- Thursday, March 06, 2025
It was not too long ago that India was outraged over the release of 11 men convicted of gang-raping an expecting Muslim woman and murdering her family members during the 2002 riots in the western state of Gujarat. Even the government of the country's popular prime minister Narendra Modi, who…
India and Russia have an "exceptionally" steady and time-tested relationship and the objective now is to fashion a balanced, mutually beneficial and long-term engagement in the backdrop of the increasing economic cooperation, the country's external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Tuesday (8) during talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (8) paid a visit to former deputy prime minister and home minister, and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani at the latter's residence in New Delhi to wish him on his 96th birthday. Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh was with…
Sixteen Indian sailors of MT Heroic Idun have been stranded in central-western African country of Equatorial Guinea since mid August and as they have appealed to authorities for help, the ship's chief officer Sanu Jose has said in a video that it could be his last message since he was…
A schoolteacher in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, a schoolteacher has changed her gender just to marry one of her students. Meera, a physical education teacher, underwent the transformation to become Aarav Kuntal so that she could marry Kalpana, the student. The families of both individuals were okay with…
Pakistan's best is yet to come and struggling skipper Babar Azam is due "something very special" in their Twenty20 World Cup semi-final against New Zealand on Wednesday, team mentor Matthew Hayden warned. The 2009 champions only scraped into the knockouts when the Netherlands unexpectedly defeated South Africa and Pakistan then…
Ben Stokes warned on Tuesday (8) that England must nullify the threat of Suryakumar Yadav in their Twenty20 World Cup semi-final against India, saying the batsman has "set the world alight". India and England clash on Thursday (10) at the Adelaide Oval for a place in the final at the…
Britain's new prime minister Rishi Sunak on Monday (7) vowed imminent action on cross-Channel migrants after his first face-to-face meeting with French president Emmanuel Macron. Sunak has taken a much more positive tone towards Macron than his short-lived predecessor Liz Truss, who infamously refused to say whether the president was…
Ever since Elon Musk has taken over as the new owner of Twitter, the microblogging site along with him have been in the headlines for some reason or the other. On Monday (7), Musk stirred up a controversy by allegedly mocking Mastodon, a new platform which has gained popularity in…
Former US president Donald Trump on Monday (7) said that he will be making a "very big announcement" on November 15. His remark comes on the eve of the midterm elections and against the backdrop of an expected jump into the race for the White House in 2024. "I'm going…
