- Saturday, May 03, 2025
THE diplomatic row between India and the UK over the Covid-19 quarantine rules has now affected the sporting arena as the Asian nation on Tuesday (5) pulled its men’s and women’s hockey teams from the Commonwealth Games (CWG) to be held in Birmingham next year. Hockey India announced the decision…
THE government of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday (6) gave permission to Indian National Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to visit Lakhimpur Kheri where eight people died in violence on Sunday (3). Sources earlier said that a five-member delegation of the Congress led…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (6) praised the liberalised drone policy of the country and said it will benefit those living in the country’s remote areas. “Recently, many policy decisions were taken so that farmers, patients, people living in remote areas get maximum benefits from drone technology,” Modi…
A POST office in West Houston in the American state of Texas has been renamed after Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, an Indian-American Sikh police officer who died after being shot multiple times from behind while doing his duty in September 2019. Dhaliwal, who was the Harris County sheriff’s deputy and a…
SN SABAT, additional director general (ADG), Lucknow Zone, on Wednesday (6) said the police cannot conclude anything on the basis of one video and said more evidence is being probed in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident of Sunday (3). “The viral video may prove as evidence in the incident but we…
FORMER Indian National Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (6) alleged that farmers of the country were being “systematically attacked” and there is “dictatorship” in India now with politicians not being allowed to visit the northern state of Uttar Pradesh to meet the kin of the victims of the Lakhimpur…
AFTER their top-class show with the bat against Chennai Super Kings the other night in Abu Dhabi, supporters of Rajasthan Royals were hopeful of a turnaround by Sanju Samson’s side in the remaining games of the league stage. But the Royals produced one of their worst performances with the bat…
THE ruling BJP on Tuesday (5) registered a landslide victory in Gujarat's Gandhinagar municipal corporation (GMC) elections by winning 41 seats out of 44. Following the victory of the party, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi expressed gratitude towards the people saying that it has reaffirmed the deep-rooted bond between the…
THE West Midlands India Partnership (WMIP) has come up with a new strategy to better links between the English region and India. Titled ‘Stronger Together’, the strategy of the region’s official engagement body aims at enhancing collaboration in science and education and increasing two-way trade and investment within the West…
US DEPUTY secretary of state Wendy Sherman on Tuesday (5) arrived in New Delhi to review India-US bilateral agenda and discuss regional and global issues with the Indian leadership. During her visit till Thursday (7), Sherman will hold talks with India’s external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and national security advisor…
