In the next two years, you may be able to buy a residential plot in a new satellite township in Srinagar, which will be developed by the govt-owned National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC). The PSU on Friday said it will develop the greenfield township spread over 406 acres in the valley entailing an investment of…
PETRAPOLE: Tapan Kumar Das and his mother, who had arrived in Kolkata on Aug 4 for his medical treatment, had been spending sleepless nights, fearing their house back in Bangladesh might have been vandalised or looted since they left.On Friday, as the mother and son were walking across the Petrapole border In Bengal, Tapan stopped…
KOLKATA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) workers Nizamuddin Minto and Zakir Hossain in Dhaka were arrested on July 22. They walked out of Dhaka Central Jail on Wednesday after the Awami League government collapsed and all prisoners arrested during the month-long protests were released.While Minto works in the automobile industry, Zakir is in the cable business.Both…
DHAKA: Hundreds of Bangladeshi Hindus protested in Dhaka on Friday against violence targeted at the community since Sheikh Hasina quit as prime minister and fled the country on Aug 5.Asserting that the country “belongs to all”, the protesters, who had gathered from various parts of the country, demanded measures for the safety and security of…
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh foreign policy adviser Touhid Hossain said after assuming office Dhaka will maintain a balance in ties with big powers and seek good ties with all. Hossain, who served as foreign secretary from late 2006 to July, 2009, also said the immediate priority for the interim govt that was sworn in on Thursday…
Madras HC Friday ordered release of controversial YouTuber Savukku Shankar setting aside his detention under Goondas Act. Shankar was arrested on May 4 for making “derogatory” remarks against women police personnel in an interview. Court said speeches criticising govt, its policies and actions, or exposing corrupt and illegal actions in public administration cannot be termed…
GUWAHATI: A second-year MTech student of Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G), allegedly died by suicide on Friday, reports Dhrubajyoti Malakar. The deceased Soumya Kumar (23), from Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur, was found dead in her room at the institute’s hostel.“We received information from IIT-G authorities about the death around 10.45am. Soumya might have died by…
NEW DELHI: Aman Sehrawat, after losing in the men’s 57kg wrestling semifinal on Thursday, was 4.5 kilograms over the permissible weight limit (61.5kg) but guided by his Indian coaches, he successfully shed the excess weight within 10 hours, enabling him to compete for and win the bronze medal on Friday. Working relentlessly overnight, the Aman’s…
LUCKNOW: Sitapur Police Friday arrested four people in the nursing recruitment examination paper leak case. Three of the accused — Utkarsh Mishra, Gaurav Rajvanshi, and Ankit Srivastava — were employees of the IT company tasked with conducting the examination. The fourth accused, Amit Mishra, was an aide of the trio.Police said the accused tampered with…
Rajakannappan and Udhayanidhi Stalin.” CHENNAI: Was it a Freudian slip or a deliberate slip up? While addressing a gathering at an event to launch the ‘Tamil Puthalvan‘ scheme in Ramanathapuram on Friday, Tamil Nadu backward classes minister R S Rajakannappan referred to Udhayanidhi Stalin as “deputy chief minister”. He corrected himself and said Udhayanidhi was…
