge across geographies and teaches people about the complexities of human relationships and the eternal struggle between good and evil. Speaking at an event in Capitol Hill titled ‘Ramayana Across…