- Monday, March 03, 2025
The northern Indian Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir will receive its first foreign investment with the Dubai-based Emaar Group set to build a shopping and office complex there for Rs 5 billion (£49 million), Reuters reported. The Indian government has been making efforts to stabilise the region where…
The northern Indian state of Bihar saw a political row over the state government's decision to bring ahead the duty hours of its Muslim staff members by an hour during the upcoming Ramadan celebrations. The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which sits in the opposition in the state, alleged…
Nepali prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Monday (20) secured a vote of confidence in parliament, winning the second floor test within three months after the formation of the new government. Prachanda secured 172 votes in the 275-member House of Representatives. Other 89 lawmakers voted against him whereas one…
The Indian government on Sunday (20) expressed its displeasure over the incident at the Indian high commission in London where a group of Khalistani sympathisers pulled down the country's national flag. New Delhi summoned the British deputy high commissioner to lodge a protest and sought an explanation over an alleged…
Amid speculation of Indian opposition unity against prime minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the general elections of 2024, a key development took place in the space of opposition politics on Friday (17) when two leaders from the opposition met each other in Kolkata in the eastern state…
Before the controversy over the pulling down of the Indian Tricolour at the Indian high commission building in London on Sunday (19) died down, yet another incident of an Indian diplomatic establishment abroad coming under attack from the sympathisers of the Khalistani movement has been reported. On Monday (20), several…
Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram, who has also been one of cricket's finest left-arm fast bowlers, reacted after Australia left-arm seamer Mitchell Starc ripped through India's batting order to help his side register a thumping 10-wicket win to level the three-match series 1-1 on Sunday (19) with one to go.…
Several members of the Sikh community on Monday (20) gathered outside the British high commission in Chanakyapuri area of New Delhi to stage protest against Khalistani separatists' act of pulling down India's national flag at the Indian high commission in London on Sunday (19). The demonstrators carried the Tricolour and…
The contest for the mayor of Leicester this year has taken a dramatic turn as Rita Patel, one of the leading members of the city council, quit the ruling Labour Party and decided to run for the top job. If elected, Patel, who served as the assistant mayor in the…
The uncle and driver of fugitive Khalistan leader Amritpal Singh's on Sunday (19) surrendered before the Jalandhar police, even as the government of the northern Indian state of Punjab extended the suspension of mobile internet and SMS services till Tuesday (21) noon, officials said. Authorities have launched a massive manhunt…
