- Monday, February 24, 2025
IN A Beirut car park, migrant workers cheer as their teams face off in a cricket tournament, a moment of respite in crisis-hit Lebanon, where working conditions are often tough. "Sunday we are so happy... We eat together, we laugh together," said cricketer Pradeepa Silva, a 42-year-old Sri Lankan, as…
FOUR young children were among 27 people killed when a fire in India ripped through a crowded amusement park, police said, as rescuers on Sunday (26) scoured the site the morning after the blaze. Survivors reported having to kick down doors and leap out of windows to escape the inferno…
RAHUL GANDHI, leader of India's opposition Indian National Congress which has ruled the country for most part since its Independence in 1947 but has failed to meet electoral challenges in times of prime minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Saturday (25) cast his ballot in the…
AS BRITAIN gears up for another trip to the polls, executives in the City of London are optimistic that a new government will prioritize their concerns and bring an end to the prolonged political turbulence. Amid possibilities of a potential shift in power to the Labour Party after nearly a…
THE batting blitz in the Indian Premier League this year has divided fans and players and triggered debate ahead of the World Cup about what it means for Twenty20 cricket. The moneybags IPL reaches its conclusion on Sunday in Chennai, the last act of a campaign where batters have dominated…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi has been giving a series of interviews as the country went to a fiercely fought national election. From open air to indoor, from conference tables to stages to riverfronts to rallies, the leader has been found to be speaking with mediapersons candidly. In an interview…
ARVIND KEJRIWAL, the chief minister of Delhi and leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday (25) cast ballot along with his family members, including wife Sunita Kejriwal, in the sixth phase of the national election in New Delhi. Elections were being held in 58 seats across eight Indian…
SUNRISERS HYDERABAD beat Rajasthan Royals by 36 runs on Friday (24) to set up an IPL final against Kolkata Knight Riders, as spinner Shahbaz Ahmed starred with three wickets. Heinrich Klaasen smashed 50 off 34 balls to help Sunrisers post 175-9 and their bowlers combined to restrict Rajasthan to 139-7…
THE brutal murder of a Bangladeshi parliamentarian in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata earlier in May has left both sides of the border shocked. It is suspected that Anwarul Azim Anar was lured to a rented apartment in the New Town area of the city with the help of…
PEOPLE at a helipad in Kedarnath in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand expected the worst for a second early on Friday (24) morning after a helicopter, carrying seven people, made a dangerous-looking emergency landing due to technical fault, averting a disaster. All six passengers, who were pilgrims, and the…
