KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: Travel to and from Dhaka, less than an hour away from Kolkata by air, was grounded Monday after a six-hour airport shutdown triggered by the upheaval in the Bangladesh capital set the stage for a spate of cancellations by airlines and left flyers bracing for the long haul.Indian Railways, too, extended the suspension…
NEW DELHI: Sheikh Hasina, who landed at Hindon airbase near Ghaziabad hours after fleeing Dhaka, is not sure about her next destination and may stay here for a few days.Sources said Hasina, the longest-tenured female head of government in the world, has got relatives in London, the US as well as Singapore, but has not…
DHAKA: Bangladesh‘s embattled PM Sheikh Hasina (76) on Monday resigned and fled the country following more than a month of deadly demonstrations that began as protests against job quotas swelled into a movement precipitating the end of her 15-year rule.A source close to her told AFP her security team, gauging the mood on the ground,…
NEW DELHI: It turned out to be a gloomy day for India at the Paris Olympics with a series of near misses in badminton, shooting, and wrestling. Lakshya Sen missed a bronze medal in badminton while Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka fell short in the skeet mixed team event in shooting. Wrestler Nisha…
SRINAGAR: A joint team of security forces arrested three terror associates in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district Monday and seized a cache of arms and ammunition — including an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) — from them, police said.The trio — Dawood Ahmad Dar, Imtiyaz Ahmad Reshi, and Shahid Ahmad Dar, all residents of Hassanpora Tavela —…
White House senior adviser, Gene Sperling is leaving his current job role to join Vice President Kamala Harris‘ campaign team as the Democrats intensify their efforts to challenge Donald Trump on policy matters in the upcoming November election.Sperling will assume the position of senior economic adviser to Harris’ policy team, according to a White House…
The hurried and rather unceremonious departure of Sheikh Hasina from Bangladesh hasn’t just wrong-footed the Indian government but also left it faced with possibly the biggest foreign policy challenge in the neighbourhood in recent times, one which might make the storm in ties with the Maldives this year look like a walk in the park….
NEW DELHI: Just when India was poised to take its traditionally good defence-military ties with Bangladesh on a sharp upward trajectory in a bid to stem China’s major strategic inroads into the country, the fleeing of Sheikh Hasina from her country on Monday has injected an air of uncertainty into the entire equation. Bangladesh Army…
To mark India’s Independence Day, Amazon India has unveiled the eagerly anticipated Great Freedom Festival, scheduled from August 6th to August 11th, 2024. This six-day shopping event promises exceptional deals across a diverse array of products, including smartphones, consumer electronics, large appliances, and televisions. Customers can look forward to significant savings and compelling offers.Renowned brands…
MUMBAI: Aam Admi Party (AAP) announced that it will go solo and will contest all 36 seats in the city in the upcoming assembly . The party said that similarly, they will decide at the state level.AAP was part of INDIA alliance partners, Congress, Shiv Sena UBT and NCP (SP) in Maharashtra during the recent…
