- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
INDIAN National Congress leader and parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor on Thursday (7) clarified that everything he tweets is his "personal opinion". This came a day after Tharoor's comments on the backlash against his Trinamool Congress colleague Mahua Moitra for her comment on Hindu Goddess Kali for which the Congress MP had…
BRITISH prime minister Boris Johnson, whose government has been rocked by a series of resignations from ministers, was set to resign as the Conservative leader on Thursday (7), BBC reported. He though will continue as the prime minister until autumn, it was told. Conservative member of parliament Tobias Ellwood reacted…
AS India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) continued its searches at the premises of Chinese firms in the country in a money-laundering case, Wang Xiaojian, counsellor and spokesperson from Chinese Embassy in India reacted saying frequent investigations by Indian authorities into Chinese companies “chill the confidence and willingness of market entities from…
FORMER Sri Lanka captain Aravinda de Silva acknowledged that the IPL and other T20 leagues have benefited cricket, but urged India to allow star players to take part in tournaments overseas. The Indian Premier League (IPL) has grown into cricket's hottest property attracting top foreign talent such as England's Jos…
INDIA'S Narendra Modi government on Wednesday (6) nominated four noted personalities, including celebrated athlete P T Usha and music maestro Ilaiyaraaja, from as many southern states to the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of the Indian parliament, in what is being seen as the ruling BJP's big outreach to recognise…
IT was not an easy situation to deal with for the SpiceJet authorities after one of their aircraft which was flying from Delhi to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates reportedly developed a technical snag and was diverted to Karachi in Pakistan. Ajay Singh, the chairman and managing director (CMD)…
THE Dalai Lama turned 87 on Wednesday (6), with Prime Minister Narendra Modi wishing the Tibetan spiritual leader on phone and his supporters celebrating at a grand event here. To mark the occasion, the Dalai Lama inaugurated a library and a museum in Dharamshala, where the headquarters of the Tibetan…
INDIA white-ball opener Shikhar Dhawan was on Wednesday (6) named as the captain of the Team India squad for the three-match away one-day international series against the West Indies starting July 22. Regular captain Rohit Sharma and senior players such as Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant…
THE Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday (6) raised overseas borrowing limits for companies and liberalised norms for foreign investments in government bonds as it announced a slew of measures to boost foreign exchange inflows in efforts to curb the fall of the rupee. Unveiling measures soon after the…
THE Indian government is in the process of reviving and popularising Indian literature banned during the British rule as part of its efforts to celebrate 75 years of India's Independence, officials said Wednesday (6). As part of the 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' celebrations, the country's culture ministry has identified poems,…
