- Saturday, May 11, 2024
THE Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by prime minister Narendra Modi has been found to be making confident claims of returning to power in this year's general elections with an even stronger mandate. The BJP and its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) are looking for their third successive term…
AN INDIAN-ORIGIN Sikh builder, who was also the chief of a gurdwara the locality, was shot dead in Edmonton, Canada, on Monday (8). The 49-year-old Boota Singh Gill, owner of Gill Built Homes luxury home-building firm, was targeted at a construction site linked to his business. Another person aged 57…
THE Indian Supreme Court on Wednesday (10) unravelled its fury on yoga guru Ramdev and Balkrishna, managing director of Patanjali Ayurved, a multinational conglomerate, refusing to accept their "unconditional and unqualified apology" in the form of affidavits over publishing "misleading" advertisements, saying they did so when "caught on the wrong…
KHALISTAN separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannu has made the headlines again, this time for uploading an intimidating video targeting Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and a few of his top ministers and a former intelligence official, saying his group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) will challenge them "right in their own…
FOR any developing economy, especially if it is one of the fastest growing ones, building the transport infrastructure is a key priority. In India, the world’s seventh largest country, the railways constitute an important pillar of transport infrastructure. Laid down by the former British colonisers nearly two centuries ago, the…
THE year-long strike to see improvement in the pay scale of senior National Health Service (NHS) consultants has concluded, the Indian-origin chairperson of the British Medical Association’s (BMA) Consultants Committee announced on April 5. The confirmation came after the NHS doctors accepted the government’s pay offer. Dr Vishal Sharma, the…
AN INDIAN-ORIGIN man has been arrested on charges of robbery and possession of a fake gun, Scotland Yard announced on Monday (8). The arrest of Ravinder Kahlon, the prime suspect in the case, took place at his residence following the robbery at the Post Office on Brabazon Road, Hounslow, on…
INDIAN B2B private sector organisations have upped the ante for CEOs, revealing the data of a recent Deloitte survey on executive performance and rewards. The report has revealed that the average CEO compensation in India has reached Rs 13.8 crore (£1.3 million), seeing a 40 per cent rise compared to…
TWO Indians were among five people who died in a fire that broke out in a residential building in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates on April 4. Khaleej Times reported after the kin of the deceased and social workers confirmed their identities. One of the two Indians who perished…
PEOPLE of many parts of the United States of America will be in luck as the total solar eclipse will pass across the nation on Monday (8). At the Texas-Mexico border, the totality of the solar eclipse is said to last the longest -- 4 minutes 27 seconds. While space…