King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort, on Saturday (6) arrived at Westminster Abbey for the historic coronation in a solemn religious ceremony that dates back almost a thousand years. Westminster Abbey has been the site of every British Coronation since that of William The Conqueror in 1066 and…
Indian high commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami has said that the coronation of King Charles III is an "interesting moment" as the people of India feel a special relationship with the British monarch. Speaking to Asian News International, he said that Indian vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar was in the…
Fugitive Indian-born businessman Mehul Choksi has clinched the first round of a court battle to prove that a group in the UK, including a younger woman, was part of an Indian intelligence service design to lure him to a villa in the Caribbean to be kidnapped and extradited to his…
Pakistani foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has remarked that his visit to Goa in India for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers' meeting was a "success" as he spoke for the country on the soil of the neighbouring country with which Islamabad doesn't have a smooth relationship, India Today reported.…
Indian carrier Air India has been in the news for a number of wrong reasons in the recent past, including a male passenger allegedly urinating on an elderly woman co-flier on board an international flight from New York to New Delhi last November. Last month, the carrier witnessed yet another…
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has removed a senior scientist from the post of laboratory director for allegedly leaking sensitive information to Pakistani operatives. The scientist, Pradeep Kurulkar, has been accused of committing the act weeks before his arrest on Thursday (4) by the police in Pune in…
The death count in the Manipur carnage increased to 54, officials said even as unofficial sources put the figure at several scores. Life returned to wary normalcy in Imphal Valley on Saturday (6) as shops and markets reopened and cars started moving on the roads. Security presence which has been…
Five Indian Army personnel were killed while a major was injured on Friday (5) in an explosion triggered by terrorists in the thickly forested Kandi area in Rajouri district of the northern Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir where an operation is underway to flush out terrorists, officials said.…
The Narendra Modi government is reportedly reconsidering its policy of banning foreign investment in the nuclear power industry and allowing private players in the sector. The move is aimed at pushing for cleaner energy. According to a report by Reuters that cited two government sources, the measures have been recommended…
Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for May 5, 2023: Garlic in 2022-23 has emerged as the leader in India’s spice export basket, overshadowing other major shipments, thanks to the growing demand and high prices and reduced presence of the Chinese variety in international markets,…