- Friday, February 28, 2025
PRESIDENT XI Jinping said China had "made progress" with the United States on Monday (19) as he hosted Secretary of State Antony Blinken for talks in Beijing. Blinken's visit is the highest-level trip by a US official to China in nearly five years with ties severely strained between the world's…
A DELEGATION of six members from Ladakh held a meeting with India's minister of state for home, Nityanand Rai, to address the ongoing agitation in the region. The agitation is centered around demands for statehood and special status under the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. Earlier, several socio-religious, political,…
ENGLAND PACEMAN Ollie Robinson said he had been "in the heat of the moment" after appearing to verbally abuse Usman Khawaja in the first Test at Edgbaston on Sunday. Robinson bowled Khawaja for 141 after the Australian opener extended his overnight century on the third day. He seemed to have…
THE PAKISTAN cricket team has expressed their discomfort with playing certain teams at specific venues during the upcoming ODI World Cup in India. Particularly, they have reservations about playing against Afghanistan in Chennai and Australia in Bengaluru. However, the deadlock over the Asia Cup staging has been resolved, and Pakistan…
WITH SEVERAL opposition parties questioning prime minister Narendra Modi on his silence over the ongoing violence in the northeastern state of Manipur, some residents in the state on Sunday (18) came up with a strong reaction by boycotting 'Mann Ki Baat' (Inner Thoughts), a monthly radio programme of the prime…
SEVERAL HUNDREDS of Indian-Americans turned up at iconic locations across the US on Sunday (18) night to send a welcome message to prime minister Narendra Modi, days ahead of his high-profile visit to Washington DC. Members of the Indian diaspora from in and around the American capital were seen gathering…
DAYS AFTER the death of Khalistan leader Avtar Singh Kandha in a hospital in the UK, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, chief of the Khalistan Tiger Force, was shot dead by two unidentified men in the parking lot of a gurdwara in Surrey, Canada, on Sunday (18) evening. He was also the…
PAKISTAN AUTHORITIES arrested 10 alleged human traffickers on Sunday (18), days after hundreds of migrants were feared drowned off the Greek coast. Every year, thousands of young Pakistanis embark on perilous journeys attempting to enter Europe illegally in search of a better life. Local media said as many as 300…
INDIAN PRIME minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (17) expressed his admiration for Operation Ganga -- the mission to evacuate Indian citizens from war-torn Ukraine -- highlighting the government's unwavering commitment to supporting its people in the face of daunting challenges. His remarks were in response to a tweet by History…
IN YET another instance of pro-Khalistan activism on foreign soil, posters of a rally glorifying Talwinder Parmer, the alleged mastermind of the bombing of the 1985 Air India flight 'Emperor Kanishka' that killed more than 320 people, were seen across several places in Canada. The poster referred to the separatist…
