- Thursday, February 27, 2025
THE National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday (21) announced Droupadi Murmu, a former governor of the eastern state of Jharkhand, as its candidate for the July 18 presidential election. Murmu is the first major tribal female presidential candidate in India's history. Once…
HOURS after a group of protesters stormed into a yoga event held at a football stadium in Male City, the capital of the Maldives, on the occasion the International Day of Yoga on Tuesday (21) morning, the island-nation’s internal politics was seeing some serious blame game. The country’s police service…
INDIAN national security adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval on Tuesday (21) conceded that the controversy over the remarks made by former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal on Prophet Muhammad have damaged India’s reputation abroad as they projected the country’s image in a manner which is…
THOUSANDS of yoga enthusiasts from across the world on Tuesday took part in mass yoga sessions to mark the 8th International Day of Yoga as the celebrations returned to an in-person format after over two years following the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was marked this year under the theme "Yoga…
SHIV Sena leader Eknath Shinde, who is at the centre of the current political turmoil in Maharashtra, had a humble beginnings and rose to become a top member of the party, in the process acquiring formidable organisational skills and a wide mass base. Once an auto-rickshaw driver in Thane city…
HERE are some news in brief from India on Tuesday, June 21, 2022: BJP-led NDA announces tribal leader Draupadi Murmu as presidential candidate: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday (21) announced Draupadu Murmu, a former governor of the eastern state of…
WORLD number three Novak Djokovic will head into next week's Grand Slam Wimbledon 2022 as the men's top seed. The defending champion is the top seed after the Russian world number one Daniil Medvedev got banned from taking part while German world number two Alexander Zverev is out due to…
INDIAN all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin could not board the flight to England after being tested positive for Covid-19. The off-spinner came to Mumbai to travel with the Test team on June 16 but now he is in quarantine. The 35-year-old will only join the Test squad after meeting all protocol requirements.…
THIRTEEN of the 25 accused have been arrested on charges of abetment of suicide of nine members of a family that had borrowed money from them in Maharashtra's Sangli district, an official said on Tuesday (21). According to a preliminary probe, the accused used to "harass and humiliate" the members…
ISLAMIC extremists stormed an India-backed public yoga session in the Maldives on Tuesday (21), with police in the South Asian tourist paradise firing tear gas to clear the mob. Dozens of people waving white flags emblazoned with religious slogans chased out a crowd sitting on gym mats and preparing to…
