- Sunday, March 02, 2025
Justice Musarrat Hilali is set to become the first woman chief justice of Peshawar high court in Pakistan on Saturday (1) after the retirement of incumbent Qaiser Rasheed in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Hilali would be the second woman who would take charge as the chief justice of a high…
A couple of untoward incidents happened in two temples in two Indian states at the time of Ram Navami celebrations to mark the birthday of Lord Rama. A massive fire started in a pandal (temporary shelter set up for special occasions) which was put up for the celebrations in a…
The 16th edition of the men's Indian Premier League cricket begins on Friday as 10 teams battle it out for the T20 title. AFP Sport highlights five players to watch in the two-month extravaganza, which is being played in multiple Indian cities for the first time since the pandemic. Sam…
The 16th edition of the Indian Premier League begins on Friday (31) when title holders Gujarat Titans face Chennai Super Kings in the world's largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad. Before the T20 matches begin, here's a breakdown of the 10 teams in the world's richest cricket tournament that runs until…
Indian home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday (29) said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the country's elite investigative agency, was "putting pressure" on him to "frame" prime minister Narendra Modi in an alleged fake encounter case in the western state of Gujarat when he was being questioned by the…
Allegations of imposition of Hindi language on the southern states of India have always been a hot debate and now, it seems the issue has spilled over into the food industry. A directive from the country's food safety authority to rename curd packets as "dahi" in Hindi has triggered a…
Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Wednesday, March 29, 2023: India's external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Wednesday said India has got the G20 back to its original agenda of global growth and development a year after it was seen grappling with the Ukraine…
Two days after a cheetah which was among eight brought from Namibia to India last year died from kidney ailment, the South Asian nation's project to revive the feline population received a big boost as four cheetah cubs took birth. The news, which was announced by India's environment minister Bhupender…
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday (26) asked the Narendra Modi government to file a report on alleged attacks on the country's Christian institutions and priests as well as the implementation of its earlier guidelines to curb hate crime, something which many allege has seen a rise in India…
British opposition parliamentarian Navendu Mishra has been repeatedly raising the issue of the attack on the Indian high commission in London on March 19 and the vandalism that was carried out by pro-Khalistan protesters. On March 21, the Stockport MP wrote to the Indian high commissioner to the UK, Vikram Doraiswami,…
