- Monday, May 05, 2025
IGOR Stimac warned that Indian football is a decade behind Asia's best and threatened to quit as national coach unless there are "drastic" changes. The 54-year-old Croat, who played in the Premier League with West Ham and Derby, was appointed in 2019 by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). But…
THE United States on Thursday (16) condemned remarks by Indian ruling party officials about the Prophet Mohammed that have sparked an uproar in Muslim countries. "We condemn the offensive comments made by two BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) officials and we were glad to see that the party publicly condemns those…
INDIA'S first-ever girl Panchayat, "Balika Panchayat", which was started in several villages of Gujarat's Kutch district, aims to promote the social and political development of the girls and ensure their active participation of girls in politics. This is a unique initiative of the Women and Child Development Welfare department of…
PAKISTAN'S foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday (16) made a strong pitch for re-engaging with India, saying cutting ties with New Delhi would not serve the country's interests as Islamabad was already “internationally isolated and disengaged.” Addressing the Founding Day ceremony at the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad, Bilawal…
FUNDS parked by Indian individuals and firms in Swiss banks, including through India-based branches and other financial institutions, jumped to a 14-year-high of 3.83 billion Swiss francs or CHF (over Rs 30,500 crore or £3 billion) in 2021 on a sharp surge in holdings via securities and similar instruments while…
KL RAHUL, one of India’s premier batters, is set to miss the upcoming tour of England due to a groin injury and will fly instead to Germany for treatment. Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Jay Shah confirmed to Cricbuzz on Thursday (16) that the board was working…
INDIAN sports authorities have told female coaches to chaperone women athletes on tour after a sexual harassment scandal shook the country's elite cycling community. Top sprint team coach RK Sharma was sacked last week after an unnamed cyclist said he had attempted to "forcefully" coerce her into sex during a…
IN an attempt to resist detention during the opposition Indian National Congress's protest over the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons to former party president Rahul Gandhi, leader and former union minister Renuka Chowdhury on Thursday (16) held a policeman by his collar while being taken away by other police personnel in…
MEN must stop excluding women from peace talks around the world, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Wednesday (15), warning that in conflicts such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine the situation is actually "going backwards." The UN secretary-general said the lack of female representation in such negotiations from Ukraine to Afghanistan,…
HINDI, one of India’s major languages, made history this month as a school in New Zealand became the first in the island-nation start a “Hindi bilingual class”. According to a report in the Indian Weekender, a community-centric website that caters to the Indian diaspora in New Zealand, the Papatoetoe North…
