- Sunday, March 02, 2025
A civic body in the southern Indian state of Kerala has triggered a controversy after deciding to sound sirens to signal the conclusion of Ramadan fasting. The order mandated by the municipality of Changanassery town in the state's Kottayam district has said that the sirens should be sounded at 6.39…
The US is committed to taking all appropriate steps to protect the diplomatic missions and diplomats in the country, a senior US official has said, days after two Indian missions on its soil were attacked by Khalistan supporters. At a news conference on Tuesday (29), US state department deputy spokesperson…
In what is seen as a mark of defiance, India's opposition Indian National Congress will hold a rally in Kolar in the southern Indian state of Karnataka which goes to polls on May 10 and its leader Rahul Gandhi will campaign there and kick off his 'Satyameva Jayate (truth alone…
While there have been reports that India will play their matches in the Asia Cup this year at a neutral venue and not in Pakistan, the official hosts, speculation is rife that Pakistan could also end up playing their games in the 2023 World Cup in Bangladesh. India is set…
US treasury secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday (29) said she expected Ajay Banga, Washington's nominee to head the World Bank, will be elected to the top post. In a testimony prepared for the State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs sub-committee of the House Appropriations Committee in the US House of…
SM Vaidya, chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), has been ranked as the country's top chief executive officer (CEO) by the CEOWorld magazine in their annual list of World's Most Influential CEOs for 2023. Globally, he got an impressive rank of 81 among more than 1,200 CEOs across 96 nations.…
Russian energy giant Rosneft announced a deal on Wednesday (29) to ramp up oil sales to India, as Moscow seeks new buyers in the wake of tensions with the West over the Ukraine conflict. The Kremlin's decision to deploy its military to Ukraine last February saw Russia's share of the…
Khalistani separatist leader Amritpal Singh, who has given the police in the northern Indian state of Punjab repeated slips since March 18 when a manhunt was launched to catch him, has reportedly returned to the state and plans to surrender at the iconic Golden Temple, a renowned Sikh spiritual site…
Controversy is never far away whenever elections are at doorsteps in India, be it national or provincial. On Wednesday (29), the country's election commission announced the date for the elections in Karnataka, the only state in southern India where the nationally ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of prime minister Narendra…
The US has received the sufficient number of electronic registrations needed to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa cap for the fiscal year 2024, according to the country's federal agency for immigration services. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers…
