The ongoing project will entail around Rs 20,000 crore on the fence and another Rs 11,000 crore on the construction of over 60 border roads. NEW DELHI: India has stepped-up work on fencing the 1,643-km porous border with Myanmar, which will be completed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in phases over the next 10…
Supporters of organisations tied to BNP in a standoff with cops outside the Indian high commission in Dhaka on Sunday DHAKA: Three organisations tied to former PM Khaleda Zia‘s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) staged Sunday a protest march in Dhaka, condemning a recent attack on the country’s diplomatic mission in Agartala, the desecration of their…
BENGALURU: Karnataka saw a steady increase in women income tax return (ITR) filers over the past five years, with numbers climbing to 14.3 lakh in the assessment year 2023-24 from 11.3 lakh in 2019-20, recording an impressive growth of approximately 26%.Nationally, Maharashtra leads the pack with 36.8 lakh women ITR filers in 2023-24, showing a…
Actor Mala Parvathy has urged SC to quash the SIT probe, arguing that it is harassing innocent individuals THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Law enforcement officials here are now finding themselves in a catch-22 situation as they grapple with 35-odd FIRs stemming from findings of the Hema Committee report on sexual abuse and gender inequality in the Malayalam film…
DHAKA: Ahead of the foreign secretary-level talks with India scheduled for Monday, Bangladesh foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain said that Dhaka sees a “kind of stalemate” with New Delhi that developed over the last couple of months amid reports of targeted attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, which affected both sides. He, however, said the…
NEW DELHI: India’s gross foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows rose nearly 29% to $42.3 billon during the first half of the current fiscal year, taking the overall overseas investment to $1 trillion since April 2000.The rise during the current fiscal year comes after two consecutive years of fall, indicating that investors globally are more upbeat…
NEW DELHI: Demanding that Parliament be allowed to debate the full gamut of the India-China relationship, Congress criticised government over its recent statement in Parliament on India-China ties and claimed that the Modi govt had agreed to a “new normal” over the “old normal” prevailing before April 2020 which was “unilaterally disturbed by China”.Congress said…
NEW DELHI: In one of the single-biggest restitution exercises undertaken by ED, involving the 32 lakh victims of the Agri Gold ponzi ‘scam’, the agency has begun the sale of attached properties, worth over Rs 6,000 crore, across multiple states.With the concurrence of the Supreme Court and the Andhra Pradesh HC, favouring distribution of attached…
Syria under rebel control NEW DELHI: As rebels took control of Damascus, with President Bashar al-Assad having fled the Syrian capital, the Indian embassy remained operational and in touch with all Indian nationals in the country.Govt sources said all Indian nationals are safe and the embassy remains available to assist them in Syria. According to…
NEW DELHI: A group of former deputy CAGs have approached the Supreme Court through a PIL seeking interpretation of Article 148 of the Constitution by prescribing a collegium system for appointments of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) – a constitutional position that enjoys the same status as a judge of the apex court.In both…
