B’desh crisis: Yunus govt accused of role in minority persecution; fanning India hate

Spread the love       Saddam Hussain, president of the Bangladesh Students League, the student wing of the now-banned Bangladesh Awami League, alleged “Talibanisation” is happening in Bangladesh under the leadership of the Yunus-led interim government.Speaking to ANI about the lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, Hussain accused the interim leadership of encouraging anti-India sentiment to divert attention from internal failures.“Whatever happened in...

SWAMIH-2 fund launch: Govt to roll out Rs 15,000cr initiative; aims to aid 1 lakh homebuyers

Spread the love       <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126176668,imgsize-221647,width-400,resizemode-4/new-home-happy-family.jpg" alt="Rs 15,000 crore lifeline: Government finalising SWAMIH-2 fund — hope for 100k middle-class homebuyers" title=" Representative AI image ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Representative AI image NEW DELHI: The government is set to launch SWAMIH-2 Fund, a Rs 15,000-crore initiative aimed at helping nearly 100,000 middle-class homebuyers complete their stalled housing projects. This follows the success of...

NMIA begins operations: 48 flights, 4k passengers on day one

Spread the love       Navi Mumbai International Airport (PTI) NEW DELHI: The greenfield Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) became operational on Thursday, nearly three decades after it was conceived to ease congestion at Mumbai’s primary airport.An IndiGo Airbus A320 from Bengaluru made a landing at 8 am and was welcomed with a traditional water cannon salute, marking the start of commercial...

2025 Box Office report card: From ‘Dhurandhar’ to ‘Saiyaara’- key learnings to take

Spread the love       And just like that, 2025 is nearing its end, giving us a moment to look back at how the year unfolded at the box office. Cinema has always been a gamble, but one truth continues to hold firm, strong content eventually finds its audience. While the big-ticket films arrive with expectations of ringing the cash registers, every...

Revised railway fares from Dec 26: Ministry notifies ‘rationalised’ structure; what changes

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Railways on Thursday announced a “rationalisation” of fares for passengers, effective for tickets booked on or after December 26. It aims to balance passenger affordability with the sustainability of railway operations.According to the Ministry of Railways press release, there will be no fare increase for suburban services and season tickets, covering both suburban and non-suburban...

Cousins unite, MVA disintegrates? How Thackeray alliance isolates Cong in Maharashtra

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: The much-hyped reunion of the Thackeray cousins after 20 years has altered the political landscape of Maharashtra with the new alliance signalling the silent end of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) – the opposition front which Uddhav formed with the Congress and Sharad Pawar’s NCP in 2019 to keep the BJP out of power after...

‘Danger to human life’: Mumbai businessman charged with feeding pigeons in public; fined Rs 5,000

Spread the love       Representative Image MUMBAI: In the first conviction for feeding pigeons after the Bombay high court ban this July, a metropolitan magistrate court in Bandra has found a 52-year-old Dadar businessman guilty of feeding pigeons in a public place, holding that the act posed a risk to public health and violated government orders.Additional chief judicial magistrate V U...

$100K fee, new rules: How Trump’s H-1B overhaul impacts Indians; are there alternatives?

Spread the love       H-1B visas have long been the sought after route to the US for Indians. (AI image) New H-1B visa rules decoded: US President Donald Trump believes that America doesn’t have enough talented people – yet he is cracking down on immigration and introducing stricter controls on the people who can study and work in the world’s largest...

VHT: ‘​​Not an ideal contest’ – Sooryavanshi’s knock raises concerns in Ashwin’s mind

Spread the love       R Ashwin and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi NEW DELHI: Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has raised concerns about the quality gap between teams in Indian domestic cricket after a one-sided match in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. His comments came after Bihar scored a massive 574 runs (their highest team total in men’s List A cricket) in 50 overs against...

‘Houses of 7 Hindu families burnt’: Arson attacks spike in B’desh; family narrates horror

Spread the love       Bangladesh unrest (File photo) Houses of at least seven Hindu families have been burnt down in Bangladesh in the last five days in what seems to be a targeted attack on the minorities as the nation is in turmoil, local media reports said.As per local media reports, the recent arson attack happened on Tuesday while eight members...

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