- Monday, February 24, 2025
THEY both are 'royal' but their tale in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 has been contrasting so far. While Rajasthan Royals (RR) led by Sanju Samson dominated the tournament till the midway point, winning eight of their first nine matches, they failed to pick a single win in their…
THE police in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday (22) recovered the dismembered body of Anwarul Azim Anar, a member of Bangladeshi parliament, eight days after he was reported to have gone missing, The Business Standard reported. Anar, who was a member of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League, which…
MITCHELL STARC struck three early blows to help Kolkata Knight Riders storm into the IPL final with a eight-wicket thrashing of Sunrisers Hyderabad in Ahmedabad's searing heat on Tuesday (21). Two-time champions Kolkata bowled out Hyderabad for 159 as Starc returned figures of 3-34 in the first play-off -- qualifier…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Tuesday, May 21, 2024: Reliance Industries Ltd has signed an agreement with Norway's Nel ASA for sourcing technology to make electrolysers for production of green hydrogen as part of billionaire Mukesh Ambani's pivots toward green energy. The agreement with…
EVR Motors, an Israeli pioneer in high power-density electric motors, on Monday (20) unveiled its new greenfield plant in Manesar in the northern Indian state of Haryana, through its subsidiary, I.EVR Motors. It is the maiden manufacturing venture in India for an Israeli automotive company and is expected to play…
THE deputy chief minister of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, has expressed disappointment over the "lenient" punishment given to a minor boy who rammed his luxury car into a motorcycle, killing two persons, in the city of Pune on Sunday (19). Fadnavis, who is also the state's…
MORE than 30 flamingos were killed after allegedly being hit by an aircraft in the western Indian city of Mumbai, police said on Tuesday (21), as environmental activists demanded a probe into it by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India's civil aviation regulator, and claimed urban planners had…
A MASSIVE controversy has erupted in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal after its chief minister Mamata Banerjee, a leader of the country's opposition against prime minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), allegedly targeted Hindu organisations such as ISKCON, Ramakrishna Mission and Bharat Sevashram Sangha, all of which…
PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak is considering restrictions to the UK's post-study visa which allows graduates to stay on and work for up to two years after their degree course as part of efforts to curb soaring legal migration figures despite strong opposition from some of his ministers, a report claims…
HUMAN rights groups and emigre opposition factions expressed regret that Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi's death meant he never saw justice for crimes they say he committed during decades as a leading figure in the Islamic republic. A man who rose quickly through the ranks after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, Raisi…
