- Wednesday, April 23, 2025
NEPALI prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda's remark that an Indian businessman settled in Kathmandu "once made efforts" to make him the premier has caused an outrage in the Himalayan nation with the opposition seeking his resignation. The 68-year-old leader from the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), who took…
US AMBASSADOR to Kyiv Bridget A Brink on Wednesday (5) said that India, with its increasing global prominence and current G20 presidency, can play a significant role in resolving the ongoing war in Ukraine. Brink highlighted India's leadership and its G20 theme of "One Earth, One Family, One Future" as…
HERE are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Wednesday, July 5, 2023: Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, chief minister of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, met with prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday to discuss the state's pending projects, including the Polavaram irrigation project…
AJIT Pawar, the newly appointed deputy chief minister of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, on Wednesday (5) took repeated swipes at his uncle and party supremo Sharad Pawar, suggesting that it was time for him to make way for young blood. The 63-year-old Ajit also staked claim to the…
INDIA'S imports of finished steel from China in the first two months of the fiscal year starting in April touched a six-year high, as per provisional government data reviewed by Reuters. Overall imports also hit a three-year high. India's northern neighbour, with which it has a strained relationship on issues…
AN Indian-American convenience store clerk had an instantaneous death after being shot at by two teens in Georgia in what appeared to be a case of armed robbery, police said. Thirty-six-year-old Mandeep Singh, who belonged to Rosier Road in Augusta, was declared dead at the scene after getting hit by…
FORMER India pace bowler Ajit Agarkar has become the new chairman of selectors for the country's men's team. He takes charge at a time when Indian cricket is facing criticism for not being able to win International Cricket Council tournaments and the 50-over world cup not too far away. The…
CHANDRA Arya, an Indian-origin parliamentarian in Canada, has strongly criticised the controversial pro-Khalistani posters that recently surfaced in the country labelling two top Indian diplomats in Ottawa and Toronto as "killers" of slain pro-Khalistan leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar and warned about the growing menace posed by Khalistan supporters in the…
SUKH Chamdal, the founder and chief executive of the egg-free Cake Box franchise, is facing charges of illegally felling protected trees in Essex. The businessman, who started the bakery franchise after his daughter expressed her desire to have a birthday cake without eggs, pleaded not guilty to the charges last…
A COURT in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand on Wednesday (5) gave 10-year jail terms to 10 men for thrashing a Muslim man to death in 2019. Tabrez Ansari, who was 24 at the time of the incident, passed away after being attacked by people who accused him of…
