DUBAI — The ICC has announced that Scotland will replace Bangladesh at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. It was formally announced on Saturday that Bangladesh will no longer compete in the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) refused to participate in the tournament per the published match […]
NEW DELHI — India on Wednesday asked all its nationals currently residing in Iran to leave by available means as the security situation in the country deteriorated further in view of massive anti-government protests and a crackdown on the demonstrators. New Delhi has also strongly advised its nationals to avoid travelling to Iran. The protests […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said BJP leaders like Union minister Giriraj Singh want to make India a ‘Kaurav Rajya’ where women are disrespected. “India is a secular country. It is the country of (Mahatma) Gandhi, who laid down his life for secularism. But leaders like Giriraj Singh want to […]
HYDERABAD/JEDDAH — At least 45 Indians, majority of them Umrah pilgrims from Telangana capital Hyderabad, were killed in Saudi Arabia’s Madina after their bus collided with an oil tanker, officials said on Monday. Citing preliminary information, Hyderabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar put the toll at 45, saying a total of 54 persons from the […]
EKTA NAGAR (GUJARAT) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a sharp attack on country’s first premier Jawaharlal Nehru, claiming he prevented Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel from fully integrating Kashmir into the Indian Union. Addressing the national celebrations on the occasion of Sardar Patel’s 150th birth anniversary at the Statue of Unity in Ekta Nagar, […]
UNITED NATIONS — Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said his country was ready for a “composite, comprehensive and result-oriented” dialogue with India on all outstanding issues, as he criticised New Delhi over the situation in Kashmir. In his address to the General Debate of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, Sharif […]
UNITED NATIONS — China and India are the “primary funders” of the Ukraine war by continuing to purchase Russian oil, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (September 23, 2025) in his address to the UN General Assembly. The Trump administration has imposed an additional 25% tariff on New Delhi as a penalty for its […]
UNITED NATIONS — India has abstained in the UN General Assembly from a vote on a draft resolution that demanded an “immediate, unconditional and permanent” ceasefire in Gaza. The 193-member UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to adopt the resolution introduced by Spain that demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire, to be respected by all […]
NEW DELHI — Pakistan has handed over a BSF jawan, Purnam Kumar Shaw, who was in their custody since April 23, through the joint check post at Attari in Amritsar. Shaw was handed over to Indian authorities at 10:30 am today (May 14) following established protocols. “Today BSF Jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw, who had been […]
NEW DELHI — India on Wednesday rejected China’s move to rename 27 locations in Arunachal Pradesh, saying such “vain and preposterous” actions will not change the reality of the state being an integral and inalienable part of the country. On May 11, China’s civil affairs ministry renamed 27 places in Arunachal Pradesh, including 15 mountains, […]