- Sunday, February 23, 2025
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi would eye for a record-equalling third straight term in office as results of the just concluded general elections in India will be announced on Tuesday (4). Only Jawaharlal Nehru, the country's first prime minister, had won three consecutive victories between 1952 and 1962 but passed…
INDIA'S general election, with nearly a billion eligible voters, ended on Saturday (1). Votes are to be counted on Tuesday (4) and results will be known later that day. Here are some takeaways from the six-week election : * Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to be re-elected with an…
THE Maldives has found a new challenge to its famous tourism sector after Israel asked its citizens to avoid travelling to the archipelago after Male barred visitors from the Middle Eastern nation to its shores in response to the ongoing conflict in Gaza. The Jewish state has also been promoting…
PHILIPPINE president Ferdinand Marcos Jr has said that his government will pursue "more robust collaboration" with "friends" such as India as collaborative endeavours to build pillars that support the architecture of regional stability. “Under our Comprehensive Archipelagic Defence Concept, we shall develop our capacity to project our forces into areas…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi penned a long note after concluding his marathon 45-hour meditation at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari, lying at the southernmost tip of mainland India in the state of Tamil Nadu, on Saturday (1). In his note, the PM reflected on his spiritual journey that…
WEST INDIES stuttered and stumbled before eventually scrambling a five-wicket win with an over to spare over minnows Papua New Guinea in the opening Group C encounter of the T20 World Cup at the Guyana National Stadium on Sunday. Set a modest target of 137, the two-time former champions were…
NAMIBIA scored a nerve-shredding victory over Oman in their T20 World Cup Group B clash in Barbados on Sunday (2) after a low-scoring thriller was decided by a super over. David Wiese was the hero for Namibia, contributing 13 runs in the Africans' super over total of 21 before then…
A TOP opponent of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi vowed to keep fighting "dictatorship" before he returned to jail Sunday (2), following elections widely expected to produce another landslide victory for the Hindu-nationalist leader. Arvind Kejriwal is among several opposition leaders under criminal investigation, with colleagues describing his arrest the…
A TOTAL of 642 million Indians voted in the just-concluded six-week-long polls, chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar told reporters on Monday (3), with prime minister Narendra Modi widely expected to win a third term. "We have created a world record of 642 million Indian voters, it is a historic moment…
INDIA'S ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday (2) returned to power in the north-easternmost state of Arunachal Pradesh for the third time in a row, as the party secured a majority by winning 34 seats in the 60-member assembly, the Election Commission of India said. It was also leading in…
