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New Delhi, Sep 16: Israel carried out heavy overnight bombardments on Gaza City, with reports from US and Israeli media suggesting that ground forces may have launched an operation to seize the city, reports BBC. The strikes also extended to central Gaza, along routes used by civilians fleeing south, where Palestinian officials reported rising casualties. The escalation comes ahead of a long-threatened full-scale invasion of Gaza City, home to hundreds of thousands of people. Local journalists d ...Read More >
DUBAI - India's cricketers refused to shake hands with Pakistan after their first meeting since the conflict between the two nations earlier this year, Pakistan coach Mike Hesson has claimed. India cruised to a seven-wicket victory at the Asia Cup in Dubai, after which captain Suryakumar Yadav and batting partner Shivam Dube immediately left the field rather than shaking hands in the middle, as is the norm. Afterwards, Pakistan's players appeared to walk towards India's dugout when they left t ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 14: The first group of critically ill and injured Palestinian children evacuated from Gaza are expected to arrive in the UK within days for NHS treatment, BBC reported. The operation is being coordinated by the Foreign Office, Home Office and Department of Health. The group is understood to include between 30 and 50 children, some accompanied by family members. The UK government is also working on evacuating Palestinian students with university places in Britain. This marks the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 14: Families of Israeli hostages still held by Hamas have accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being the "one obstacle" to their release and to reaching a ceasefire agreement. In a statement posted on social media, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said Israel's strike in Qatar last week showed that "every time a deal approaches, Netanyahu sabotages it." According to the BBC, Israel targeted senior Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital Doha on Tuesday, killing five m ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 14: Nepal's newly-appointed interim prime minister Sushila Karki has said she will serve in office for no longer than six months, pledging to hand power to a new government after elections scheduled for 5 March next year. "I did not wish for this job. It was after voices from the streets that I was compelled to accept," Karki told reporters in her first public remarks since being sworn in on Friday, according to the BBC. She stressed that her priority was to respond to the deman ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 14: At least 26 Police officers were injured and 24 people arrested during a mass rally led by far-right activist Tommy Robinson in central London on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police said. The "Unite the Kingdom" protest drew an estimated 110,000 people to Whitehall, far exceeding organisers' expectations, while around 5,000 counter-protesters gathered nearby at a Stand Up To Racism demonstration. What began largely peacefully escalated into violent clashes, with some Robinson ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a major development, more than 110,000 people protested against immigration and marched through the United Kingdom's capital, London. In one of the country's biggest right-wing demonstrations, some protesters clashed with the police and wounded at least 26 officers. On Saturday, the violence at the "Unite the Kingdom" march came as police tried to keep the right-wing protesters apart from a group of some 5,000 rival demonstrators gathered at White Hall in central London. Both grou ...Read More >
Television host Rylan Clark has revealed how he genuinely thought he might die whilst shooting a new TV show alongside Robert Rinder. Rylan and Rob travelled to India for their series Rob and Rylan's Passage to India. Following the triumph of BBC programme Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour, which saw them exploring Italy, the duo have returned for a sequel, set to broadcast on Sunday, 14 September. Rylan disclosed how he genuinely feared for his safety during one nerve-wracking incident, whilst Rob d ...Read More >
Trump India Tariffs Impact: US 50% tariffs on Indian exports take effect tomorrow, targeting textiles, seafood, gems, jewellery, and leather. Analysts warn the move could threaten millions of jobs and shave 0.5% off India's GDP. Back in his first term, Donald Trump had first called India as the "tariff king." Now, in his second stint in the White House, he has repeated that often and is now bringing the 50 per cent tariff hit for New Delhi. The order, Executive Order 14329, links the penalty to ...Read More >
Sambalpur, August 25, 2025: IIM Sambalpur, one of the premier management institutions, successfully hosted the national flagship talk show "Ideas Matter Most." The two-day event, with the theme ""Navigating the Intersection of Tech and Entrepreneurship Towards Viksit Bharat @ 2047," witnessed the participation of policymaker, education leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators to deliberate on India's growth trajectory. With a mission to create a platform that champions the transformative power of ...Read More >
