Kolkata: national industry association A key accused in the Bangar bomb blast in Bangladesh in March, which killed one person and seriously injured three others, was arrested on Sunday. The explosion occurred in Dakshin Bamunia village in Bhangar district. The accused, identified as Ahidul Islam Molla from South 24 Parganas, was produced before the court … Read more
Bharatiya Janata Party Chairman Nitin Nabin (second from right) welcomes Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Mittal and others to join the Bharatiya Janata Party New Delhi: Union Congress president CP Radhakrishnan has formally accepted the merger of seven AAP MPs with the Bharatiya Janata Party, taking the party’s tally to 113 in the 245-member upper … Read more
Bengaluru: Special NIA court on Monday convicted Muhammad SharikThe main accused in the 2022 Mangaluru pressure cooker blast case has been sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 94,000 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and IPC. Sharik pleaded guilty in December last year and is currently lodged in Bengaluru Central Jail. … Read more
India and China flags New Delhi: India and China remain in touch on strengthening cooperation under the BRICS mechanism, with Beijing supporting India’s continued chairmanship of the BRICS mechanism and the Indian government appreciating China’s support for events hosted by India under the mechanism. Chinese special envoy Zhai Jun, who attended the West Asia Conference … Read more
Vikram Misri (file photo) New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri is likely to travel to Nepal next month in what will be the first high-level bilateral visit since the new government led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah took office. Although Nepali media reports said the visit could take place on May 11-12, official sources said … Read more
Mumbai: A feast turned into a tragedy on Saturday night when four members of a family – two sisters and their parents – died within hours of eating watermelon. Police said that while five other relatives shared the biryani-pulao with them at 10.30 pm and did not report any symptoms, only four consumed the fruit … Read more
Thane: A man shows off a sticker as the Maharashtra government plans to make it mandatory for autorickshaw and taxi drivers in Thane to speak Marathi. (Press Trust photo) Mumbai: Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik on Monday shelved the decision to cancel the licenses and permits of auto and taxi drivers from May 1 for … Read more
Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari KOLKATA: The decisive match of the Bengal battlefield is being played out at Bhowanipore in south Kolkata, where CM Mamata Banerjee She will face former BJP aide Suvendu Adhikari in an election rematch that will have far greater consequences than when she narrowly lost to him in Nandigram in 2021. For … Read more
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a roadshow in Kolkata’s Behala to support BJP candidates Indranil Khan (Behala Paschim) and Shankar Sikdar (Behala Purba) for the West Bengal Assembly elections. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav) New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Wrapping up his Bengal poll campaign on Monday, he asked people to vote … Read more
AAP MLA Mehraj Malik (PTI Photo/File) Jammu: The J&K High Court on Monday quashed the detention of Mehraj Malik, the lone AAP MP in the Union Territory Assembly, under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) and directed the authorities to release him immediately.Justice Mohd Yousuf Wani gave relief to the Doda East MLA’s remarks, saying … Read more