- Thursday, February 27, 2025
IN a shocking revelation on Tuesday (8), the Indian Army said all the seven missing personnel who were struck by an avalanche in a high-altitude area of Kameng sector in the Tawang district of the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday (6) were dead. The Asian News International quoted…
GAUTAM Adani has pipped Mukesh Ambani to become the richest man in Asia, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The 59-year-old mogul, who turned a small commodities trading business into a major conglomerate including ports, mines and green energy, has seen his net worth touching $88.5 billion (£65.3 billion) on…
A COURT in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Tuesday (8) convicted 49 people in connection with the 2008 terror attack in the city of Ahmedabad in the state that left several dead and many injured. The attack, according to the perpetrators, was retaliation against the deadly communal violence…
THE ongoing ‘hijab’ row in the southern Indian state of Karnataka has intensified so much so that state chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday (8) ordered the closure of all high schools and colleges in the state for the next three days. Bommai in a tweet on Tuesday appealed for…
SOUTH KOREAN automaker Hyundai Motor Company on Tuesday (8) said it deeply regrets any offence caused to the citizens of India by an “unauthorised” tweet from the account of its Pakistan partner in support of Kashmir Solidarity Day, an occasion that Pakistan observes to show solidarity with the people of…
MORE than 10 months are to go before the ICC T20 World Cup kicks off Down Under but it seems the fans’ excitement has already peaked. Tickets allocated for the mega clash between former champions India and Pakistan in the tournament on October 23 were sold out within five minutes…
QUICK Service Restaurant (QSR) chain KFC on Monday (7) apologised after an outrage on social media over a post from its Pakistan-based franchise supporting separatists in Kashmir. "We deeply apologize for a post that was published on some KFC social media channels outside the country. We honour and respect…
INDIA'S commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland on Monday (7) said it will supply 700 trucks to the neighbouring country of Bangladesh as part of a $2-billion (£1.4 billion) line of credit announced by prime minister Narendra Modi. One-hundred and thirty-five trucks have already been delivered under the order, the company…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday (7) said the economy of India was the fastest-growing globally and the world has taken note of the Asian nation’s economic strides in the middle of a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. “Today India among other big economies is the fastest growing economy. Even during the…
HUNDREDS of Tibetans took part in protests outside the Chinese embassy in New Delhi on Friday (4) and organised a protest rally to denounce the Winter Olympics that kicked off in the Chinese capital the same day. The protesters sought freedom for their region. They waved Tibetan flags and held…
