- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
IN the wake of the diplomatic row between India and Canada over Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau's claims about New Delhi's involvement in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Khalistan separatist leader designated a terrorist by the latter, in Surrey in British Columbia in June, it has been reported…
BANGLADESH all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who will captain his country in the upcoming World Cup in India, wants to call time on his illustrious international career after the 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan. He has also asserted that while he plans to retire from Tests following the World Cup starting…
PAKISTAN' Senate Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis was told on Wednesday (27) that a greater number of beggars from the south Asian nation was moving abroad, triggering the issue of "human trafficking". According to Dawn.com, Zulfikar Haider, secretary of the ministry for overseas Pakistanis and human resource development, made the…
IT is a practice for athletes who win crowns at major international events to receive a grand welcome on returning home but for Naorem Roshibina Devi, a 22-year-old Wushu player from India's strife-hit northeastern state of Manipur, it is not the case. Roshibina Devi has bagged a silver at the…
WITH no beef available to any of the 10 teams participating in the upcoming World Cup in India, the Pakistan cricket squad members will bank on chicken, mutton and fish for their daily protein intake during their stay in the neighbouring country. According to a report by the PTI, the…
BENGALURU, India's information technology hub, remained witness to unprecedented traffic congestion on the roads for hours on Tuesday (27), a day after a shutdown was called in the city over a river-water sharing dispute between the southern states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. As people remained stranded on roads for…
FOUR-TIME semi-finalists South Africa's preparations for the upcoming 50-over World Cup in India have received another blow as their captain Temba Bavuma is flying home for family reasons and will not be able to take part in his team's two warm-up games against Afghanistan and New Zealand. The 33-year-old batter,…
NEPAL became the first men's team in history to score more than 300 runs in T20 international cricket on Wednesday as they rewrote the record books against part-timers Mongolia at the Asian Games. After winning the toss and opting to bat, they bludgeoned 314-3 in their 20 overs in Hangzhou,…
INDIA lost one of its bright sons on Thursday (28) when Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, a legendary agricultural scientist and father of the country's 'Green Revolution', passed away in the southern city of Chennai. He was 98 and is survived by three daughters. Swaminathan's wife Mina passed away last year. Born…
INDIAN external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was set to meet US secretary of state Antony Blinken in Washington on Thursday (28) amid New Delhi's ongoing diplomatic row with Ottawa over the killing of a Khalistan separatist leader on Canadian soil in June. Last week, Jaishankar and Blinken met on the…
