New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has made the eighth arrest in connection with last month's car blast near the Red Fort, officials said Tuesday. An NIA spokesperson said a team from Delhi has arrested key accused Dr Bilal Naseer Malla of Baramulla in...
Dhaka: Bangladesh Election Commission has completed all preparations to hold the 13th general elections in February and will announce the schedule in the next two days, a top official said Tuesday. "After a meeting with the President (Mohammad Shahabuddin), the schedule would be announced tomorrow...
Tokyo: Japan was assessing damage Tuesday and cautioning people of potential aftershocks after a late-night 7.5 magnitude earthquake caused injuries, light damage and a tsunami in Pacific coastal communities. At least 34 people were injured, one seriously, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said. Most...
Panaji: The Goa Tourism Department, Tuesday demolished `Romeo Lane', a beach shack illegally constructed at Vagator by the fugitive owners of the fire-ravaged nightclub at Arpora. Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, who are on the run following the fire tragedy at Birch by Romeo Lane club...
New Delhi: Bangladesh Tuesday repatriated 47 Indian fishermen while India released 38 Bangladeshi fishermen. The process of reciprocal repatriation of fishermen in each other's custody came amid frosty ties between the two countries. "The two governments successfully concluded the release and repatriation of 47 Indian...
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha witnessed a stormy debate as Congress MP Rahul Gandhi launched a fierce attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), accusing it of “systematically seeking to dominate India’s institutions”, and said that there is "no bigger anti-national act than vote chori.”...
New Delhi: There is no conclusive data available in the country to establish a direct correlation of death/disease exclusively due to air pollution, Minister of State for Health, Prataprao Jadhav, told the Rajya Sabha Tuesday. Air pollution is one of the triggering factors for respiratory...
Mumbai: IndiGo cancelled 422 flights from six metro airports Tuesday, as the disruption in the crisis-hit airline prolonged for the eighth consecutive day, according to sources. Of the 422 flights cancelled, Delhi Airport witnessed 152 flight cancellations and 121 at Bengaluru Airport, they said. The...
Jakarta: A fire ripped through an office building in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, Tuesday, killing at least 22 people, including a pregnant woman, police said. Flames engulfed the seven-story building, sending thick black smoke billowing into the sky and causing panic among nearby residents and workers...
New Delhi: Giving a major jolt to Maoists, the security forces have neutralised 29 top Naxal leaders since 2019, with 14 Central Committee Members (CCM) and Politburo members (PBM) killed this year alone, Lok Sabha was informed Tuesday. Responding to a supplementary during the Question...
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