- Sunday, February 23, 2025
INDIA on Sunday (16) was among the countries that did not ink a joint communique at a Switzerland-hosted summit for peace in Ukraine even as New Delhi called for "sincere and practical engagement" between Moscow and Kyiv for a peaceful resolution to the conflict. Pavan Kapoor, secretary (west) in India's…
THERE are nine nuclear-armed nations in the world and all of them, including India, Pakistan and China, continued to modernise their N-weapons while several of them deployed new nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2023, a Swedish think tank revealed on Monday (17). In an analysis, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute…
INDIA is committed to further strengthen its comprehensive global strategic partnership with the US for global good, prime minister Narendra Modi said on Monday (17) after meeting the visiting US national security advisor (NSA), Jake Sullivan, in New Delhi. Earlier, Indian NSA Ajit Doval and Sullivan held wide-ranging talks focusing…
A WEEK after an Air India passenger allegedly found a blade-like metal piece in his food onboard a Bengaluru-San Francisco flight, the airline on Monday (17) confirmed the presence of a "foreign object" in the food. It (the object) came from the vegetable-processing machine used at the facilities of its…
INDIA'S opposition Congress party on Monday (17) made two major announcements over its decision on two parliamentary seats that its former president Rahul Gandhi won in this year's general elections -- Rae Bareli in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh and Wayanad in the southern state of Kerala. It said…
A POLITICAL candidate in Texas, US, has been arrested for allegedly sending fake hate messages to himself online. Fox News reported Taral Patel, the Democratic candidate for Fort Bend Precinct 3 commissioner, was held by Texas Rangers on charges of Online Impersonation and Misrepresentation of Identity. According to authorities, Patel…
THE automatic signalling system between Ranipatra Railway Station and Chattar Hat Junction in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, where a freight train hit a passenger train in the rear, was defective since 5.50 am local time on Monday (17), according to a source in the Indian Railways. "Train…
A WOMAN from India was killed while another was critically injured after a teenage Indian-origin man shot them outside a residential building in Carteret, a borough in New Jersey, US. The accused, Gaurav Gill, was arrested for the murder of Jasvir Kaur, 29. While she succumbed to the bullet injuries…
ENGLAND got their quest for a first major tournament title in 58 years off to a winning start as Jude Bellingham's header was enough to beat Serbia 1-0, while the Netherlands grabbed a late 2-1 win over Poland on Sunday (16). Christian Eriksen enjoyed a fairytale return to the European…
AT LEAST 15 people were killed while 60 others were injured in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal on Monday (17) morning when a freight train collided with a passenger train from the rear. The deceased included some officials of the Indian Railways. The incident happened in Darjeeling district…
