- Sunday, May 19, 2024
VAUGHAN GETHING, the first minister of Wales, joined an event of the Indian government to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colour and love, at Cardiff Castle on Sunday, April 28. The 50-year-old, who took the office in March succeeded Mark Drakeford, enjoyed the occasion and was drenched in bright…
WEEKS after a firing incident took place outside his residence in the western Indian city of Mumbai, veteran Bollywood actor Salman Khan flew to London recently and pictures of his visit were shared on social media by Barry Gardiner MP. The 58-year-old actor was seen conversing with the British parliamentarian…
KEY KNOCKS by Jonny Bairstow and Rilee Rossouw helped Punjab Kings to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over defending champions Chennai Super Kings in the IPL on Wednesday (1). Chasing 163 for victory, Punjab depended on Bairstow's 46 and 43 by Rossouw to achieve victory with 13 balls to spare at…
THE race to pick the new mayor of London intensified 48 hours before the election on May 2 with a poll showing incumbent Sadiq Khan taking a lean lead over Susan Hall. In fact, Khan's lead over his Conservative opponent was at its narrowest since their campaigns began. According to…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Wednesday, May 1, 2024: The Vedanta Group is aiming to invest $20 billion (£16 billion) across all its businesses in India over the next four years, its chairman Anil Agarwal said on Wednesday. The group will sell the steel…
INVESTMENTS worth more than NRs nine billion (£54.4 million) have been approved for four projects in Nepal as a key investment summit, which witnessed the participation of hundreds of investors from various countries, including India, concluded in Kathmandu on Monday (29). Prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ Sunday (28) inaugurated…
TARUN GHULATI, London's Indian-origin candidate for mayor in the local elections on Thursday (2), has said the brutal sword attack on the streets of the city in which a 14-year-old boy lost his life, has strengthened his resolve that the British capital needs a crime fighter to lead it. On…
NOTHING could have been more ironic than the fact that the Indian National Congress, India's major opposition party, is yet to finalise candidates from two of its historical bastions -- Amethi and Rae Bareli -- in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Workers and supporters of the party, which is…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (1) greeted the people of the two western states of Maharashtra and Gujarat on the occasion of their statehood day. Both the states were carved out of the erstwhile Bombay State on May 1, 1960, after the Bombay Reorganisation Act came into effect…
INDIAN students in the US and their families back home were feeling increasingly worried and uncertain with protests and disruptions escalating at several universities in America surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict. According to a report by the Economic Times, the Indian students in the US have faced various challenges in recent…
