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Bangladesh: BNP targets Jamaat over 1971 Liberation War stance, demands apology

Dhaka, June 29: The ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)...

Panna mine labourer strikes it rich, finds 11.19-carat diamond

Bhopal/Panna, June 29: In a remarkable tale of perseverance...

Siya took Rs 1 crore from Ketan for wedding shopping, gave it to Chetan: Sources

Pune, June 29: Fresh revelations have surfaced in the...

Indian passport application fee to go up from July 1

New Delhi, June 29: The Ministry of External Affairs...

Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan kill 36 civilians, injure 163 others

Kabul, June 29: At least 36 civilians, including women...

Assam floods affect over 22,000 people; rail bridge collapses partially

Guwahati, June 29: The first wave of floods in...
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Callous building laws

THE earthquake that devastated Nepal on Saturday and jolted northern India, damaging buildings as far apart as Agra and Siliguri, was expected by geologists,...

Disaster preparedness

No seismologist can predict exactly when an earthquake will occur and what its intensity would be. Preparedness therefore is the best defence. But how...

Populist resistance

The recent protest against the coming of BJP President, Amit Shah to Shillong by a group that professes to wage a war on behalf...

Juvenile crimes

Minors older than 16 have been found involved in a number of gruesome cases, e.g, the Nirbhaya gang rape murder (December 2012), Shakti Mills...

China- Pakistan

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Pakistan was significant in that it gave a new twist to the old Maoist doctrine of building a...

Meaningless bandh

The Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) a motley group of disenchanted, beleaguered militants are calling a bandh to protest the visit of BJP President...