- Thursday, February 27, 2025
A KUWAITI supermarket pulled Indian products from its shelves and Iran became the latest Middle Eastern country to summon the Indian ambassador as a row grew on Monday (6) over a ruling party official's remarks about the Prophet Mohammed. Workers at the Al-Ardiya Co-Operative Society store piled Indian tea and…
THE controversial remarks uttered by Nupur Sharma, a leader of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), allegedlly directed against Prophet Muhammad have caused much inconvenience for India's foreign-policy establishment. A number of nations from the Arab world have strongly condemned the incident and while the BJP has suspended Sharma's membership,…
BANGLADESHI firefighters were on Monday (6) struggling to douse the devastating container depot fire that killed over 40 people and injured nearly 300 even as an initial probe found that the private facility in the port city of Chittagong stored hazardous chemicals close to the export-bound garment products. A massive…
INDIA'S ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday (5) suspended its spokesperson Nupul Sharma and Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal over their alleged controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammed that have put India's relations with a number of Muslim nations under stress. The move came hours after the saffron party…
BRITISH prime minister Boris Johnson received a jolt on a day that would define the fate of his chair as his anti-corruption tsar stepped down, saying it is "pretty clear" that the former flouted the ministerial code. Penrose also advised Johnson to step down and pave way for a successor.…
SAUDI ARABIA, Bahrain and Afghanistan on Monday (6) joined several Muslim nations to condemn the controversial remarks of a BJP leader against Prophet Mohammed, stressing the importance of respecting all religious beliefs. In a statement, Saudi Arabia's foreign affairs ministry expressed its condemnation and denunciation of the statements made by…
TWENTY-SIX people were killed after a bus carrying pilgrims from Panna district of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh fell into a deep gorge near Rikhavu khadd en route to the Yamunotri temple in Uttarkashi district of the Himalayan Indian state of Uttarakhand on Sunday (5). Besides the driver…
PRINCE Louis is at it again. Last week, he stole the lensmen's focus with his funny acts while accompanying his great grandmother -- the British Queen -- at the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of her ascending the throne. A few days later, the four-year-old was found in the news again and…
FORMER Australia captain Mark Taylor on Sunday (5) said on Sky Sports that ace England batter Joe Root has all the time to break legendary Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar's tally of runs in the long format. The 31-year-old right-hand batter slammed an unbeaten hundred against New Zealand at Lord's to…
BRITISH prime minister Boris Johnson was set to face a no-confidence motion on Monday (6) evening in the governing Conservative Party, Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee which oversees the party's leadership changes, told lawmakers. To trigger the motion, 15 per cent of the Conservative lawmakers (or 54…
