• Sunday, February 23, 2025

India will continue to work for peace, prosperity: Modi to…

TOP leaders from India's neighbourhood and the Indian Ocean region including Maldives president Mohamed Muizzu, Nepal prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday (9) graced the swearing-in ceremony of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and his council of ministers. Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh…

Sack entire Pakistan team and not coaches, fumes Akram after…

PAKISTANI cricket legend Wasim Akram on Sunday (9) blasted his country's national team after it lost against arch-rivals India by six runs in the T20 World Cup in New York, US, squandering advantages to pocket a game they looked favourites to win. The former left-arm seamer picked individual members of…

On the day Modi takes oath, terrorists fire at pilgrims’…

NINE people, including three women, were killed and 33 injured as a bus carrying pilgrims from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh and Delhi fell into a deep gorge after an ambush by terrorists in Reasi district of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday (9) evening, police…

Modi begins 3rd term, signs first file related to farmers’…

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday (10) assumed the top office for the third consecutive term after taking oath along with several ministers of various ranks in New Delhi the day before. The first file that the 73-year-old leader signed in his fresh term was related to 'PM Kishan…

India’s ongoing heatwave longest ever & the worse is far…

INDIA'S heatwave is the longest ever to hit the country, the government's top weather expert said Monday (10) as he warned people will face increasingly oppressive temperatures. Parts of northern India have been gripped by a heatwave since mid-May, with temperatures soaring over 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit). "This…

T20 World Cup: Scotland crush Oman, look strong to seal…

SCOTLAND boosted their chances of qualifying for the second round of the T20 Cricket World Cup on Sunday (9) after thrashing Oman by seven wickets in Antigua to move to the top of Group B. Brandon McMullen's unbeaten 61 off just 31 balls steered Scotland to victory with nearly seven…

T20 World Cup: Pakistan snatch defeat against India from jaws…

INDIA defeated Pakistan by just six runs in a thrilling contest in the T20 World Cup 2024 at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on Sunday (9) to get closer to the Super Eight stage. The loss, on the other hand, made it virtually impossible for the Green…

Modi takes oath as India PM for the 3rd straight…

NARENDRA MODI on Sunday (9) took oath as the prime minister of India for the third successive time, equalling the record of the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru who had done the same in 1962 after completing two terms. Along with Modi, 71 ministers of the new National Democratic…

Modi to take oath as PM for third time today,…

INDIA'S prime minister Narendra Modi is set to be sworn in on Sunday (9) for a third term after worse-than-expected election results left him reliant on coalition partners to govern. With Modi yet to announce the makeup of this cabinet, the ceremony at the presidential palace on Sunday evening (1345…

Rohit backs Kohli ahead of Pakistan clash: ‘The kind of…

INDIA captain Rohit Sharma said on the eve of his team's crucial match against Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2024 in New York on Sunday (9) that they would not be putting pressure on any one player and particularly praised batter Virat Kohli, saying nothing could beat the experience that…