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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Arrested in UP after Tablighi Jamaat event, 11 Bangladeshi members allowed to go home

7:15 pm March 21, 2021

Bhadohi: Eleven Bangladeshi Tablighi Jamaat members, who were arrested from here for flouting visa norms and put in a government travel blacklist, have left the country after a Lucknow court allowed them go on completing their punishment, police said Sunday. Superintendent of Police Ram Badan Singh said they left Saturday on a bus from Bhadohi with a […]

India-Bangladesh meet on river water sharing on Mar 16

5:34 pm March 15, 2021

New Delhi: Top officials of the water resources ministries of India and Bangladesh will meet here on Tuesday to discuss issues related to river water-sharing and flood forecast, sources said on Monday. The Indian delegation will be headed by Pankaj Kumar, secretary in the Jal Shakti Ministry. The Bangladesh side will be headed by senior […]

Damien Wright joins Punjab Kings as new bowling coach

4:47 pm March 13, 2021

Mumbai: Punjab Kings has roped in former Australian first-class cricketer Damien Wright as their new bowling coach for the upcoming edition of the IPL beginning on April 9. The 45-year-old Wright was also head coach of the Bangladesh U-19 cricket team and will help support the Punjab Kings squad under the guidance of head coach […]

Indian Navy ships undertake passage exercise with B’desh Navy vessels after visiting Mongla port

11:58 pm March 11, 2021

New Delhi: Two Indian Navy ships undertook passage exercise with two Bangladesh Navy vessels on Thursday, culminating their three-day visit to the Mongla port in the neighbouring country, according to an official statement. Offshore patrol vessel (OPV) Sumedha and corvette Kulish of the Indian Navy visited Mongla from Monday to Wednesday as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of Bangladesh’s independence and to reiterate the historic friendship […]

UN: India coast guard helping Rohingya adrift in Andaman Sea

1:58 pm February 25, 2021

DHAKA: The Indian coast guard found a boat carrying Rohingya refugees adrift in the Andaman Sea and provided them with food, water and medical care, the U.N. refugee agency said Thursday. UNHCR said the Indian coast guard responded to its request and deployed a search and rescue team. There was no immediate comment from Indian […]