Mithun Chakraborty discusses "The Bengal Files", a film about the 1946 Calcutta riots. He expresses concern over the dismissal of truth-based films as propaganda. Chakraborty defends the film's depiction of historical events. He criticizes those targeting the movie before its release. He also addresses the controversy surrounding "The Kerala Story"'s National Award. "The Bengal Files" is a film that speaks about what happened in Bengal in 1946, says veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty who is upset ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) President CS Randhawa on Thursday condemned a media report that claimed that the captain of the Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad last month deliberately cut off fuel to the engines. Captain Randhawa dismissed the claims as baseless and vowed to take action against the publication. Captain CS Randhawa emphasised that the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau's (AAIB) preliminary report makes no mention of the pilots turning off the switch ...Read More >
AHMEDABAD, India - Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, vanished from the skies above Ahmedabad and crashed into a residential neighbourhood just seconds after takeoff on June 12, 2025. With 260 lives lost, including 241 people on board and 19 on the ground, questions continue to surround what went wrong in those brief, chaotic moments. The latest findings from India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) reveal that both engines lost power after the fuel control switches w ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Days after Russian woman Nina Kutina was taken into custody for living in a cave inside the forest near Gokarna with her two daughters, her ex-husband, an Israeli citizen, is demanding shared custody of their daughters."I just want to be able to see my daughters a few times a week and take care of them. My concern is that if they go to Russia now, it will be tougher to keep in touch with them. I wish they could stay in India," Goldstein said on Wednesday.Dror Goldstein, 38, who lives ...Read More >
The fuel switches that were cut off before the Air India plane crash are designed so that this cannot easily "accidentally" happen, an aviation expert has said. The London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into a medical college shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad Airport on June 12, killing 241 people on board. Another 19 other people also died and 67 were seriously injured. A preliminary report from India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, published on Friday, said both of the ...Read More >
Yemen law allows clemency, but victim's kin remain firm on execution Kerala-born nurse Nimisha Priya's life remains on edge with her execution in Yemen, originally slated for July 16, now postponed. However, the victim's family remains unwilling to budge from its stand, insisting on the strict enforcement of Qisas, or retributive justice under Islamic law, presenting a daunting obstacle for her legal and diplomatic appeals. Nimisha Priya was sentenced to death in 2020 for the murder of her Yem ...Read More >
BENGALURU -- Police in India are trying to piece together the story of a Russian woman who was found living in a cave in the southern state of Karnataka with her two young daughters. Nina Kutina was rescued on 9 July by policemen who were on a routine patrol near Ramteertha hills in the Gokarna forest, which borders the tourist paradise of Goa. Authorities say the 40-year-old and her daughters - six and five years old - do not have valid documents to stay in India. They have been lodged in a d ...Read More >
A young woman named Oleti Pushpa (22) was killed by her live-in partner Sheikh Shamma (22) in the Ambedkar Konaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, reported India Today. She was living with Sheikh for the past 6 months after she separated from her spouse. The incident took place in Siddhartha Nagar, B Savaram village of Rajolu mandal on 16th July. Shamma reportedly accused Pushpa of having affairs with other men. He forced her to engage in prostitution and frequently instigated fights with her when ...Read More >
The DGCA is expected to advise airlines using Boeing 787s to inspect the locking mechanism of fuel control switches, in the wake of the Air India crash preliminary report. Amid the ongoing probe with the Air India plane crash, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is likely to instruct airlines to check the locking mechanism of fuel switches, according to CNBC-TV18. The report quoted sources as saying that the DGCA directive would be issued to airlines using Boeing 787 aircraft, and ...Read More >
