- Saturday, March 01, 2025
India's external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Thursday (4) held bilateral talks with his Chinese and Russian counterparts at the two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Benaulim in the western Indian coastal state of Goa. With Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang, Jaishankar reportedly held talks on the border row…
A court in Delhi on Wednesday (3) issued summons to the BBC, Wikimedia and Internet Archive on a criminal complaint filed by a leader of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), seeking to restrain them from publishing a documentary on the 2002 riots in the western state of Gujarat, or…
India has found itself slipping on the annual World Press Freedom Index, published by Reporters Without Borders (RPF), by 11 places, putting it below countries such Pakistan and even the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Norway, Ireland and Denmark were the top three countries in the index while North Korea was placed last.…
Pakistani foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday (4) confirmed in a video message on Twitter his arrival in the Indian state of Goa to take part in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers that kicked off the same day. Bhutto-Zardari is the first senior Pakistani…
While the southern Indian state of Karnataka gears up for a competitive election to decide its new ruling party/alliance on May 10, it has been revealed that there is not much difference between the major political parties contesting the polls in terms of fielding tainted candidates. According to a report…
Police in Mehsana in the western Indian state of Gujarat have lodged a first information report (FIR) against three agents allegedly involved in an illegal migration racket after four members of a family from Mehsana district lost their lives while trying to cross into the US from Canada, an official…
The famous 'dabbawalas' (lunchbox deliverymen) of Mumbai, India's financial capital, have sent the traditional 'Puneri Pagadi' headgear and 'Uparne', a traditional stole, as special gifts to King Charles III ahead of his coronation ceremony in London on Saturday (6). 'Puneri Pagadi' is a traditional headgear introduced in the 19th century…
India's commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday (4) said he wants to see a greater presence of Boeing in India as the US-based aviation giant recently received a large order of planes from Tata Group-owned Air India. In February, in one of the largest aircraft orders by an…
Top Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who has earned laurels for her country in top international competitions including as Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, has said that she had complained about the chief of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, to prime minister Narendra Modi in 2021,…
Delhi, the capital of India which otherwise witnesses sultry weather at this time of the year, saw an unusually shallow fog on Thursday (4) morning, leaving its residents bemused. May has historically been the hottest month in the city with the mean temperature hovering around 40 degrees Celsius. However, on…
