- Tuesday, March 11, 2025
IN a tragedy, at least 10 people were confirmed to have died after a massive fire broke out at a private hospital in Gohalpur in Jabalpur district of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on Monday (1). Three people were also said to be critically injured, Jabalpur district collector…
DAYS after India handed over to its navy the country's first indigenous aircraft-carrier INS Vikrant, the largest warship ever built in the South Asian nation, China's belligerent Global Times tabloid, which is known for its strong nationalistic stance, cited experts from that country saying while a big gap persists between…
A LOW snatch total and a fluffed clean and jerk lift cost Ajay Singh (81kg) dear as the Indian weightlifter missed the bronze medal by a whisker in his maiden Commonwealth Games appearance, here on Monday. The 25-year-old managed a total effort of 319kg (143kg+176kg) to finish fourth best in…
THE Indian parliament on Monday (1) passed a bill which seeks to ban funding of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and also empowers the country's government to freeze, seize or attach financial assets and economic resources of people engaged in such activities. The Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery…
REVENGE will be on Indian women hockey team's mind when it takes on England in Birmingham on Tuesday (2), in what will be its first real test at the ongoing Commonwealth Games. The Indians have registered back-to-back victories -- 5-0 over Ghana and 3-1 against Wales -- in their first…
ALGERIAN president Abdelmadjid Tebboune has suggested that his country, Africa's largest natural gas exporter, could join the BRICS economic group that includes Russia and China. Tebboune's comment comes after Russian president Vladimir Putin -- whose country is hit with Western sanctions over its Ukraine invasion -- in June called on…
The Indian cricket team's last two games of the ongoing T20 series against the West Indies in the United States hangs in limbo as Cricket West Indies (CWI) is planning to hold the matches in the Caribbean due to visa issues. According to a report in 'cricbuzz.com', the members of…
BEFORE his spectacular falling-out with Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak was on a rapid rise that could still end with him installed as Britain's first prime minister of colour. It would be a historic landmark, if the Hindu descendant of immigrants from Britain's old empire in India and East Africa were…
INDIAN actor Aamir Khan is set to return to the big screen after four years with his new project 'Laal Singh Chaddha'. However, days before the film's release on August 11, the film, which is a remake of Hollywood classic 'Forrest Gump', was trending on social media for negative reasons.…
IN another incident of the new Cold-War clash, Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova made a scathing sarcasm against outgoing British prime minister Boris Johnson, saying the latter could turn into a woman to compete for the post of the secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Zakharova…
