- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
AT a time when Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is visiting the poll-bound state of Uttar Pradesh frequently to inaugurate projects, including his constituency Varanasi, Nitin Gadkari, the transport minister of his government, has said that plans are on to invest Rs 5 lakh crore (£49.5 million) on road projects…
INDIA were off to a good start in the first Test match against South Africa at SuperSport Park, Centurion, on Boxing Day (26) with their openers KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal putting up a half-century stand. Earlier in the day, India skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (26) condoled the death of South Africa’s archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu and called him a “guiding light”. In a tweet, he said, “Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu was a guiding light for countless people globally. His emphasis on human dignity and equality will be…
US E-COMMERCE giant Amazon has dragged India’s financial crime-dealing agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) to court to quash a probe into one of its 2019 agreements, Reuters reported citing a court filing. The ED has for months been investigating Amazon’s $200 million (£149 million) investment in India’s Future Group for suspected…
THE Indian health ministry on Saturday (25) said it will deploy multi-disciplinary teams to 10 states of the country that have reported high numbers of Omicron infections and have less rate of vaccination. The states are Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Mizoram,…
TWENTY-FOUR terrorists from Pakistan have been neutralised in various sectors of Jammu and Kashmir in the last eight months, a revelation which speaks a lot about that country’s continued support to terrorism in the union territory. According to award-winning author Shishir Gupta who wrote for Indian daily Hindustan Times, latest…
THE border confrontation between India and China over the past several months has left a major milestone achieved in their relation less discussed. The bilateral trade between the two Asian powers crossed a landmark figure of $100 billion (£75 billion) but the achievement did not generate fanfare in either New…
KL RAHUL, who has replaced Rohit Sharma as India’s vice-captain in the upcoming Test series against South Africa, feels that it is a “huge series”. India will play the Proteas in a three-match series starting in Centurion on Boxing Day (26) and analysts have said that this is the best…
COPS in India have launched a criminal investigation after video clips emerged from a Hindu religious gathering in Haridwar in the northern state of Uttarakhand inciting hate. The clips that were in circulation on social media showed saffron-robed people advocating violence and even suggesting ethnic cleansing of a minority group.…
WHEN India and Pakistan agreed to restore peace along the highly volatile Line of Control (LoC) in February 2021, it appeared that they were again ready to take a turn on the bumpy road of animosity and mistrust. The ensuing months, however, showed that it was yet another mirage. The…
