- Sunday, May 19, 2024
POLLING was conducted in 88 parliamentary constituencies in the second phase of India's general elections on Friday (26) amid a heated political ambience and according to sources in the country's Election Commission, a little over 64 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the latest phase. It is less than…
AVANI DIAS, the South Asia correspondent for Australia’s national broadcaster has been compelled to exit India following clashes with the country's Narendra Modi government over her reporting, highlighting the mounting challenges faced by journalists in the south Asian nation in the times of the leader with Hindu nationalist leanings. According…
INDIA pace bowler Mohammed Shami, who had a terrific outing with the bowl in the 50-over cricket World Cup at home last year, on Friday (26) cast his ballot in the national elections in Amroha in his home state of Uttar Pradesh. After voting, the 33-year-old cricketer urged citizens to…
AN Indian-origin student studying at a prestigious university in the US has been arrested and barred from the campus for taking part in pro-Palestine protests. Achinthya Sivalingan, who was born in Coimbatore in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu and raised in Columbus, is a student of the Princeton…
US AMBASSADOR Eric Garcetti on Friday (26) said in New Delhi that America is a safe country which "cares deeply" for the well-being of Indian students who have gone to pursue education. He assured the students' parents that "their children are our children" when they are in the US. Garcetti…
A NUMBER of prominent Indian citizens from the southern city of Bengaluru on Friday (26) cast their ballots as the country went into the second phase of its 2024 general elections. Among them were Narayana Murthy, co-founder of Indian IT giant Infosys; his wife and parliamentarian Sudha Murty; and former…
INDIAN spinners Karn Sharma and Swapnil Singh took four key wickets to help IPL's lowest-ranked Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs in Hyderabad on Thursday (25). Earlier, Faf du Plessis-led RCB won the toss and scored a par 206-7, setting a 207 run target for Hyderabad's in-form…
HERE are news in brief on Indian economy and business for Thursday, April 25, 2024: In little over a year, Air India and IndiGo have announced plans to purchase up to 170 wide-body planes as they bet on ambitious expansion and efforts also continue to make India a global aviation…
TATA STEEL UK on Thursday (25) confirmed its decision to proceed with the closure of two old blast furnaces as part of a £1.25-billion investment to transition to a state-of-the-art Electric Arc Furnace at its Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales. Since the plan was announced earlier this year, the…
ON Friday (26), the second phase of India's mammoth national elections will be held and while 88 constituencies in 13 states and Union Territories will vote in this phase, all eyes will be particularly on the southern states of Kerala and Karnataka where some big names are contesting. While all…
