- Saturday, March 01, 2025
Local authorities put a ban on large gatherings and suspended mobile internet services in Churachandpur in the northeastern state of Manipur following a violence ahead of a visit by the state's chief minister, N Biren Singh, to the district bordering the neighbouring country of Myanmar. On Thursday (27), a mob…
Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's appeal challenging the order of a sessions court in Surat in the western state of Gujarat declining a stay to his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his "Modi surname" remark will now be heard by a new judge of the Gujarat High…
Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Thursday, April 27, 2023: Indian billionaire tycoon Gautam Adani's group is looking to raise $1-1.5 billion (£800.9-921.1 billon) for financing new green energy projects in the conglomerate's biggest borrowing since the group came under attack from a US…
Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday (27) told his Chinese counterpart that improved relations between the two nations depend on "peace and tranquility" returning to their frontier which has been disturbed by military tensions, a statement issued by the Indian government said, Reuters reported. Relations between the two nuclear-powered…
The Group of Twenty (G20) outcome under India's presidency, which it took over in December last year, will be unprecedented, veteran Indian diplomat Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said as he underlined that the international community sees India as one country that is up to the challenge of providing solutions to…
The political mercury is soaring high with the high-profile election in the southern Indian state of Karnataka approaching. On Thursday (27), a few leaders of the Indian National Congress in the state, including its state chief DK Shivakumar, filed a police complaint against home minister Amit Shah and other leaders…
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for British Gujaratis, formed recently by Gareth Thomas, MP for Harrow West, was formally launched on Tuesday (25). The event was attended by more than 110 people from various sections of the community, including grassroots Gujarati organisations, business and spiritual leaders, people from the world…
Pakistan's National Assembly on Thursday (27) adopted a resolution expressing "full confidence" in prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, amidst an increasing confrontation between the government and the judiciary. Foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, the chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, tabled a resolution, stating that the National Assembly of Pakistan "reposes its…
US Congressman Ro Khanna has said that the country wants to make sure that a GE Engines deal with India is reached so that they don't lose out to Europe. Speaking to Asian News International on the sidelines of his address at India-US Business Summit, the Indian-American lawmaker said India…
Last week, Apple's chief executive officer (CEO) Tim Cook inaugurated his company's first two retail stores in India -- in Mumbai and New Delhi. Hundreds were seen queuing up outside the stores on the launching day and Cook personally took care to welcome them, interact with them and also posed…
