India v Australia: Will it be the final curtain for India’s icons?
India v Australia: Will it be the final curtain for India’s icons?

The Border-Gavaskar test series between Australia and India, which starts in Perth on Friday, pits the two best teams in red-ball cricket against each other. The last four series between these two countries have been compelling, making it the pre-eminent rivalry in test cricket today. This...

It’s one we need to tick off: Hazlewood
It’s one we need to tick off: Hazlewood

Pacer Josh Hazlewood acknowledged that while Australia triumphed over India to claim the World Test Championship 2023 Final, winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after a decade was still a top priority for the team, according to ICC reports. When Australia last bested India in a Test series, Josh...

24 Bangladeshis return after 2-year jail term in India
24 Bangladeshis return after 2-year jail term in India

Twenty-four Bangladeshi nationals, including 11 women, have returned home through Benapole check post after completing a two-year prison sentence in India. On Wednesday night, they were handed over to Bangladesh immigration authorities at Benapole, reports UNB. According to the police, they...

Nokia wins “multi-billion” dollar deal in India
Nokia wins “multi-billion” dollar deal in India

Finnish telecom equipment supplier Nokia (nokia.he), opens new tab on Wednesday said it had won a multi-billion dollar deal with Indias Bharti Airtel for delivery of 4G and 5G equipment, reports Reuters. Sources familiar with the talks told the media last month Nokia and Bharti were nearing a...

India to send 5,000 extra troops to quell Manipur unrest
India to send 5,000 extra troops to quell Manipur unrest

India will deploy an extra 5,000 paramilitary troops to quell unrest in Manipur, authorities said Tuesday, a week after 16 people were killed in fresh clashes in the troubled state, reports BSS. Manipur in Indias northeast has been rocked by periodic clashes for more than 18 months between the...

SpaceX launches India’s most advanced satellite
SpaceX launches India’s most advanced satellite

Indias most advanced communication satellite GSAt-N2was launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral in the US and successfully placed into desired orbit. The satellite will provide broadband services in remote areas, reports the Daily Sun. Indian Space Research Organizations commercial arm NSIL...

Manipur BJP MLAs want centre to ban Kuki militants
Manipur BJP MLAs want centre to ban Kuki militants

Manipurs ruling alliance MLAs passed a resolution Monday, urging the centre to declare the Kuki militants as an unlawful organisation, reports The Hindu. In the wake of the killing of six Metai women and children in Jiribam district, they made the urge to the centre. In the resolution they...

AR Rahman to pay tribute to legend Lata Mangeshkar
AR Rahman to pay tribute to legend Lata Mangeshkar

The 55th edition of the prestigious International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will kick off on Thursday in Goa, with one of the key events being Oscar winning composer AR Rahman paying tribute to late Lata Mangeshkar as part of a memorial talk on the legendary singer, reports NDTV. Giving...

Amir Khan having joint therapy with daughter Ira
Amir Khan having joint therapy with daughter Ira

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, who is prioritising his relationship with family at this phase of life, revealed that he and daughter Ira have been undergoing therapy sessions jointly to fix their inter-personal problems, reports NDTV. In a recent video shared by Netflix India, Aamir, along with...

I’m confident but not thinking too much: Rishad on IPL
I’m confident but not thinking too much: Rishad on IPL

Bangladesh leg spinner Rishad Hossain said on Sunday that he is confident of getting a team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) but not losing his sleep over it. Rishad and 11 others from the country were named in the final auction list of the upcoming edition of IPL, starting next year....

Curfew reimposed in Manipur, no internet in 7 districts
Curfew reimposed in Manipur, no internet in 7 districts

Authorities in Manipur of India reimposed a curfew in the Imphal valley and suspended internet in at least seven districts on Saturday amid simmering tensions over the abduction of six members of a Meitei family and the subsequent recovery of three unidentified bodies, even as the state government...

US returns over 1400 stolen antiquities to India
US returns over 1400 stolen antiquities to India

The United States has returned more than 1,400 looted artifacts worth $10 million to India as part of an ongoing initiative to repatriate stolen art from countries across South and Southeast Asia, reports CNN. The Manhattan District Attorneys office made the announcement on Wednesday (November...

Fire breaks out in Northern India hospital ward, claims lives of 10 newborn babies
Fire breaks out in Northern India hospital ward, claims lives of 10 newborn babies

A devastating fire broke out in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a hospital in northern India, tragically claiming the lives of 10 newborn babies and injuring 16 others, according to authorities. The blaze occurred late Friday night at a hospital in Jhansi, located in the Uttar Pradesh...

2 Indian citizens among 7 held in Rangamati
2 Indian citizens among 7 held in Rangamati

Seven individuals including two Indian nationals have been detained by the members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) from a speedboat in Barkal Launch ghat in Rangamati district, reports UNB. Tipped off, a team of BGB-45 conducted a drive at a Rangamati-bound speedboat from Choto Harina area...

