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Woman jumps in front of train with nine-month-old son

New train connects north and south Tripura

7:24 pm October 3, 2019

Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Thursday flagged off a Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) train that would connect the state’s southernmost town Sabroom and Dharmanagar, the northernmost one. At a function held in Agartala railway station here, Deb said the train would also make it easier for people to travel to Bangladesh […]

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gets call from Pakistan PM Imran Khan ahead of her India tour

Hasina gets call from Pak PM ahead of her India tour

2:44 pm October 3, 2019

Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received a surprise phone call from her Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan hours ahead of her visit to India, according to officials. Khan called Hasina amid his shrill anti-India campaign on the Kashmir issue after the Indian government revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. Khan has been dialling up Muslim […]

Modi, Hasina reiterate zero tolerance for terrorism

9:19 am September 28, 2019

United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina reiterated their zero-tolerance approach to terrorism and violent extremism, and agreed that a strong security partnership has built trust and mutual confidence between the neighbours. Modi met Hasina here for a bilateral meeting on the margins of the High Level Segment of the […]

Too much noise about spin-friendly tracks: Kohli

India thrash West Indies by 257 runs to win series 2-0, Kohli wins record 28th Test as captain

12:31 am September 3, 2019

Kingston : India produced a top-notch bowling performance in a clinical 257-run demolition of the West Indies in the second Test as a 2-0 series victory put them on top of ICC World Test Championship points table. The victory was 28th in Tests for Virat Kohli making him the most successful Indian captain in the […]

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

Penguin to publish Taslima’s 12 new titles in English

3:29 pm August 25, 2019

New Delhi: Penguin Random House India Sunday announced the acquisition of 12 new titles in English by controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, with the first of these books to come out in 2021. The titles will range from autobiographical writings to essays, fiction, short stories, and poetry. Nasreen said this body of work represents her […]