- Sunday, February 23, 2025
CONSERVATIVE Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour opposition leader Keir Starmer go head-to-head on Tuesday (4) in the first televised debate of the UK general election campaign. The hour-long spar between Sunak and the man widely tipped to replace him in Downing Street after the July 4 poll starts in…
WHILE several exit polls after the conclusion of the seventh and final phase of the Indian general election 2024 predicted a massive win for prime minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its National Democratic Alliance (NDA), early trends on the counting day showed that the reality was not…
SUPPORTERS of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were in for early shock as prime minister Narendra Modi was trailing his nearest rival Ajay Rai of the Indian National Congress in Varanasi, a constituency in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh he has represented since 2014, by nearly 2,000 votes,…
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) took early leads in the counting of votes for the recently general elections in India and was set to reach the magic figure of 272 to form the government for the third successive time. However, the…
COUNTING of votes India's general election 2024 was set to kick off at 8 am local time on Tuesday (4) but seat tallies were showing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of prime minister Narendra Modi already getting 1-0 ahead against the opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc.…
SOUTH AFRICA beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the teams' opening Group D match of the T20 World Cup in New York on Monday. Proteas fast bowler Anrich Nortje took a remarkable four wickets for just seven runs as Sri Lanka were bowled out for just 77 -- their…
HERE are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Monday, June 3, 2024: Indian budget airlines IndiGo will host the 81st annual general meeting of the International Airport Transport Association (IATA) in Delhi in June next year and the meeting will be held in the country after…
THE revised toll charges for motorists on national highways across India have come to effect from Monday (3), an official said. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), which develops, maintains and manages national highways across the nation, has hiked the toll charges by an average of five per cent.…
VETERAN journalist Andrew Neil believes that both prime minister Rishi Sunak and opposition leader Keir Starmer share a common challenge -- feeling ill at ease around their constituents. He highlights that during campaigning, politicians cannot escape scrutiny if they lack rapport with the public and that the recent week-and-half have…
BENCHMARK stock indices Sensex and Nifty rallied more than three per cent to close at lifetime highs on Monday (3) following across-the-board buying as exit polls predicted a massive win for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the current general elections. The 30-share BSE Sensex soared…
