DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim government has once again attempted to downplay the attacks on minority communities, particularly Hindus, by framing them as “politically motivated” rather than communally driven. Despite widespread evidence to the contrary, officials insist that the majority of these incidents are rooted in political agendas, not religious intolerance.According to a police report released on…
After 80 Class X girls in a Dhanbad school were allegedly made to remove their shirts by the principal for writing messages on them during Pen Day, the deputy commissioner initiated a five-member committee to investigate. DHANBAD: After the principal of a prominent private school here allegedly made 80 Class X girl students remove their…
BENGALURU: Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday flagged concerns over hiring of retired persons and the trend of govt officials getting extensions in service or a particular post, remarking they are a setback to others in line.Delivering the inaugural address at the 25th National Conference of Chairpersons of State Public Service Commission in Bengaluru, the VP…
NEW DELHI: Government will increase the reward amount for Good Samaritans who rush road accident victims to hospitals for immediate medical care to Rs 25,000, five times more than the present reward of Rs 5,000, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Saturday.In a televised conversation with actor Anupam Kher on road safety, Gadkari said he…
NEW DELHI: India has joined UN committee of experts on big data and data science for official statistics, an entity that was created to further investigate benefits and challenges of big data, including potential for monitoring and reporting on sustainable development goals.Inclusion in this expert committee comes at a crucial time, as India recently assumed…
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday reiterated that it was the responsibility of Congress to save the India alliance, which was formed by opposition parties before Lok Sabha polls to take on BJP. He said no meeting was held since LS polls and that the alliance had no convenor.Raut’s comments on India…
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NEW DELHI: Seven per cent of India’s population uses narcotics, Union home minister Amit Shah informed on Saturday, as he candidly lay out the challenges before the drug enforcement agencies and society and asserted his government’s resolve to quell the menace.“7 per cent people in India use drugs illegally. Drug abuse is a cancer that…
VADODARA: For 16-year-old Mayur Chauhan, Uttarayan is more than just a celebration – it is a tradition inalienable with kite flying. He and his friends used to begin preparations at least 10 days before Jan 14, and by the festival’s peak, the skies above his native village Luna, 20 km from Vadodara, would be a…
UMRANGSO: Rescuers retrieved on Saturday the bodies of three more miners from the flooded rat-hole coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, raising the toll to four. The body of 38-year-old Ganga Bahadur Shrestha from Nepal was pulled out on Wednesday. The mine, located in 3 Kilo area of Umrangso, flooded Monday morning due to…
