- Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Friday (2) signed a contract with a manufacturing company to procure 312 coaches for its Phase-IV priority corridors, officials said. The three priority corridors are Majlis Park to Maujpur, Janakpuri West to RK Ashram Marg and Tughlakabad to Delhi Aerocity. "The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation…
All that balding Indian television executive Athar Rasheed wanted was to look handsome and get married. But the 30-year-old's seemingly harmless hair transplant went fatally wrong. Women have been judged on their appearance for millennia, but in an increasingly materialistic Indian society, men are also feeling pressure to look young…
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting, one of the most successful leaders the game has seen, was rushed to hospital after he felt unwell in Perth during his commentary duties in the opening Test between Australia and the West Indies on Friday (2). According to media reports, the 47-year-old Ponting was…
A report from the World Bank has said that Indians are set to receive a whopping $100 billion (£81.4 billion) in remittances in 2022, marking the first time a single nation has achieved such a number. The rise was caused by increase in wages and robust labour markets in the…
India is speaking to both sides in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the country's permanent representative at the UN ambassador Ruchira Kamboj has said, asserting that New Delhi's position has not been "passive" on the war. The president of the Security Council for December said India has taken the side of peace…
England piled up a mammoth 657 runs before being all out Friday on the second day of the first Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi. Resuming at 506-4, the tourists added 151 runs in 125 minutes, with Harry Brook taking his overnight score of 101 to 153 -- one of four…
Surrounded by deer and antelopes, Ghevar Ram caressed an injured fawn at a rescue centre run by India's Bishnoi community, who have been fighting to protect the environment for more than 500 years. Ram, a member of the Hindu sect, has devoted his life to animals, bringing those in distress…
While ballots were still counted in the parliamentary elections in the Himalayan democracy of Nepal that were held on November 20, it is visible that the six-party pre-poll alliance led by prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's Nepali Congress and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) led by former prime…
Indian actor and former parliamentarian Paresh Rawal has courted controversy by making a remark on Bengalis while campaigning for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the ongoing election in the western state of Gujarat. He later apologised. The 72-year-old made his controversial remark while taking a dig at the…
India and Israel are natural allies who are united by a fundamental commitment to the democratic ideals upon which they were founded, Israeli president Isaac Herzog has said, as he made a rare appearance at an exhibition in Jerusalem featuring Indian deities and temple rituals. Herzog attended a cultural event…
