- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
BUOYED by the Narendra Modi government’s decision of withdrawing the three contentious farm laws over which they have been protesting for several months, farmers in India on Monday (22) held a massive rally (mahapanchayat) demanding that minimum support prices (MSP) be extended to all produce and not just wheat and…
A GRENADE explosion took place near a camp of the Indian Army near Dheerapul in Pathankot in the northern state of Punjab early on Monday (22). According to police, some unidentified people riding motorcycles lobbed the explosive in front of the cantonment’s Triveni Gate and CCTV footage obtained from the…
INDIA captain Rohit Sharma slammed 56 before spinner Axar Patel’s three-for nine to help his country defeat New Zealand by 73 runs in the third and final T20 international at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, West Bengal, on Sunday (21). The win meant India swept the series 3-0 against the…
ONE OF BRITAIN’S leading wholesale companies won the coveted top award at the Asian Business Awards, hosted by Eastern Eye, on Friday (19). Bestway Group was named Asian Business of the Year at a gala event held at the newly opened Londoner in Leicester Square. Founded by Sir Anwar Pervez…
INDIA'S ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday (20) lashed out at Navjot Singh Sidhu, the president of the Indian National Congress’s unit in the northern state of Punjab, after he reportedly called Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan “bada bhai” (elder brother) during a trip to Kartarpur Sahib, the corridor…
IN the wake of missing two self-imposed deadlines, India’s Reliance Industries Limited has shelved a proposal deal to sell a 20 per cent stake in its oil refinery and petrochemical business to Saudi Aramco for an asking of $15 billion (£11 billion) as the Indian company focuses on new energy…
US CONGRESSMAN Andy Levin on Friday (19) welcomed the Narendra Modi government’s decision to repeal the three contentious farm laws in India against which farmers had been protesting for several months saying they would facilitate the corporates at their expense. Prime minister Modi himself announced on the occasion of 'Gurupurab'…
GOVERNMENT authorities and the top court in India are frantically looking for solutions for the dangerous air quality in Delhi and its adjoining areas which has put human life in peril but for those who earn their day-to-day living on the streets, suggestions like staying indoors are as good as…
INDIA put their T20 World Cup debacle behind fast as they beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the second T20 international at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand on Friday (19) to clinch the three-match series. The final game will be…
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN will transfer power briefly to vice president Kamala Harris on Friday (19) while he is under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy, making her the first woman to hold presidential power in US history. Biden is undergoing his annual physical at the Walter Reed military hospital outside of…
