Dhaka: Bangladesh will hold the 13th parliamentary election February 12, Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin announced Thursday. This will be the first election after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted in a violent student-led protest in August 2024. “The voting will be held Thursday,...
Itanagar: Two men from Jammu and Kashmir were arrested in Arunachal Pradesh on espionage charges, police said Thursday. Those arrested were identified as Nazir Ahmad Malik and Sabir Ahmed Mir, both natives of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, they said. On the basis of intelligence...
Jaipur: Tension simmered in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district Thursday as farmers and opposition leaders warned that protests against an under-construction ethanol factory would continue until their demands are met, local leaders said. Farmers began gathering at a gurdwara near the protest site in Tibbi from early...
New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday extended the timeline for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in six states and Union territories following requests from the respective chief electoral officers. In a statement, the Election Commission (EC) issued the revised schedule for SIR in...
New Delhi: No significant lapses were observed during the DGCA’s recent surveillance audit at major airports, and all observations were categorised as Level II and communicated to the aerodrome operators concerned and subsequently closed after the completion of action by them, the Parliament was informed...
New Delhi: IndiGo, which has been facing significant operational disruptions, Thursday announced that it will offer travel vouchers worth Rs 10,000 to each passenger whose flights were cancelled or delayed for long during December 3-5. The compensation would be in addition to the amount that...
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate Thursday conducted multi-state searches as part of a terror financing-linked money laundering investigation against a "highly radicalised" ISIS module, officials said. The raids were launched early morning at 40 locations, including in the Padgha-Borivali area of Thane in Maharashtra (near...
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday said he directly challenged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss his press conferences on "vote chori" in Parliament, but did not get any answer. A day after the Lok Sabha witnessed a heated exchange between him and...
Islamabad: The United States has approved the sale of advanced technology and support for F-16 fighter jets valued at USD 686 million to Pakistan. The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), in a letter sent to Congress Monday, approved, reported Dawn Thursday. The package includes...
United Nations: India has assailed Pakistan's "trade and transit terrorism" against the people of Afghanistan by closing access for the landlocked country that is trying to rebuild itself after years of travails. India's Permanent Representative P. Harish told the Security Council Wednesday (local time), "Such...
The BJP-led NDA government’s proposed change in the nomenclature of the Centre’s flagship social welfare scheme for the poor, the...
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It is not a bad idea, it appears, if top-notch politicians get incarcerated, at least for some days, so as...
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The United States on 11 December unveiled a new strategic initiative ‘Pax Silica’ aimed at building a secure and trusted...
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Governance is hard and good governance, meaning efficient and effective governance, is harder. Optics is a poor substitute for outcomes,...
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