- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
FRANZ Beckenbauer, an iconic German player and later coach with a knack for leading his teams to greatness, has died at the age of 78. Beckenbauer, one of only three men to win the World Cup as player and as a coach, was known as the Kaiser, a title that…
MOHAMED Muizzu, the newly elected president of Maldives who arrived in China on his first state visit on Monday (8), praised Beijing as a "valued ally and integral collaborator" of the Indian Ocean island nation and hailed the cooperation between the two countries. Muizzu, who is regarded as “pro-China”, met…
WHILE India was engaged with his maritime neighbour Maldives over some of its government officials making controversial remarks against the former and its prime minister Narendra Modi, several celebrities from India apart from common people slammed the archipelago. There was even calls for boycotting the island-nation which is known for…
BRITISH minister for South Asia, Lord Tariq Ahmad, was on Monday (8) set to launch a three-day visit to India during which he will launch two new UK-funded sustainability projects, the UK foreign office said. Lord Ahmad was scheduled to cover the two Indian cities of Chennai (in the state…
THE Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), one of the country's oldest trade bodies, on Monday (8) appealed to tourism and trade associations to stop promoting the maritime neighbour of Maldives. Subhash Goyal, chairman of Aviation and Tourism Committee at ICC, in a statement urged tour operators in relation to the…
AMID the row over three now suspended deputy ministers of Maldives making derogatory remarks against Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on social media, the foreign ministry of the island-nation on Monday (8) summoned the Indian ambassador stationed on its soil to "explain" Maldives' side of the story. The country's SunOnline…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is set to extend a warm welcome to numerous domestic and international investors converging on his home state of Gujarat this week for a business event. This initiative marks one of his final significant endeavours to attract investments before seeking re-election. Scheduled from January 10…
THE Indian selectors have clearly gone for the status quo rather than addressing the elephant in the room by picking veteran batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for their first T20 series in 14 months. The duo were picked for the three-match series against Afghanistan to be played between January…
The General Election is unlikely to be held until close to the end of this year, with the prime minister saying his ‘working assumption’ is the election in the second half of 2024. Despite Labour’s large poll lead, the results will depend on the campaigns to come. One thing we…
THE Supreme Court of India on Monday (8) scrapped the early release of 11 men convicted of raping Bilkis Bano, a woman from the country's minority Muslim community, and murdering her family during the 2002 riots in the western state of Gujarat. The convicts, who were released in August 2022,…
