- Saturday, March 01, 2025
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has slammed Twitter over labelling it as a "government funded media" and said it contacted the social media giant over the designation on its @bbc account to resolve the issue "as soon as possible". The taxpayer-funded licence fee-supported UK media corporation said in a statement,…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is known for his love for wildlife. Last year, he was seen releasing cheetahs imported from Namibia into a national park in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. On Sunday (10), the prime minister was seen in an attire fit for jungle safaris as…
Amid a war of words between India and China over Beijing's alleged renaming spots in the north-eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, a two-day visit by India's home minister Amit Shah to the state starting Monday (10) has sparked a fresh row with China firmly opposing it. A spokesperson of…
Passenger trouble continues to haunt Air India as one its London-bound flights returned to Delhi early on Monday (10) after an unruly flyer allegedly harmed two members of the cabin crew. Confirming the news the same day, Air India said the person was deboarded and a police case was registered.…
The Dalai Lama on Monday (10) apologised to a boy, his family and friends for the "hurt his words may have caused", after a video clip purportedly showing the Tibetan spiritual head asking him to suck his tongue sparked a row. In the two-minute-five-second video, the Dalai Lama also asked…
Khalsa is a “uniting and not a dividing force" and a "couple of mischievous characters" are distorting the cardinal virtues of Sikhism by using virtual media, the Indian envoy to the US has said, days after instances of violence at the Indian missions in the US and some other nations…
A unique Hanuman Jayanti, which marks the birth anniversary of Hindu god Hanuman, was celebrated at Kothali Bujruk village in Akola district of the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Ramdas Maharaj Shinde, the head priest of a local ashram -- Mungsaji Maharaj Ashram -- served a treat to a troop…
Seven people were killed while 37 were injured after an old tree fell on a tin roof under which people were standing in a temple premises after heavy wind and rain in Akola district of the western Indian state of Maharashtra on Sunday (9), officials said on Monday (10). The…
Sources in the Narendra Modi government on Monday (10) dismissed reports suggesting New Delhi has "disengaged" from trade talks with Britain for failing to condemn the Sikh extremist group that attacked the Indian high commission in London on March 19, a day after police in the northern state of Punjab…
Indian batsman Rinku Singh blasted five sixes on the final five balls as Kolkata Knight Riders chased down 205 to stun champions Gujarat Titans in an IPL thriller on Sunday (9). The left-hander turned the chase on its head with an unbeaten 21-ball 48, after Kolkata slipped to 155-7 following…
