• Monday, March 03, 2025

San Francisco: Indian-Americans show support for India at consulate which…

Members of the Indian-American community staged a peace rally in support of India in front of its consulate general in San Francisco in California, US, which was vandalised by Khalistan supporters earlier this week. On Monday (20), the protesters broke open makeshift security barriers raised by the city police and…

Finally, US has an ambassador to India as Eric Garcetti…

Eric Garcetti, US president Joe Biden's close aide, was on Friday (24) officially sworn in as the US ambassador to India by vice president Kamala Harris, ending over two years of delay to fill one of Washington's most critical diplomatic positions. Garcetti's daughter Maya held the Hebrew Bible during the…

I was disqualified as Modi is scared of my next…

Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi lashed out at prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (25), a day after he was disqualified as a member of the country's parliament following conviction in a criminal defamation case by a court in the western state of Gujarat. The 52-year-old leader, who faced…

India economy & business news in brief for March 24:…

Here are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Friday, March 24, 2023: Mining secretary of the northern Indian Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir Amit Sharma on Friday said the UT is in the process to auction the lithium reserves discovered last month but it…

England’s Issy Wong becomes 1st bowler to take hat-trick in…

Mumbai Indians (MI) seamer Issy Wong on Friday (24) made history by becoming the first bowler of Women's Premier League (WPL) to take a hat-trick. Her feat was registered against UP Warriorz who MI thumped by 72 runs in the eliminator at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai…

Tamil Nadu to become largest IT hub in Asia soon,…

MK Stalin, the chief minister of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, on Thursday (24) said the state would become the largest information technology (IT) hub in Asia soon. The leader of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazagham said Tamil Nadu was already making a contribution of more than 10…

Days after Mehul Choksi gets Interpol relief, India says it…

India's ministry of external affairs on Friday (24) said it would continue to make all efforts to get economic fugitives, including Mehul Choksi, to face justice in India. The name of Choksi, who is wanted in India in connection with the Rs 13,000 crore (£129.1 million) bank fraud in the…

Haunting history: 10 years ago, Rahul Gandhi trashed his own…

For Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, history came full circle on Friday (24) when the secretariat of India's Lok Sabha or Lower House of parliament disqualified him from being a member of parliament following his conviction in a criminal defamation case a day earlier by a court in the…

No proposal sent to Modi government to rename Ahmedabad as…

The government of the western Indian state of Gujarat has not sent any proposal to the central government in Delhi to rename the state's Ahmedabad city as Karnavati in the last two years, chief minister Bhupendra Patel informed the state legislative assembly on Friday (24). Senior lawmaker Amit Chavda from…

Apple supplier Pegatron mulls second India factory, 6 months after…

Pegatron Corp, the Taiwanese supplier of Apple Inc, is in talks to set up a second factory in India, Reuters reported citing two informed sources, as the American tech giant's partners continue with their mission to diversify production away from China. According to the sources that spoke on the condition…