Monthly Archives: August 2024
NDA remains divided on Waqf Bill, clerics also voice concern
NEW DELHI: Objections to the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024, again appeared within the BJP-led NDA government, as its own lawmakers and allies...
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose briefs Amit Shah on law & order situation...
NEW DELHI: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and is learnt to have discussed...
Existing laws strong enough for rape: Centre responds to Mamata’s letter to Modi
NEW DELHI: Union Minister Annapurna Devi on Friday asserted that existing laws were stringent enough to tackle violence and crimes against women...
Kolkata horror: Police, family deny suicide claims, bedspread controversy continues
KOLKATA: The Kolkata Police have denied claims made in some viral audio clips that had alleged that they had informed the RG...
US ready to ‘turn the page’ on Trump: Kamala
WASHINGTON: The American people are ready to "turn the page" on Donald Trump, Kamala Harris has said, asserting that her Republican challenger...
Pakistan relaxes rules for road contract to China: Report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan relaxed bidding rules to directly award a USD 2 billion contract to China for the construction of a strategically important...
6 killed, 55 hurt as Russia strikes building, playground in Kharkiv
KYIV: A Russian guided bomb attack on Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv hit a residential building and a playground, killing six people...
Pakistan PM speaks to Chief Adviser Yunus
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday spoke to Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus during which the two leaders agreed to...
UN mission to launch probe into rights violations in Bangladesh
GENEVA: The UN human rights office said Friday that it will deploy a fact-finding team to Bangladesh to investigate alleged rights abuses...
Pakistan deploys ‘web monitoring system’, blocks thousands of websites and apps
KARACHI: The Pakistan National Assembly was informed on Friday that the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has implemented a Web Monitoring System (WMS)...