- Thursday, February 27, 2025
THE unabated killings of people from the minority Hindu community by extremists in the Kashmir Valley have triggered a fresh round of exits of minority Hindus and Kashmiri Pandits from the region. Government employees who have been posted there are deeply worried over their security and have stressed time and…
WHILE Britain and the entire world remain glued to the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II, Piers Morgan feels not everything is well in the royal family. According to the 57-year-old broadcaster, Prince Harry and Meghan, the duke and duchess of Sussex, reunited with the royals but the occasion…
IT was a dream international debut for Matthew Potts at Lord’s against New Zealand on Thursday (2) as the right-hand medium-fast bowler picked four wickets starting with the one of Kane Williamson, the captain of the visiting team and the current World Test champions. The Durham-born quickie ended up with…
INTERNATIONAL diplomacy might see Britain at odds with Russia over the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine but that has not stopped some Russians in Moscow from praising Queen Elizabeth II as her Platinum Jubilee celebrations kicked off on Thursday (2). The well-wishers prayed for the nonagenarian’s good health and lauded her…
INDIA'S shock Thomas Cup triumph has handed its badminton bosses an opportunity to transform the game's profile in the cricket-mad country and they are determined not to squander it. India shook up the badminton world last month with a 3-0 dismantling of Thomas Cup royalty Indonesia in the final of the prestigious men's team championship in Bangkok. Impact Arena was…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday (3) inaugurated the groundbreaking ceremony of the third Uttar Pradesh Investors Summit and laid the foundation stone of 1,406 projects worth over Rupees (Rs) 8,000 crore (£819 million). The projects were in diverse fields, including agriculture, IT and Electronics, MSME, manufacturing, renewable energy,…
A TEAM of Indian officials met the acting Taliban foreign minister of Afghanistan on Thursday to discuss bilateral ties and humanitarian aid, the Taliban said, in what was the first such visit to Kabul since the chaotic U.S. withdrawal last year. Poverty and hunger have rocketed in Afghanistan since the Islamist militants took power after the United States pulled out, and India has sent food grains and other…
INDIAN vice president M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday (2) held wide-ranging talks with Senegalese president Macky Sall during which the two countries agreed to further strengthen cooperation in sectors like defence, agriculture, railways, health and energy. Naidu, who arrived here on Wednesday (1) on the second leg of his three-nation…
SUMMERS in India can be brutal and nobody knows it better than the residents of Ghusiya village in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. They are facing such an acute water crisis that they are not hesitant to even risking their lives to fetch the live-saving liquid. News agency…
THEY both had been two of his fiercest competitors on the 22 yards but that did not stop England and New Zealand to honour Shane Warne during their first Test match which kicked off at Lord’s on Thursday (2). The match was paused at the 23rd over to pay tribute…