India need not worry about minorities — Nahid Islam tells BBC Hindi
India need not worry about minorities — Nahid Islam tells BBC Hindi

In an interview aired on Thursday by BBC Hindi, Nahid Islam, the Adviser for Information and Broadcasting in Bangladeshs interim government, addressed concerns raised by India regarding the safety of minorities in Bangladesh and recent communal tensions. Nahid Islam, a key figure in the government,...

Dhaka expresses discontent over Hasina's use of mobile phones and giving statements from India
Dhaka expresses discontent over Hasina's use of mobile phones and giving statements from India

The interim government is not taking a good view of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinas use of mobile phone to talk with the partymen or making statements after fleeing to Indiain the face of the students movement. In a briefing on Thursday, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

Kolkata-Bound flight makes emergency landing in Raipur following bomb threat
Kolkata-Bound flight makes emergency landing in Raipur following bomb threat

A Kolkata-bound IndiGo flight carrying 187 passengers and six crew members made an emergency landing at Raipur Airport on Thursday morning after a bomb threat was reported, according to police sources. The aircraft, en route from Nagpur to Kolkata, was diverted to Raipur after a bomb threat was...

Indian python rescued in Gazaria, Munshiganj
Indian python rescued in Gazaria, Munshiganj

A large Indian python was rescued from a fishermans net in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj district on Wednesday, reports BSS. The python was found in a wetland behind Miajibari in the Puran Baushia Dakhinpara area of the upazila. Local people managed to safely place the snake in a sack and...

India engages in conspiracy against Bangladesh: Fakhrul
India engages in conspiracy against Bangladesh: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has accused India of engaging in hatching conspiracy against Bangladesh as the mastermind of fascism is now staying in the neighbouring country, reports UNB. There is a danger over our heads. We cant endure any further disaster at this moment. We...

India will allow Musk's Starlink to operate if passes security checks
India will allow Musk's Starlink to operate if passes security checks

Elon Musks satellite internet service Starlink will be granted permission to operate in India after complying with security regulations, local media reported on Tuesday. The potential launch of Starlink with its network of low Earth orbit satellites capable of providing internet to remote and...

Death threat to SRK: Mumbai police arrest lawyer
Death threat to SRK: Mumbai police arrest lawyer

According to Indian media, Mumbai police has arrested Faizan Khan, a lawyer from Chhattisgarh, on Tuesday for allegedly issuing a death threat and demanding INR 5 million from Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, reports the Dawn. Faizan, who lives in Raipur, was arrested from his home after a...

New report suggests India’s adoption of AI technologies surpasses global average
New report suggests India’s adoption of AI technologies surpasses global average

New research from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) reveals that 30% of Indian companies are maximizing value through the use of emerging AI technologies. This highlights Indias strong adoption of artificial intelligence, positioning it ahead of the global average in leveraging these innovations for...

Trial begins for rape and murder of junior doctor in India’s Kolkata
Trial begins for rape and murder of junior doctor in India’s Kolkata

A court in West Bengal began the trial on Monday of a police volunteer accused of raping and killing a doctor at a government hospital in August. The case has sparked outrage over the lack of safety for women in India. The womans body was found in a classroom at the R.G. Kar Medical College and...

Pakistan legends fume over India's Champions Trophy stand
Pakistan legends fume over India's Champions Trophy stand

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday initiated talks with senior government officials to discuss future course of action after ICC conveyed to PCB about Indias unwillingness to tour the country for next years Champions Trophy, reports NDTV. The PCB confirmed that it...

India win over South Africa in first T20
India win over South Africa in first T20

Sanju Samson became only the fourth batter to score consecutive hundreds in Twenty20 international cricket when he backstopped Indias 61-run win over South Africa on Friday, reports UNB. Samson scored 107 runs off 50 balls and led India to 202-8. Wrist spinners Varun Chakravarthy and Ravi...

Kapil Dev delivers strong message to India batsmen following New Zealand defeat
Kapil Dev delivers strong message to India batsmen following New Zealand defeat

The Indian cricket teams batsmen have faced intense criticism following their 0-3 whitewash in the recently concluded Test series against New Zealand. The Indian cricket teams batsmen have faced significant criticism after suffering a 0-3 whitewash in the recently concluded Test series against...

Ponting foresees India's "Collapse" in Australia
Ponting foresees India's "Collapse" in Australia

India is currently facing a challenging period in cricket. For the first time in their history, Virat Kohlis team was whitewashed in a three-match Test series at home, losing to New Zealand. Following that series, Rohit Sharmas team is now uncertain about their chances in the final of the World...

Modi congratulates Trump on 'historic election victory'
Modi congratulates Trump on 'historic election victory'

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Donald Trump for a historic election victory Wednesday, adding that he was looking forward to working with the vote frontrunner. Heartiest congratulations my friend @realDonaldTrump on your historic election victory, Modi wrote on social media...