• Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Modi hits out after opponent-ruled Bihar releases caste census: ‘Trying…

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday (2) lambasted the opposition accusing it of "trying to divide the country" after the government of the eastern state of Bihar made public its controversial caste-based survey. While he did not refer to the survey or any specific party, he slammed the opposition…

Why Canada’s Sikhs are grateful to Trudeau over India allegations

WHILE Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has faced a backlash following his allegations that India was involved in the killing of Khalistan separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia in June, he has also found allies in the Sikhs in his country who feel the former has given their…

India chief justice pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on birth…

CHIEF Justice of India Justice D Y Chandrachud on Monday (2) paid homage to iconic Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi on his 154th birth anniversary in London. Justice Chandrachud, who is in the UK for a service at Westminster Abbey to mark the start of the legal year in England and…

World Cup 2023: Kohli rushes home for ‘personal emergency’ ahead…

ACE India batter Virat Kohli on Monday (2) rushed back to his residence in Mumbai from Guwahati in the north-eastern state of Assam to reportedly attend a 'personal emergency' while the rest of the India squad reached Thiruvananthapuram in the southern state of Kerala for the second warm-up game against…

Soon, India to have intelligence gathering posts along China border

BORDER posts of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) along the India-China frontier from Ladakh in the west to Arunachal Pradesh in the east will have an additional team of intelligence officers for surveillance and information gathering. A highly placed source said the Narendra Modi government has approved a proposal for…

Pakistan blames India after its suicide blast death toll reaches…

THE death toll from a massive suicide blast at a mosque in Mastung district of the south-western Pakistani province of Balochistan on Friday (29) went up to 59 a day later and as the government vowed to find the perpetrators, it also alleged neighbouring India's hand in the explosion. The…

Meet Saurabh Walkar, the Indian analyst New Zealand are banking…

SHAPING strategies to suit different oppositions and venues will be key for every team during the upcoming cricket World Cup and New Zealand have an Indian, who is familiar with conditions and owns the data to assist them -- Saurabh Walkar, their performance analyst. India and other Asian nations, who…

Los Angeles mayor urges India to set up consulate in…

Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass and the Indian American community have urged the Indian government to open a consulate in the second-largest US city and the entertainment capital of the world. Currently, there are five Indian consulates in the US in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston and Atlanta. During…

Modi slams opponent Congress government in poll-bound Rajasthan over Hindu…

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday (2) launched a scathing attack on the Ashok Gehlot government of the north-western state of Rajasthan, raising the horrific murder of a tailor in the historical city of Udaipur. The state is set to go to polls later this year. Referring to the…

Asian Games 2023: India squander early lead to lose gold…

INDIA on Sunday (1) ended up with the silver medal in the men's team badminton event at the ongoing Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou in China after losing to the hosts 2-3 in the gold-medal clash. This was the south Asian nation's second silver medal in badminton at the Asian…