Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to make her first major public appearance in India since she fled Bangladesh in August 2024, following a massive student‑led uprising that ended her nearly 16‑year rule. The event, hosted by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia (FCC South Asia), will take place on 5 August […]
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged a tougher, sustained campaign against people‑smuggling gangs driving small‑boat crossings in the English Channel, following a visit to Dover where he reviewed frontline operations. Burnham said his government would be “relentless” in tackling organised immigration crime while pairing enforcement with safe and legal routes for people seeking entry
Israel has raised strong objections to a proposed US‑backed Hamas disarmament agreement, telling the White House that it will not withdraw troops from Gaza until Hamas physically surrenders all weapons. The concerns were conveyed as part of Israel’s first public response since US President Donald Trump announced the framework earlier this week. Doron Spielman, spokesperson
A suicide bombing at a peace rally in Kabal town, Swat Valley, has left 14 people dead and more than two dozen injured, marking one of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province this year. The rally, organised by the Swat Aman Jirga, brought together local residents demanding an end to militancy and rising
AGARTALA: Tension gripped a girls’ hostel on Jagannath Bari Road after allegations of food theft surfaced, with the accused reportedly caught red-handed.
KADAMTALA: The Narendra Modi-led BJP government is guaranteeing food, clothing and shelter to citizens, with further welfare measures in the pipeline, state BJP president and MLA Abhishek Debbarma said on Sunday, urging people not to be misled by the activities of the opposition. Debbarma made the appeal while addressing an interaction meeting organised at Ranibari
AGARTALA: Former MP Rebati Tripura has bid adieu to political life and returned to the teaching profession, rejoining his former workplace, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Higher Secondary School in Agartala. Tripura has resumed duties at the school as a Post Graduate Teacher (Political Science), a role he held prior to entering politics. The return has been
MANDAI: Construction of a CC road in the Shikarai Cobra area, under Dakdu Twisa Sub-Zonal within the 11-Mandai Bazar Assembly constituency, has remained stalled for a prolonged period, leaving residents to demand its swift completion. According to a local resident who spoke to the media, work on the road began around eight months ago. However,
KAMALPUR: Residents of Rishi Para under Ward No. 2 of Kamalpur Nagar Panchayat have accused the civic body itself of filling up a local pond by dumping garbage into it, alleging that the practice has polluted the surrounding environment. According to local residents, the pond is being filled with waste allegedly on the initiative of
KALACHHARA (South Tripura): A woman died and a teenage girl was injured in a tragic road accident near Kalachhara railway station on Sunday morning, in an incident allegedly linked to a vehicle reportedly being driven by an Assistant Sub-Inspector attached to Shantibazar police station. According to local sources, Savita Das (approximately 45), a resident of
