- Friday, February 28, 2025
IN an effort to highlight the success of the Narendra Modi government, India's electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday (26) said the South Asian nation has emerged as a crucial destination for semiconductor manufacturers. He also mocked the opposition Indian National Congress, saying they tried multiple times…
EGYPT and India spoke over strengthening ties in various areas, including trade, food security and defence during prime minister Narendra Modi's two-day state visit to the North African nation that concluded on Sunday (25), Cairo and New Delhi said the same day. On the first day of his visit to…
INDIAN defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday (26) slammed Pakistan to focus on problems in its own backyard and that New Delhi did not need much to do to take back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Reacting to Islamabad's reaction to the joint Indo-US statement issued during prime minister Narendra Modi's recent…
IN a sensational revelation, a report by Oxfam has said that private hospitals in countries such as India and Kenya, which are accused of refusing vital healthcare to people from low income groups or holding them hostage until clearance of bills, benefit from investment funds of the UK government worth…
AROUND 200 odd tourists, who planned to have a summer outing in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, were left with a harrowing experience as the national highway connecting Mandi and Kullu in the hilly state was blocked by flash floods and landslides on Sunday (25) evening, triggered by heavy…
IN an incident that would send chills down one's spine, a man in the southern Indian state of Karnataka has been arrested for allegedly splitting his friend's throat and drinking his blood, suspecting he was having an affair with his wife, according to officials. The victim survived the attack and…
Sharad Pawar, president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and one of the senior political figures in India, has clarified that the discussion during the recent meeting of opposition parties in Patna in the eastern state of Bihar did not revolve around the "prime ministerial post" for next year's general…
DAYS after former US president Barack Obama remarked on Muslim minorities' rights in India during a TV interview and feared the country could "pull apart" if their rights are not protected, Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday (25) lashed out at the former saying Washington had "bombed six Muslim-majority…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (25) night returned from his twin-nation tour of the US and Egypt and after landing at the airport in New Delhi, the first thing he asked JP Nadda, national president of his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and other leaders about the situation…
ON the occasion of the 40th anniversary of India's historic World Cup victory in 1983, renowned former cricketers such as Virender Sehwag and VVS Laxman expressed their gratitude to the heroes of the feat for inspiring countless individuals to represent the nation in cricket. The remarkable achievement of India's first…
