- Thursday, February 27, 2025
SOURCES in India's Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday (25) said an intruder from Pakistan was killed along the International Border (IB) in Samba district of the northern Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir while trying to smuggle more than four kilograms of suspected high-grade heroin worth millions of Indian…
AT a time when the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur is witnessing months-long ethnic violence, Meghalaya, another state in the region also witnessed disturbances on Monday (24) when a mob attacked the office of its chief minister Conrad Sangma and left five security personnel injured. The chief minister was unharmed.…
HERE are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Monday, July 24, 2023: Tesla has planned to meet India's commerce minister Piyush Goyal in July regarding building a factory for a new $24,000 (£229) car, informed sources told Reuters. The factory would produce low-cost electric vehicles for…
INDIAN national security adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval on Monday (24) invited collective efforts to deal with cybersecurity-related challenges at the Friends of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) meeting held in Johannesburg in South Africa. The 78-year-old Doval said the gravity of cyber risks will grow exponentially with the…
THE Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday (24) issued a non-bailable warrant for former prime minister Imran Khan, asking the police chief of capital Islamabad to arrest the latter before it on Tuesday (25), in connection to a contempt case. According a report by the country's premier news website…
A MARRIED Indian woman who legally visited a remote village in Pakistan to meet her Facebook friend will return to her country when her visa expires, her Pakistani friend Nasrulla has confirmed. Denying any romantic involvement, the latter also said that they have no plans to marry. Anju, the woman…
THE Narendra Modi government has dismissed a proposal by Chinese carmaker BYD Co. to set up a $1 billion electric vehicle (EV) factory in India in partnership with a local company, Bloomberg reported citing informed sources. According to the report, the government rejected the plan from the Shenzhen-headquartered company and…
CRICKETING rivalry between India and Bangladesh hit the nadir on Sunday (23) after Harmanpree Kaur, captain of the visiting team, publicly slammed the officials over the standard of umpiring in the third and final one-day international (ODI) between the two teams which ended in a tie and the series ended…
THE US on Sunday (23) expressed deep concerns over reports of viral videos showing two women paraded naked in the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur, a revelation that was strongly condemned both in India and abroad. The video, which surfaced last Wednesday (19), was of an incident that reportedly took…
THE Indian economy is set to grow at a solid pace for the remaining part of the current fiscal but quite below the potential rate, a Reuters poll of economists held this month said. They also said that the country's employment situation will improve only slightly. India, which recently became…
