Bengaluru: Indian men’s hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh on Tuesday said the upcoming Asian Champions Trophy in Chennai will be a “litmus test” for the side ahead of the Asian Games to be held in September-October later this year. The seventh edition of the Asian Champions Trophy is scheduled to be held from August 3 to…
New Delhi: Passenger vehicle leaders Maruti Suzuki India and Hyundai Motor saw their market share dip in FY23 as compared with FY22 as they struggled with shortage of electronic components, according to automobile dealers’ body FADA. Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra and Kia India on the other hand witnessed an increase in their market share based…
New Delhi: Nearly 6,800 acres have been acquired by real estate developers and investors for more than USD 12.2 billion during 2018-22 period to construct greenfield realty projects, according to property consultant CBRE India. The consultant released a report ‘Indian Real Estate – Betting on a Capital Future’ on Tuesday. “The land acquisition space has…
Washington: A multi-agency investigation has led to the arrest of 17 people, mostly members of the local Sikh community, in connection with 11 shootings, including one at a Gurdwara in Sacramento, and have seized assault weapons in a series of raids carried out over 20 places, authorities have announced. Law enforcement officials in Northern California on…
Islamabad: The heads of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Military Intelligence (MI) met Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial and two other top judges for more than three hours and briefed them on the security issues facing Pakistan, amidst a tussle between the government and the apex court over holding snap elections in the politically crucial…
Peshawar: A massive landslide struck a key highway near the Torkham border town in northwestern Pakistan that killed at least two Afghan citizens, injured eight others and buried some 20 trucks on Tuesday morning, according to a media report. The landslide occurred in the early hours of Tuesday following a strong thunderstorm on the main road…
Melbourne: At least five Australian universities have placed bans or restrictions on students from some Indian states, amidst a surge in fraudulent applications from South Asia seeking to work – not study – in this country, according to a media report. Australia is on track for its biggest-ever annual intake of Indian students, topping 2019’s…
Kathmandu: Baljeet Kaur, a 27-year-old prominent Indian woman climber was found alive on Tuesday, a day after she went missing near Camp IV of Mt Annapurna while descending from the summit point, an official of the expedition organiser said. An aerial search team located Kaur, who scaled the world’s 10th highest peak without using supplemental oxygen…
London: A number of Indian diaspora organisations in the UK have issued letters objecting to the creation of a new cross-party parliamentary group for British Gujaratis, warning that the move could be “divisive”. The British Gujaratis All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) was registered as a new body with the stated purpose “to ensure that the economic,…
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will probe the case of protests and attempt to vandalise the Indian High Commission in London last month, officials said on Tuesday. The NIA will take over the case from the special cell of the Delhi Police which had registered a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act…
