• Monday, May 05, 2025

Edgbaston Test: Virat Kohli gives a flying kiss but not…

WHILE India cemented their position in the high-profile rescheduled fifth Test against England at Edgbaston, thanks to couple of incredible knocks from Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja on the first morning, the focus on the third day of the game came back on Virat Kohli, the former India captain who…

Modi’s office gets into act as India’s yawning trade deficit…

INDIA'S widening trade deficit has left financial policymakers worried and now, the prime minister’s office (PMO) has got into action to address the issue, Moneycontrol reported citing informed sources. The Indian rupee is fast depreciating against the American dollar and commodity prices have remained high. In this situation, the Narendra…

Tata Power signs MoU with Tamil Nadu to set up…

INDIAN electricity-generation company Tata Power has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to invest approximately Rs 3,000 crore (£313 million) for setting up a greenfield 4 gigawatts solar cell and 4 gigawatts solar module manufacturing. The plant would be…

Pakistan terrorist in Modi’s BJP? Netizens react: ‘Two Muslim terrorist…

INDIA'S ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which found itself troubled by the news that one of the two most-wanted Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists captured in Reasi district of the northern Indian union territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday (3) was in charge of the party’s minority information technology (IT)…

New Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde wins trust vote

EKNATH Shinde, the current chief minister of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, on Monday (4) overcame a major hurdle by proving his government’s majority in the legislative assembly. The development capped two weeks of political drama which split the Shiv Sena, Shinde’s party, and brought down the government of…

Women’s hockey World Cup: India eye first win as they…

THEIR defensive prowess on display in the 1-1 draw against Olympic bronze medallist England, India would look to plug holes in the attacking department and register their first win of the women's hockey World Cup in their second game against China here on Tuesday (5). The Indians produced a superlative…

At least 15, including schoolchildren, killed as bus falls into…

AT LEAST 15 people, many of whom were schoolchildren, were killed after a bus fell into a gorge in Kullu in India’s Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh on Monday (4) morning. Many were injured. The death toll was expected to rise more. Kullu deputy commissioner Ashutosh Garg said the ill-fated…

India tighten noose around England at Edgbaston as Cheteshwar Pujara…

CHETESHWAR Pujara's typically gritty fifty left England facing a tough chase to beat India in the Covid-delayed fifth Test after Jonny Bairstow's latest hundred delighted home fans at Edgbaston on Sunday (3). India, 2-1 up in the five-match campaign, were 125-3 in their second innings at stumps on the third…

Rajasthan Hindu beheading: Two masterminds arrested, say police

INDIAN police made fresh arrests in the case of the murder of a Hindu tailor in Rajasthan, an incident that stoked unease between the Hindu majority and Muslim minority, leading to a clampdown on protests and the internet to prevent tensions escalating. Three senior police officials claimed on Saturday that…

Vikram Doraiswami, who helped Kia Motors enter India, is new…

INDIAN ambassador to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami is likely to take over as the country’s new envoy to the UK, the Hindustan Times reported. Doraiswamy, who is a 1992-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is a Chinese speaker and has served as New Delhi’s envoy to Uzbekistan and South Korea. He has…