- Thursday, March 06, 2025
Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski head into Wednesday's showdown between Argentina and Poland with the futures of what could be their final World Cup adventures hanging in the balance. Either one of two of the biggest stars of European club football could fail to qualify for the knockout stages in…
A fighting India scored a last-minute goal to stun world's No.1 side Australia 4-3 in the third hockey Test and notch up their first win against the Kookaburras in six years on Wednesday (30). It was a rare win for India against Australia, who had thrashed them 7-0 in the…
Pranay Verma, the newly appointed Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh, on Wednesday (30) called on prime minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka and had a talk that featured pledging to work together to curb terrorism in the region. Verma, a 1994-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, met Hasina a month after presenting…
The free trade agreement (FTA) between India and Australia will come into force from December 29, a move which will help in almost doubling the bilateral commerce to $45-50 billion (£38-42 billion) in around five years. "The (Anthony) Albanese government welcomes confirmation today that the Indian Government has completed its…
The Tata Group on Tuesday (29) announced the step to consolidate its airlines Vistara and Air India which will see Air India, which was bought by the Tatas last year and handed over to the conglomerate in January this year, India's largest international and second-largest domestic carrier. Singapore Airlines (SIA),…
Indian actor Raveena Tandon on Wednesday (30) said she was travelling in a jeep licensed by the forest department which didn't deviate from the designated "tourism path", after authorities at the Satpura Tiger Reserve in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh launched an inquiry over a video which purportedly…
Indian home minister Amit Shah has downplayed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) party's challenge in the upcoming elections in the western state of Gujarat, claiming Arvind Kejriwal's outfit may not even open its account. He also said the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) state unit's announcement on setting up an…
China has warned US officials not to interfere in its relationship with India, according to a Pentagon report which underlines that Beijing seeks to prevent border tensions from causing New Delhi to partner more closely with Washington. The Indian Army and the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) have been locked…
Eminent industrialist and Toyota Kirloskar Motor vice-chairman Vikram S Kirloskar, who was instrumental in bringing Japanese auto major Toyota to India, died due to a heart attack on Tuesday (29). He was 64. "We are extremely saddened to inform the untimely demise of Vikram S Kirloskar, Vice Chairman, Toyota Kirloskar…
Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy, founders of Indian television news channel of New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV), have stepped down as the directors of promoter group RRPR (Radhika Roy Prannoy Roy) Holding Private Limited as the Adani Group neared completion of its takeover. RRPR, which has been acquired…