BENGALURU, July 15 (Reuters) - Air India said on Tuesday it would partially restore its international flight schedule that was scaled back following the crash involving its flight last month that killed 260 people. As part of the restoration, Air India will start a thrice-weekly service between Ahmedabad and London Heathrow from August 1 to September 30, replacing the currently operating five-times-a-week flights between Ahmedabad and London Gatwick. A Boeing 787 Dreamliner bound for London fr ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Friday asked the state govt for its stand on grant of heritage status to Savarkar Sadan building at Shivaji Park, Dadar (W), where late Vinayak Damodar Savarkar resided.Chief Justice Alokh Aradhe and Justice Sandeep Marne heard a PIL by Abhinav Bharat Congress through its president Pankaj Phadnis. It expressed apprehension that prior to the ground-plus-4-storey building being bestowed heritage status, it is likely to be demolished. In Feb 2009, the Mumbai Heritag ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15: In an exclusive interview with the BBC, US President Donald Trump said he is "disappointed but not done" with Russian President Vladimir Putin, following his announcement to send weapons to Ukraine and impose tariffs if a ceasefire isn't reached within 50 days. Asked if he trusts Putin, Trump replied, "I trust almost no-one." He said he had hoped for a peace deal "four different times," but was let down each time. "We're working at it," he said, adding, "Then he'll knock down ...Read More >
DELHI -- Fauja Singh, a British-Indian man believed to be the world's oldest marathon runner, has died after being hit by a car in India at the age of 114. Police say Singh was crossing a road in the village where he was born in Punjab when an unidentified vehicle hit him. Locals took him to hospital, where he died. Singh, a global icon, set records by running marathons across multiple age categories, including when he was over 100. He began running at 89 and ran nine full marathons between 20 ...Read More >
DHARAMSHALA, India - The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, turned 90 on 6 July 2025, celebrating in Dharamshala surrounded by senior Indian politicians, actor Richard Gere, and thousands of exiled Tibetans. This milestone event brought the spotlight back to a long-running dispute between China and India over who will decide the next Dalai Lama. During the celebrations, the Dalai Lama announced that the Gaden Phodrang Trust, his non-profit, would have sole authority over the selection of his succ ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 13: The European Union and Mexico have expressed strong disappointment over US President Donald Trump's threat to impose 30% tariffs on their exports starting August 1, calling the move unfair and disruptive to global trade, BBC News reported. In response to Trump's announcement, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned, "We will take all necessary steps to safeguard EU interests, including the adoption of proportionate countermeasures if required." She emphasize ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 13: At least ten people, including six children, were killed in an Israeli air strike while they were waiting to collect water in central Gaza on Sunday, the BBC reported, quoting emergency service officials. The victims had gathered with jerry cans near a water tanker in the heart of al-Nuseirat refugee camp when the strike occurred. According to eyewitnesses cited by the BBC, an Israeli drone fired a missile at the crowd. "It hit people waiting for water," said one resident, de ...Read More >
ANANTNAG: On the auspicious occasion of Ashad Purnima, the saffron-robed silver mace of Lord Shiva, traditionally known as 'Chhari Mubarak', was ceremoniously taken to Pahalgam for the Bhoomi Pujan ritual, marking the formal commencement of the age-old traditions associated with the annual Amarnath Yatra. Amid the chanting of Vedic hymns, a group of Sadhus led by Swami Mahant Deependra Giri took the Chhari Mubarak from its abode in Srinagar. The holy mace was then taken to Gauri Shankar Temple, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 10: At least three crew members have died and 19 remain missing after Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked a cargo ship and sank in the Red Sea, according to a European naval mission. Six survivors have been rescued so far, reports the BBC. The Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated vessel Eternity C was carrying 25 crew members when it was hit by rocket-propelled grenades launched from small boats. The attack severely damaged the ship, leaving it without propulsion. The assault reportedly ...Read More >
Srinagar, July 9: Audio recordings reviewed by the BBC reportedly implicate Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in ordering a violent crackdown on mass protests in 2024 -- allegations that are now the subject of an ongoing trial. According to United Nations estimates, as many as 1,400 people were killed during the July-August 2024 unrest, when government forces attempted to suppress a nationwide protest movement amid Hasina's disputed hold on power. Now 77, Hasina fled to India fo ...Read More >
England vs India: At the pre-match presser ahead of the second Test at Birmingham, a BBC journalist, named Joe Wilson, threw India's poor stats at the venue to the captain. So, did that motivate him to smash multiple records? While that cannot be said, it is interesting to see that the same journalist has now said that he will never motivate Gill again. ALSO READ: Kohli Hugs Yuvraj; Opens up on Retirement With Witty 'Beard' Reference After the historic win at Edgbaston, an Indian journalist as ...Read More >
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