- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
BARRAGES of rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip at dawn Saturday (7) as militants from the blockaded Palestinian enclave infiltrated Israel, with at least one person killed, the army and medics said. Rockets streamed across the sky repeatedly after the first launches from multiple locations across the…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Friday, October 6, 2023: India's Reliance Retail Ventures led by Mukesh Ambani on Friday said Abu Dhabi Investment Authority would invest Rs 4,966.80 crore (£488.2 million) in the company at a valuation of more than $100 billion (£81.7 billion),…
SOUTH Africa take a winning momentum into their World Cup opener against Sri Lanka desperate to escape the tag of big-time chokers. Since South Africa returned from the apartheid-era wilderness, their relationship with the tournament has been bittersweet at best, cursed at worst. In 1992, they were handed a rain-revised…
INDIA's Narendra Modi government has said that it is keen on engaging with the Maldives on all issues, including those related to security. The government said this on Thursday (5) amid reports from the Indian Ocean archipelago that its new president-elect Mohamed Muizzu is likely to ask the Indian military…
PAKISTAN opened their World Cup campaign with a comfortable 81-run win against the Netherlands on Friday, overcoming an impressive performance from Dutch all-rounder Bas de Leede. The 1992 champions were bowled out for a fighting 286 in 49 overs with 68 each from Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan before dismissing…
SATYAM Surana, the Indian student who tried to protect the Indian Tricolour during a protest staged by pro-Khalistan activists outside the Indian high commission in London on October 2 said he had never witnessed the Indian flag being demeaned the way it was and that his conscience pushed him to…
WHILE experts have predicted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to return to power for the third consecutive time in next year's general elections and prime minister Narendra Modi completing a hat-trick of mandates after his overwhelming victories in the 2014 and 2019 polls, a senior…
HEAPING praise on India, Russian president Vladimir Putin has said that the Indian leadership is "self-directed" and led by the country's national interests, according to Reuters. Speaking at an event in Moscow, Putin alleged that the West is trying to cast everyone "who is not ready to blindly follow these…
INDIA gave a perfect finishing touch to their brilliant campaign at the Asian Games men's hockey tournament on Friday (6) when they decimated Japan 5-1 in the final in Hangzhou, China, to clinch the gold. The win also gave the Asian side, which won a medal (bronze) at Tokyo Olympics…
POLICE in New Jersey, US, launched a homicide investigation after a couple of Indian origin and their two children were found dead at their residence earlier this week. Tej Pratap Singh, 43, and Sonal Parihar, 42, were found dead alongside their children -- 10-year-old son and six-year-old daughter, in their…
