- Monday, March 03, 2025
US vice president Kamala Harris on Thursday (16) was showered with boos but not in a political arena. The Democratic leader, who is the first woman to become the No.2 in the White House, had the experience while watching an NCAA tournament game where her alma mater Howard University was…
Prime minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the first India-Bangladesh energy pipeline on Saturday (18) via video-conference. It will be the first cross-border pipeline between the two south Asian neighbours that has been built at an estimated cost of Rs 377 crore (£37.4 million). The…
Days after the conclusion of the week-long International Yoga Festival (IYF) in which 1,500 participants from nearly 90 nations took part, Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand was witness to yet another occasion on Friday (17) marking the curtain raiser of 100-day countdown (96 day…
India batter KL Rahul gave a befitting reply to his detractors on Friday (17) by slamming a crucial half century that helped his country win the first one-day international (ODI) against a spirited Australia by five wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The right-hand batter, who played the game…
Indian National Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday (17) stood by former president of the party Rahul Gandhi over the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) relentless demand seeking his apology over the recent remarks made in London about the Indian democracy saying the latter had never sought foreign forces' intervention…
A man hailing from the western Indian state of Gujarat has been arrested by police from a five-star hotel in Srinagar in the northern union territory of Jammu and Kashmir for posing as an ‘additional secretary’ in the Narendra Modi government and enjoying security cover besides other hospitality. According to…
An arrest warrant for former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was suspended Friday (17), his lawyers said, clearing the way for him to end a holdout at his residence that led to bloody clashes between supporters and police earlier this week. Khan was ousted by a no-confidence vote last year…
Indian startups had deposits worth about $1 billion (£823.4 million) with the US's embattled Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the country's junior information technology (IT) minister said on Thursday (16) and suggested that local banks lend them more in times to come, Reuters reported. Banking regulators in California closed SVB on…
India's elite National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary charge sheet against five members of Popular Front of India (PFI) for allegedly provoking and radicalising impressionable Muslim youths, recruiting them and imparting weapons training in specifically organised training camps. In its supplementary charge sheet filed before a special court…
Asha Bhat, an Indian-origin woman in Australia, has been honoured with Sir Ronald Wilson Leadership Award under the Western Australia Multicultural Awards 2023. She has also been inducted into the Western Australia Women's Hall of Fame as a recognition of her contribution to the local community in the field of…
