- Friday, February 28, 2025
A communist trade union leader in the southern Indian state of Kerala has stormed the headlines after purchasing a Mini Cooper car worth Rs 50 lakh (£48,999), India Today reported. Kerala is India's only communist-ruled state. The leader, PK Anil Kumar, is the state secretary of the petroleum and gas…
His family's wait for 58 years finally came to an end this week when the mortal remains of major general Harry Kleinbeck Pickett, a decorated US army officer were returned to them, India Today reported. Pickett, who had fought in both the world wars, passed away in the hill station…
Bullish on growth prospects with a "healthy start" to Air India's five-year transformation plan, its chief executive Campbell Wilson on Monday (29) said the airline is hiring 550 cabin crew members and 50 pilots every month and also expects to have six wide-body A350 planes in its fleet by the…
India's external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Monday (29) asked visiting British minister Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon to ensure security of India's diplomatic missions in the UK and prevent misuse of democratic freedoms. The diplomat's assertions during a meeting with Lord Ahmad, the minister of state for foreign, commonwealth…
Kenya has started cultivating basmati rice, an aromatic variety which is grown exclusively in South Asian nations such as India, Pakistan and Nepal, threatening the sub-continent's dominance. Another African nation Egypt has also revealed its plan to grow the fragrant rice a few years ago. Kenya's Capital Business website has…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday (29) congratulated Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan after he won his re-election bid and expressed confidence that bilateral relations of the two nations on global issues will continue to grow. Edogan, 69, was re-elected on Sunday (28) even as the country faces high…
Viacom18's streaming platform JioCinema on Monday (29) announced a multi-year agreement with NBCUniversal (NBCU) to bring several NBCU films and TV series to India. The development comes a month after JioCinema said it will be the new home to HBO and Warner Bros content in the country starting May. As…
A rare 18th-century decorated gun made in India for Mysore (Mysuru today) ruler Tipu Sultan, and valued at around £2 million, has been barred from export to allow time for a UK-based institution to acquire it for the public study of a "fraught period" in the India-UK history. UK arts…
The Delhi Police have filed cases against some of India's top wrestlers following their detention during a protest on Sunday (28), including rioting. Among the protesters detained while they tried to march towards India's new parliament which was inaugurated by prime minister Narendra Modi the same day were Sakshi Malik…
A year after the killing and chopping of a woman in her 20s allegedly by her male partner in Delhi left India shell shocked, another instance of a murder has come to the fore in the national capital and it is no less brutal. The accused has been arrested and…
