- Thursday, February 27, 2025
INDIA'S former army chief general Manoj Mukund Naravane on Friday (28) remarked that involvement of foreign agencies in the ongoing violence in the north-eastern state of Manipur "cannot be ruled out", as he flagged the "Chinese aid to various insurgent groups". According to him, instability in border states is not…
THE Indian consulate general in Chicago is trying to trace a woman student hailing from Hyderabad in the southern state of Telangana who is reportedly depressed and starving under financial hardships and has assured all assistance to her. The woman, Syeda Lulu Minhaj Zaidi, who went to the US to…
MORE THAN 50 million cases were pending in various courts of India, including the Supreme Court, high courts and subordinate courts, the country's government has said. The Narendra Modi government told the Lok Sabha or Lower House of the parliament on Friday (28) that more than 71,000 cases are pending…
JAPANESE foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayasi on Friday (28) said in New Delhi that India is an "indispensable" partner in achieving a free and open Indo-Pacific and that Tokyo wants to deep cooperation with New Delhi in all areas to expand their special strategic and global partnership. Complimenting India's focus on…
US CHIPMAKER Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on Friday (28) said it would invest around $400 million (£310.8 million) over the next five years and will set up the largest design centre in Bengaluru, India's tech hub. The Santa Clara-based company's chief technology officer, Mark Papermaster, made the announcement at an…
A UK-BASED Indian-origin women's group on Wednesday (26) organised a silent march in London to register their protest against the ongoing violence in the north-eastern state of Manipur. The Women of North East India Support Network (WNESN) organised a group of men and women wearing face masks to signify silence…
THE Indian home ministry on Thursday (27) told the country's Supreme Court that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will take over the probe into the controversial video of two women being paraded naked and groped by a mob in the north-eastern state of Manipur in May. The video went…
Technology firms will be given 50 per cent financial assistance for setting up semiconductor manufacturing facility the country, prime minister Narendra Modi said on Friday (28), as he announced that his government has rolled out the red carpet for semiconductor industries. Speaking after inaugurating Semicon India 2023 conference in Gandhinagar,…
LEFT-ARM spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja masterminded the rout of an abject West Indies team as India romped to a five-wicket victory with more than 27 overs to spare in the opening One-Day International of a three-match series at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Thursday (. Beaten 1-0 in…
INDIA and Brazil have pushed back against China's bid to expand the BRICS group of emerging markets to facilitate its political clout and counter the US, Bloomberg reported citing informed sources. The two countries have objected in preparatory talks for a summit in Johannesburg in South Africa in August where…
