BANGLADESH

Rajasthan: Around Rs 4.5 crore cash seized from car

Man held for smuggling fake Indian currency from Bangladesh

10:27 pm January 15, 2020

Mumbai: A 38-year-old man has been arrested by the DRI for allegedly smuggling fake Indian currency notes with the face value of Rs 18.75 lakh from Bangladesh, an official said on Wednesday. Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) found 386 pieces of fake currency notes of Rs 2000 denomination and 1191 pieces of […]

Lakhs take holy dip at Gangasagar on Makar Sankranti

31 lakh pilgrims take holy dip at Ganga Sagar on Makar Sankranti

7:28 pm January 15, 2020

Sagar Island (WB): Over 31 lakh pilgrims from different parts of the country, and neighbouring Bangladesh and Nepal, on Wednesday took holy dip at the confluence of the sacred Ganga and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of ‘Makar Sankranti’. Around 40 lakh people have congregated here for the pilgrimage, “breaking all previous records”, […]

54 people died of drug abuse in Mizoram in 2019

10:31 pm January 12, 2020

Aizawl: As many as 54 people including 12 women died due to substance abuse in Mizoram last year with heroin being the main killer drug, according to the records of the state excise and narcotics department. Heroin claimed at least 27 lives, while the rest died due to misuse of multiple drugs last year, the […]

Muslims pray for peace in Islamic congregation in Bangladesh

8:59 pm January 12, 2020

Tongi: Hundreds of thousands of Muslims raised their hands and prayed for the welfare of the world as they joined a final prayer Sunday in wrapping up a three-day Islamic congregation near Bangladesh’s capital. The Biswa Ijtema, or World Congregation of Muslims, is one of the largest gatherings of Muslim devotees, held on the sandy […]

Don’t want to comment irresponsibly without full knowledge: Kohli on CAA

7:13 pm January 4, 2020

Guwahati: India captain Virat Kohli has refrained from making any comments on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), without gaining full knowledge on the sensitive subject. The CAA will grant Indian nationality to people belonging to minority communities — Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians — in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan after six years of […]