Spread the love When results from Maharashtra’s long-delayed civic polls came on January 16, it became clear that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has made it to the top once again. The BJP swept 1,425 of 2,869 seats across 29 municipal corporations, a strike rate of nearly 50%. In Mumbai’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), a Shiv Sena citadel for 25...
Kabul blast: Several feared killed; explosion near Chinese eatery
Spread the love Several people were killed and many injured after a blast in Kabul’s Shahr-e-Naw area, Taliban’s interior ministry said on Monday.“An explosion occurred in a hotel on Gulfaroshi Street in Shahr-e-Naw, the fourth district of Kabul city, causing casualties,” Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said. As per local reports, the blast occurred infront of a Chinese restaurant.Spokesperson Abdul...
US tightens visas: Bond of up to $15,000 for Bangladeshi visitors; norm kicks in Jan 21
Spread the love Bangladeshi nationals approved for a B1/B2 (business and tourist) United States visa will be required to post a bond of up to $15,000 from January 21, 2026, the US Embassy in Dhaka announced on it’s social media page. This new rule will apply only to visas issued on or after that date. Nationals holding a valid B1/B2...
T20 WC: BCB denies ICC deadline; reiterates demand for alternative venue
Spread the love BCB denies January 21 ICC deadline NEW DELHI: The Bangladesh Cricket Board has denied reports that the ICC set a January 21 deadline for a decision on the T20 World Cup. The board says no such date was communicated. It has again asked for its matches to be moved to another venue.BCB director Amzad Hossain explained what...
‘Yellowcake’: How false documents fuelled America’s $1.7tn war in Iraq
Spread the love (AI image generated using ChatGPT) In the months before the Iraq war, intelligence about Saddam Hussein’s weapons programmes moved through Western capitals with unusual urgency and little margin for doubt. Claims that Iraq was seeking uranium in Africa, a key ingredient for nuclear weapons, were treated as warning signs of an imminent threat. The implication was stark:...
Salty raises ₹30.1 Cr funding led by MG Investment
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Nuclear reactors & $200bn trade target: India signs big pacts during UAE prez’s 3-hr trip
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday personally received UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the airport in New Delhi, a special gesture asserting the close ties between the two countries, as the visiting leader arrived for a brief but high-level official visit.MBZ’s visit, undertaken at the invitation of Prime Minister Modi, comes...
Tale of a trucker and a techie: Same broken wall, same pit; how Noida’s neglect turned fatal for one
Spread the love How freezing water & ‘cold’ response cost a young life in Noida NOIDA: The death of 27-year-old software engineer Yuvraj Mehta, whose SUV plunged into a water-filled pit near ATS Le Grandiose in Sector 150 in Noida on Saturday, was not just an accident, but a tragedy that could have been avoided.Residents of Sector 150 say the...
‘Judicial slap to EC’: TMC hails SC order on Bengal SIR; 5 key directions of top court
Spread the love NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to display the names of all 1.25 crore electors categorised under “logical discrepancies” during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, where assembly elections are expected in April-May.A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant...
மூத்த குடிமக்கள், மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகளுக்கு இருக்கை: மெட்ரோ நிர்வாகத்திற்கு நீதிமன்றம் கேள்வி
Spread the love சென்னை மெட்ரோ ரயில்களில், மூத்த குடிமக்கள், மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகளுக்கு குறிப்பிட்ட எண்ணிக்கையில் இருக்கைகள் ஒதுக்கீடு செய்யக் கோரி, வழக்கறிஞர் வி.பி.ஆர்.மேனன் என்பவர் பொதுநல வழக்கு தாக்கல் செய்திருந்தார். இந்த வழக்கு வழக்கு, தலைமை நீதிபதி எம்.எம்.ஸ்ரீவஸ்தவா மற்றும் நீதிபதி ஜி.அருள்முருகன் அமர்வில் விசாரணைக்கு வந்த போது, மெட்ரோ ரயில் தரப்பில், ஒவ்வொரு பெட்டியிலும் மொத்தமுள்ள 50 இருக்கைகளில் 14 இருக்கைகள் மூத்த குடிமக்களுக்கும், மாற்றுத் திறனாளிகளுக்கும் ஒதுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. அந்த இருக்கைகளின் அருகில் மூத்த குடிமக்கள், மாற்றுத் திறனாளிகள் என எழுதி வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது என...
