IT'S over a month since India's general elections kicked off and on Saturday (25), the country will host its sixth and penultimate phase when voters from 58 parliamentary constituencies across eight states and federally administered Union Territories (UTs) will decide the fate of 889 candidates. Voting will begin at 7am…
THE Election Commission of India has urged voters in India's urban centres such as Delhi, Gurugram and Faridabad to break the trend of urban apathy by turning out in large numbers to vote in the sixth and penultimate phase of the ongoing elections on Saturday (25). At the end of…
THE AAM Aadmi Party (AAP) is a key party in India's opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc. One of those few regional parties which is in power in more than one state (Delhi and Punjab), the AAP has been in the news of late over the arrests of…
THE possibility of an India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) has been delayed following prime minister Rishi Sunak's unexpected announcement of a snap election on July 4, just a month after India's election results come out on June 4. Despite reassurances from political analysts and strategic experts that the bilateral relationship…
THE opponents to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 will be decided on Friday (24) when former champions Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) will meet in the second qualifier at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in the southern city of Chennai.…
HERE are news related to Indian economy and business for Thursday, May 23, 2024: IndiGo, India's largest airline, on Thursday reported more than doubling of its net profit to Rs 1,894.8 crore (£179 million) in the three months ended March 2024 besides announcing the introduction of business class in select routes…
ONE might love or hate Narendra Modi but one cannot ignore him for sure. As a marathon general election continues in India and the prime minister, who is seeking a rare third straight term, is occupying the centre stage, a lot of people in the country having resemblance to him…
DID prime minister Rishi Sunak call for early elections on July 4 because he is tired of staying in the cramped No.10 and wants the agony to end quicker? According to a report by Politico trying to understand what made the Tory leader announce the polls all of a sudden…
THE minor boy, who has been accused of ramming a luxury car into a motorcycle killing two IT engineers in the western Indian city of Pune in the wee hours of May 19 under the influence of alcohol, has been kept at an observation centre, which was a reformatory school…
THE Czech Constitutional Court has dismissed the petition of an Indian individual against his extradition to the US in connection to an alleged conspiracy to assassinate an American citizen in New York. Nikhil Gupta faces charges from the US government for attempting to hire a hitman to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh…