- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
AMID India's diplomatic spat with Canada over the death of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia in June, its high commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami was on Friday (29) stopped by Khalistani extremists from entering a gurdwara in Glasgow, Scotland. A video went viral on social media showing…
DAYS after the foreign minister of Sri Lanka blasted Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau and accused Ottawa of interfering in matters of other nations, India found yet another neighbour hitting out at the North American nation at a time when its diplomatic spat with it deepened over the murder of…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Friday, September 29, 2023: The output of India’s eight core sector industries increased by 12.1 per cent (provisional) on a yearly basis in August 2023. The production of all eight core industries -- cement, coal, crude oil, electricity, fertilizers,…
INDIAN external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Friday (29) said Canada's allegations with regard to the death of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was discussed during his meeting with the US secretary of state Antony Blinken a day before and noted that the two delegations came out better informed after…
DAYS after the Pakistan cricket team received a warm welcome in India where it has reached for the upcoming 50-over World Cup and appreciated the hospitality, the chairperson of the country's cricket board referred to the host nation as a "dushman mulk" (enemy country). In a video that went viral…
INDIA's decades-long quest to get a law ensuring 33 per cent reservation of seats for women in the Lok Sabha or Lower House of the parliament and state assemblies became successful on Friday (29) when president Droupadi Murmu gave her assent to the bill, days after it was passed with…
CANADIAN prime minister Justin Trudeau has said Canada is "very serious" about building closer ties with India as it is a growing economic power and important geopolitical player, but wants New Delhi to work with Ottawa to ensure that they get the full facts about the killing of Hardeep Singh…
THE International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has sent a defamation notice worth Rs 100 crore (£9.8 million) to former Indian minister and current parliamentarian Maneka Gandhi over her allegation that the religious body sells cows to butchers for slaughter. Calling the 67-year-old MP's charges "completely unfounded", the ISKCON said…
MANCHESTER United winger Antony will return to training and be available for selection as he cooperates with police inquiries into allegations of violence towards women, the club said on Friday (29). The Brazil international, who strongly denies the accusations, was given a leave of absence by United on September 10.…
THE embassy of Afghanistan in India has suspended all functioning after the country's ambassador and other senior diplomats left New Delhi for Europe and the US where they got asylum, Reuters reported citing three embassy officials on Friday (29). New Delhi doesn't recognise the Taliban government in Kabul and shut…
