- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
INDIAN rescue teams digging by hand are on the verge of breaking through to reach 41 men trapped in a collapsed road tunnel, officials said Tuesday, raising hopes the end of the marathon 17-day operation is in sight. An AFP reporter at the site saw ambulances move towards the mouth…
A SPECIAL fast-Track Court in the southern Indian state of Kerala has sentenced a woman to 40 years of rigorous imprisonment and slapped her with a fine of Rs 20,000 in a case under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) case on Monday (27). It was…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Monday, November 27, 2023: Automakers Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra and Audi India on Monday announced plans to hike prices of their passenger vehicles in January 2024 citing reasons, including cost pressure driven by overall inflation and increased commodity…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (26) praised Indian American entrepreneur and investor Balaji Srinivasan for expressing optimism about the investment conditions in India. Retweeting the 43-year-old Srinivasan's optimistic post on X lauding the investment scenario in the South Asian country, Modi said, "I love your optimism and will…
THE police in the northern Indian Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir have filed a case under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against seven Kashmiri students for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans during the final of the ICC Men's cricket World Cup recently. The police in Ganderbal district…
INDIA'S former cricket head coach Ravi Shastri on Monday (27) backed them as a "serious challengers" in next year's T20 World Cup but said what matters for a dominant side is to come out winners in the last two knock-out games of any big event. It has been more than…
IN a major development ahead of the assembly elections in the southern Indian state of Telangana on Thursday (30), the Election Commission of India (ECI) withdrew permission to the state government on disbursement of financial aid to farmers under the Raythu Bandhu (Friend of the Farmer) scheme, triggering a blame…
IN the September quarter, India's economic growth is anticipated to have moderated but maintained resilience, buoyed by robust service sector performance and sustained urban demand, as indicated by a Reuters survey of economists undertaken this month. Forecasts suggest a slight deceleration in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth from 7.8 per…
INDIA is eyeing a landmark deal to procure 31 MQ-9B Predator armed drones from the US under a government-to-government framework by March with the US Congress expected to clear the supplies in the next few weeks, sources familiar with the matter said. US and Indian government officials will hold the…
MALAYSIA will grant a 30-day visa-free entry for Indian and Chinese citizens from December 1, prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has announced, joining Thailand and Sri Lanka in recent weeks to offer such a facility to foreigners to promote tourism. Ibrahim said the waiver was an additional facility to the existing…
