DPSI Holds 3rd Graduation Ceremony
Tema-based Delhi Public School International (DPSI) has held its third graduation ceremony. The short but colourful ceremony which saw stage drama and music performances from students was only for...
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Akufo-Addo In India For Summit
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Accra on Thursday for New Delhi, India for the International Solar Alliance (ISA) summit. The president is attending the summit at the invitation of...
Death of Jamestown Mantse Officially Announced; New Ngleshi Alata Chief Introduced
A delegation of Chiefs and Queen mothers of Ngleshi Alata Traditional Council on Thursday paid a courtesy call on the President of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs, Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona...
Meet Ghana’s Final Squad For India 2017
The final squad of the Black Starlets have arrived in New Delhi for the India 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 Championship. The team who have been training ahead of the global football tournament...
Sri Lanka Completes Controversial $1 Billion Port Deal With China
Sri Lanka on Saturday sealed a billion-dollar deal to let a Chinese state firm take over a loss-making port in a move that has been opposed by unions and worries the island's neighbours. The...
NBA Superstar Durant Says Indian Basketball Needs A Yao…
NBA behemoth Kevin Durant set a world record in India on Friday but admitted it will take a lot more for basketball to overtake cricket in the country. Durant said that India will have to be patient...
India Frees Frenchwoman Wanted For Chile Assassination
India on Thursday freed Frenchwoman Marie-Emmanuelle Verhoeven, wanted in Chile in connection with the assassination of a senator, and she was put on a plane to France, sources told AFP. The Indian...
Kashmiri Separatists Held For ‘waging War’ Against India
An Indian court ordered Tuesday that seven Kashmiri separatists be held in police custody for allegedly funding militant groups and stoking unrest in the disputed Himalayan region. Federal agents...
India’s Kovind To Be Sworn In As President
Ram Nath Kovind will be sworn in as India's president Tuesday, becoming just the second leader from the oppressed Dalit community to be elected head of state. A former lawyer and state governor,...
India’s Women Cops Take A Stand
All-female police units are shaking up the male-dominated force in conservative northwest India, hitting the streets to combat sex crimes and a pervasive culture of silence around rape. One such...
Tibetan Student Dies After Setting Himself Alight In India
A Tibetan student who self-immolated in an act of protest against Chinese rule in the Himalayan region has died in an Indian hospital, a doctor said Sunday. Tenzin Choeying, 19, succumbed to critical...
NBA Finals MVP Durant To Visit India Next Week
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Kevin Durant will visit India next week, hosting a clinic for 5,000 children, donating two basketball courts to a school and instructing top youth players. Durant...
Riots, Strikes As India Rape Accused Killed In Custody
A man accused of the gang rape and murder of a girl in northern India has been killed in police custody, an official said Thursday, sparking angry riots in the usually tranquil Himalayan region....
India’s Ageing Trains Get Green Makeover With Solar Panels
India has added solar panels to the roof of a train in a national first as it tries to reduce its massive carbon footprint and modernise its vast colonial-era rail network. The lighting, fans and...
Pope Francis Unlikely To Visit India In 2017
Pope Francis is unlikely to visit India and Bangladesh this year as widely expected, a senior church official said Tuesday, with the high-profile visit postponed due to schedule clashes with Prime...
UN Envoy Tells India To Get A Sense of Humour Over Modi Meme
Comedian and UN ambassador Lilly Singh has called on the Indian government to be more tolerant of satire after a popular comedy group was slapped with criminal charges over allegations that they...
UN Envoy Lilly Singh Calls On India To Show Comic Tolerance
Comic and UN ambassador Lilly Singh has called on the Indian government to be more tolerant of satire after a popular comedy group was slapped with criminal charges over allegations that they...
India Defends Shelling After 4 Pakistan Troops Killed
India has defended shelling across a disputed border that allegedly killed four Pakistani soldiers, saying Monday it had the right to retaliate over "ceasefire violations" in the Kashmir region. The...
Pakistan Says India Cross-Border Fire Kills Four Soldiers
Pakistan's military on Sunday accused India of hitting a military vehicle and killing four soldiers in cross-border firing in the disputed Kashmir region. The latest incident between the...
India To Get Head of State From Lowest Caste
India's next president will emerge from the Dalit caste -- a community so marginalised they were once known as "untouchables" -- with the victory of the ruling party candidate set to strengthen Prime...