• Tuesday, March 04, 2025

Deadly Taliban suicide attack rocks Pakistan mosque: 46 killed, over…

A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque packed with worshippers during afternoon prayers on Monday (30) in the high-security zone in Pakistan's northwestern Peshawar city, killing at least 46 people and injuring more than 100 others, mostly policemen, security and health officials said. The blast occurred inside…

‘Pro Khalistani’ group attacks Indian crowd in Melbourne, 5 injured;…

Five people were hospitalised after members of alleged pro-Khalistani groups attacked a crowd carrying the Indian national flag in Melbourne, reported The Australia Today. "Another video of #Khalistan goons running a mock in #Melbourne's Federation Square Five injured one in Hospital," The Australia Today tweeted. After the video went viral,…

LIC to talk to Adani Group over Hindenburg report: ‘Have…

India's Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on Monday (30) said it was undertaking a review of the Adani Group's response to scathing criticism by a US short-seller and would have talks with the group's management in some days saying it has the "right to ask relevant questions" as a large investor.…

Amid Hindenburg row, Adani Group set to enter Israel through…

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who recently returned to power, will attend a ceremony at Haifa Port Temporary Cruise Terminal in the country's northern coastal city of Haifa on Tuesday (31) to celebrate the successful entry of the Adani Group in Israel through its acquisition of the Haifa port, which…

Modi, other top Indian leaders, pay tributes to Mahatma Gandhi…

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday (29) paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, the iconic freedom fighter who is also known as the 'Father of the nation', on his 75th death anniversary and also remembered those who sacrificed their lives in the service of the nation. Modi said that the…

Indian diaspora protest against BBC Modi documentary in UK, US

It seems the controversy over BBC's two-part documentary on Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is not getting over anytime soon as the Indian diaspora in countries such as the UK and US staged protests against the British broadcaster over the series. On Sunday (29), members of the Indian community protested…

‘Fraud can’t be obfuscated by nationalism’: Hindenburg’s hard-hitting response to…

The Adani Group has attempted to conflate its meteoric rise and the wealth of its chairman, Gautam Adani, with the success of India itself, Hindenburg Research said on Monday (30), hours after the Indian conglomerate in its rebuttal said that allegations of stock manipulation levelled by the US-based short seller…

ASER education report 2022, largest citizen-led rural survey, released

Ajay Piramal, chairman of the Piramal Group and Pratham Education Foundation, on January 18 released the 17th Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2022 in New Delhi. ASER is an annual survey which aims to give reliable estimates of children’s enrolment and basic learning levels for each district and state…

Pakistan: Imran Khan to contest all 33 parliamentary seats in…

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan is set to contest all 33 National Assembly seats in the by-elections to be held on March 16, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has announced, in a move to frustrate the ruling coalition and put more pressure on it to call snap polls. Addressing a…

India’s Supreme Court to hear cases challenging ban on BBC…

The Supreme Court of India on February 6 will hear pleas challenging the use of emergency powers to block the controversial BBC documentary on prime minister Narendra Modi and the allegations linked to the riots in the western state of Gujarat in 2002. Modi was the chief minister of the…