- Thursday, February 27, 2025
A JUDGE in Rome, Italy, on Monday (31) dismissed a murder probe into two marines from the European country who killed two fishermen off the coast of the southern Indian state of Kerala in 2012, months after the case was dropped by the Supreme Court of India. In a statement,…
INDIA batter Cheteshwar Pujara and former national team seamer S Sreesanth feature among 590 cricketers who are set to go under the hammer in the two-day mega auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 which will be held in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13. Pujara, who is known…
THE father of the teenage boy from the north-eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, who was allegedly abducted by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) personnel recently and returned later, has alleged that he was tortured by the Chinese. The boy was reunited with his family on Monday (31) evening. Indian…
INDIA on Monday (31) abstained from the procedural vote at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) ahead of a meeting to discuss the tension on the Ukraine border. While 10 members, including the US, UK, France, the UAE, Ghana, Albania, Norway, Brazil, Ireland and Mexico voted in favour of taking…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (1) lauded the budget presented by his finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman saying it was “people friendly, progressive” and full of possibilities for infrastructure, investment, growth and jobs. In a televised statement, Modi said an important aspect of the 2022-23 budget was the welfare…
INDIA'S capital city Delhi has pipped Bengaluru as the country’s start-up capital by adding more than 5,000 start-ups between April 2019 and December 2021, the Economic Survey 2021-22 has said. The survey, which was tabled in the parliament on Monday (31), said Bengaluru, the information capital of India, added 4,514…
INDIAN finance minister on Tuesday (1) presented the central budget for 2022-23 financial year with a focus on putting the economy on a fast track towards growth and employment generation. Among several aspects that were touched in the budget are agriculture, healthcare, small businesses and infrastructure. “This budget seeks to…
THE Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) on Tuesday (1) said that the upcoming three-match one-day international series between India and the West Indies will be played behind closed doors in view of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The two teams are set to play the three matches at the Narendra Modi Stadium,…
EVER since angry railway recruitment examinees set empty train compartments on fire in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, the focus has come on the state of affairs in the country’s employment sector. More than 12 million youngsters applied for 35,000 jobs that were available when the railways department started…
THE Indian National Congress on Tuesday (1) slammed the central budget presented by Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman calling it “insipid” and “uninspiring” lacking ideas or proposals to boost consumption and provide relief to the poor, salaried class, middle class or the agricultural community. Reacting to the budget initially, the…
