At least 47 people have died and more than 100 were injured after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Indonesia’s Flores island, with rescuers continuing searches through rubble and landslides. Rescuers continued searching collapsed buildings and landslide debris on Sunday after the powerful earthquake struck the island, forcing thousands from their homes. Authorities focused on areas […]
A massive Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Moscow region sparked a major fire at a Wildberries warehouse, sending thick smoke into the sky and killing at least six people across the country, according to Russian authorities. Russia said Ukraine launched one of its largest overnight drone attacks since the start of the war on August
India and China have coexisted as neighbours for millennia, together representing more than a third of humanity and roughly a quarter of the global economy. Yet as both nations have grown more powerful, they appear to have grown more distant from each other, with China in particular showing little curiosity about its southwestern neighbour. Kanti
Bangladesh has said a “propitious environment” must be created before Prime Minister Tarique Rahman makes his proposed bilateral visit to India, while once again urging New Delhi to extradite former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh Foreign Ministry spokesperson AKM Shahidul Karim said on Sunday that officials from Dhaka and New Delhi had been in contact
Responding to PM Modi’s Independence Day speech, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge reached for a familiar line: accusing the BJP and RSS of spreading hatred and division, he declared that the Congress, by contrast, is “opening a mohabbat ki dukaan” — a shop of love. It is a good soundbite. It is also, at this point,
BJP MLA Sumitro Chatterjee, a direct descendant of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, has written to Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi demanding an unconditional apology over what he called an “insult” to Vande Mataram at the Congress headquarters on Independence Day. His specific allegation is striking: he says that when Congress workers began singing the full
Late Friday evening, as India readied itself for eightieth Independence Day celebrations, a flash flood tore through the Pasu Pani Army Camp in Arunachal Pradesh’s Dibang Valley, sweeping away two shelters of the 5th Grenadier regiment. Seven soldiers were carried off by the water. Two were rescued. Five — Havaldar Upendar and jawans Kundan, Vinod,
Agartala: The Nabaikya Club, located near Babuji School Road at Bhattapukur in North Badharghat, celebrated its Golden Jubilee year with the inauguration of its newly constructed concrete building. Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha attended the celebration as the chief guest, along with several other dignitaries. As part of the golden jubilee festivities, the club also
AGARTALA: A cleanliness drive was organised in the Lake Chowmuhani area of the city by Tui-Muk Collective, a students’ organisation formed by members of Generation Z. The initiative saw participants from the group taking part in a clean-up effort in and around the Lake Chowmuhani locality, aimed at raising awareness about civic responsibility and environmental
KANTHALIA (SIPAHIJALA): A large monocled cobra was rescued from the residence of Noni Dutta in Kanthalia Gaon Sabha under Kanthalia Panchayat, in an operation carried out by the Animal Aid Alliance Welfare Society. Snake rescuers Asim Majumder and Lokai Dey, both based in Kanthalia, Sipahijala district, carried out the rescue. According to the rescuers, this
