- Saturday, March 01, 2025
Indian external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Tuesday (18) lashed out at Siddaramaiah, a leader of the opposition Indian National Congress from the poll-bound southern state of Karnataka, over his claims over 31 tribals from the state who are stuck in Sudan where fierce clashes are currently going on between…
The recent incident at a military base in Bathinda in the northern Indian state of Punjab where an Indian soldier has been arrested over the killing of four others has flagged off a serious discussion over the issue of fratricide in the country's military and paramilitary forces. In military parlance,…
A number of Indian diaspora organisations in the UK have issued letters expressing objection to the setting up of a new cross-party parliamentary group for British Gujaratis, cautioning that the move could "divisive". The British Gujaratis All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) was registered as a new body with the stated…
On April 24, cricket-crazy India's blue-eyed boy Sachin Tendulkar will turn 50 and like each of those moments when the Master Blaster raised his bat after achieving a cricketing feat, this occasion will not go overlooked either. While millions are eagerly waiting to celebrate the special occasion, several thousands of…
The Narendra Modi government of India on Tuesday (18) once again opposed the country's supreme court hearing requests seeking legal sanction to same-sex marriages, reiterating only the parliament can decide on the creation of a new social relationship. India's solicitor general Tushar Mehta, representing the government at the court, said…
Baljeet Kaur, a 27-year-old prominent Indian woman climber was found alive on Tuesday (18), a day after she went missing near Camp IV of Mt Annapurna while descending from the summit point, an official of the expedition organiser said. An aerial search team located Kaur, who scaled the world's 10th…
At least five Australian universities have placed bans or restrictions on students from some states in India, amid a surge in fraudulent applications from South Asia seeking to work, not study, Down Under, according to a media report. Australia is on track for its biggest-ever annual intake of Indian students,…
India's elite National Investigation Agency (NIA) will investigate the case of protests and attempt to vandalise the Indian high commission in London on March 19, official sources on Tuesday (18) said. The agency will take over the case from the special cell of Delhi Police that had registered a case…
Pema Khandu, the chief minister of India's northeastern-most state of Arunachal Pradesh, is known for posting pictures and events on social media promoting his state and its people and on Saturday (15), he did something similar that caught the netizens' attention. Khandu, who hails from prime minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya…
Several Indians in Sudan were spending days in deep anxiety after violence erupted in the country's capital Khartoum and other parts over clashes between the Sudanese military and paramilitary forces that started on Saturday (15). Nearly 200 people have died while almost 2,000 have been injured so far. One Indian…
