When filmmaker Anuparna Roy was a child, she listened wide-eyed as her grandmother spoke dreamily of a river. Her maternal grandmother, married at nine to a man in his 30s in Purulia district of West Bengal, often told her stories about the river’s pure, beautiful water. “I always thought she must have seen this river,…
NEW DELHI: Growing challenge of synthetic drugs and clandestine labs, extradition of fugitives and trafficking through the dark web will be high on agenda of discussion at the conference of heads of anti-narcotics task force to be held in Delhi next week, officials said.Heads of narcotics units of 36 states and UTs will be congregating…
Image: X@/himantabiswa, PTI NEW DELHI: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on Sunday, a special 2.6-km corridor lined with Neem saplings has been prepared in Numaligarh, Assam’s Golaghat district.PM Modi will pass through the ‘PM Neem Corridor’ on his way to the Numaligarh Refinery, where he is scheduled to inaugurate a bamboo-based ethanol plant…
VARANASI: Six police personnel were suspended and another five sent to district lines after a BJP worker died in police lathicharge in Ghazipur district Thursday. The district police chief has requested the DM to order a magisterial probe into the alleged police action.On Tuesday afternoon, a protest over power crisis at Nonhara reportedly turned violent…
Taliban offical visited India (File photo) NEW DELHI: A junior Taliban minister visited India last week to participate in an exhibition on healthcare and pharmaceuticals. Deputy minister of medicine and food Hamdullah Zahid, who was in India, is equivalent to the rank of secretary in India’s health ministry.This was a rare visit by a senior…
Gargajj and Dhadrianwala shares stage in Kurukshetra KURUKSHETRA: The officiating Jathedar of Akal Takht Giani Kuldip Singh Gargajj was seen sharing stage for the first time with Sikh preacher Bhai Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwala, after the completion of the latter’s religious atonement and lifting of ban upon him by Akal Takht, during a religious congregation organised…
NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra government on Friday issued a notification renaming Ahmednagar railway station after receiving approval from the Union Home Ministry. The government is changing the station name to Ahilyanagar Railway Station. Earlier, the Ahmednagar district was renamed as Ahilyanagar district, PTI reported. Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, who had pursued the matter, thanked…
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal welcomed Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam and his delegation in Varanasi – this time speaking in Bhojpuri.Jaiswal posted a short video clip on X where he is heard saying, “Sabnike, Banaras ke Ganga ghat se, Assi Ghat se pranaam. Khaaskar humni…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held talks with Polish Deputy Prime Minister and counterpart Radosław Sikorski on recent security concerns in Poland.Jaishankar reiterated that India supports an early end to hostilities and a durable solution to the Ukraine conflict.Sharing a post on X, Jaishankar said, “Spoke to Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski…
JAMMU/SRINAGAR: J&K continues to be on the edge over the detention of AAP legislator from Doda, Mehraj Malik, under the Public Safety Act (PSA). While a low-intensity blast on Thursday morning triggered panic in Jammu’s Doda town, which already remains tense, high drama unfolded in Srinagar when police locked the circuit house gates to prevent…
