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State plans groundwater survey for city to regulate extraction

Kolkata, Nov. 13 -- The Bengal government is preparing to conduct a fresh survey of groundwater use in Kolkata to strengthen oversight on how much water is being drawn from the city's aquifers. The e... Read More


HC disqualifies Mukul Roy as MLA under Anti-Defection Law

Kolkata, Nov. 13 -- The Calcutta High Court on Thursday disqualified senior politician Mukul Roy from the West Bengal Assembly under the Anti-Defection Law, stripping him of his MLA status more than t... Read More


Want to act as real referee in election: CEC Nasir

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Thursday said the Election Commission wants to act as a true referee in the upcoming national election, emphasising the need for cooper... Read More


Mumbai Indians make early IPL 2026 splash; land GT star after snapping up Shardul Thakur from LSG

India, Nov. 13 -- With the retention deadline ahead of the IPL 2026 season fast approaching, teams are trying to place some final pieces before the strategy for the auction in December begins. Mumbai ... Read More


KIFF 2025: Cuban, Sri Lankan films receive 'Golden Royal Bengal Tiger'

KOLKATA, Nov. 13 -- Cuban director David Bim couldn't be present in the city to collect the Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film in the International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images ... Read More


"Singapore stands in solidarity with India in this difficult time," says Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan after Delhi blast

Singapore City, Nov. 13 -- Singapore on Thursday strongly condemned the car explosion near New Delhi's Red Fort on November 10, expressing solidarity with India during what it described as a difficult... Read More


Nepal-IDEMIA negotiations in final stages amid passport crunch

Kathmandu, Nov. 13 -- Negotiations between the Department of Passports (DoP) and IDEMIA, the French firm that has been providing passports to Nepal from 2010 to earlier this year, are in the final sta... Read More


Continue contributing to Botswana's progress...: President Droupadi Murmu to members of the Indian community

New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- President Droupadi Murmu, along with her Botswana counterpart Duma Gideon Boko, visited the Mokolodi Nature Reserve in Botswana, the President's Secretariat stated in an official... Read More


Luxury brand t-shirt, party foil businessman's penury claim, HC ups maintenance for ex-wife

India, Nov. 13 -- A lavish home featured in an architectural magazine, a throbbing birthday party with free-flowing alcohol, trekking, globetrotting and sporting a luxury brand t-shirt-all belied a Pu... Read More


Five new foreign envoys present credentials to President Dissanayake

Sri Lanka, Nov. 13 -- Three newly appointed Ambassadors and two High Commissioners to Sri Lanka presented their credentials to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat this m... Read More