DHAKA: Bangladesh high court on Sunday acquitted all the accused in the Aug 21, 2004, grenade attack cases, including BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman and former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar. The ruling has sparked renewed hope among BNP supporters for Rahman’s return from London after overcoming remaining legal issues. Rahman is former PM Khaleda Zia‘s…
NEW DELHI: Goods and services tax (GST) collection rose 8.5% to Rs 1,82,269 crore in Nov, the fourth highest since the new regime kicked in over seven years ago.The growth in Nov, based on transactions in Oct, was driven by domestic consumption, rising 9.4% to just under Rs 1.4 lakh crore, while imports saw a…
DEHRADUN: A man who claimed to have reunited with two different families in Dehradun and Ghaziabad as their ‘long-lost’ son is now being investigated by police who are trying to ascertain how he accessed personal details of both families. The revelation that it was the same man in both cases emerged after TOI verified photographs…
NEW DELHI: The city recorded its best air quality since Oct 29, but hold on to that deep breath of satisfaction because Delhi’s AQI was still ‘poor’.Several stations continued to suffer very poor air quality. None recorded severe levels.The slight relief after 32 days was due to a number of reasons, including consistent westerly winds…
NEW DELHI: Even as Delhi Police‘s crime branch initiated a financial investigation into the criminal empire of UK-based gangster Kapil Sangwan, it claimed that probe had revealed that arrested AAP MLA Naresh Balyan and Sangwan were “frequently in touch” and reportedly exchanged around 40 calls last year.When questioned in custody, Balyan claimed all these calls…
PETRAPOLE: After getting her documents checked at the immigration counter of Petrapole border check-post in North 24 Parganas, 45-year-old schoolteacher Sudharani Mondal hurriedly walked towards Bangladesh on Sunday.“I am hearing that houses, shops and temples are being ransacked. The Hindus are being brutally attacked and injured. I don’t know what will happen to me. But…
KOLKATA: Scheduled surgeries and appointments of Bangladeshi patients started getting cancelled and deferred across Kolkata’s private hospitals over the weekend. Patients either cancelled or altered travel plans due to the ongoing turmoil or did not report for admission at hospitals.Peerless Hospital cancelled at least five surgeries since Friday as patients did not report for admission….
File photo: Vivek Ramaswamy (Picture credit: AP) Indian-origin American entrepreneur and Republican leader Vivek Ramaswamy has again shared his remarks on the US immigration system being broken, which he claims incentivises dishonesty.Responding to a viral TikTok podcast clip, Ramaswamy took to X (formerly Twitter) to voice his concerns. “The #1 human attribute that our immigration…
DEHRADUN: A ‘mahapanchayat’ in Uttarkashi, organised on Sunday by right-wing outfit ‘Devbhoomi Vichar Manch‘, which along with other groups had earlier demanded the demolition of a local mosque claiming it to be “illegal”, asked for “stringent action against unlawful religious structures in Uttarakhand”.The event was held on the call of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) at…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday called upon the police forces of the country to adopt the ‘SMART policing mantra‘, with the ‘SMART’ acronym expanded to “strategic, meticulous, adaptable, reliable and transparent”.Addressing the valedictory session of the 59th All-India Conference of Director Generals of Police/Inspector Generals of Police (DGPs/IGPs) in Bhubaneswar, which he attended…
