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Mason electrocuted to death in North 24-Parganas

Kolkata, Feb. 9 -- A mason was electrocuted while working on the roof of a house beneath a 33,000-volt high-tension line in the Golabari area under Shasan police station in North 24-Parganas on Monday... Read More


VLTD rollout: Transport dept trains stakeholders

Kolkata, Feb. 9 -- The state Transport department, on Monday, organised a training programme with manufacturers, distributors and dealers of vehicle location tracking devices (VLTDs) in the presence o... Read More


Two-day certificate course: KMC imparts training on carbon reduction

Kolkata, Feb. 9 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), on Monday, launched a two-day certificate course on 'Net Zero Emission and Carbon Credit' to help participants translate climate commitments... Read More


'Hamzah Zainudin not sacked yet' as Bersatu tensions escalate

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 9 -- Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin remains Bersatu's deputy president for now, according to an elected representative who attended a gathering with Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin l... Read More


'No impediment to SIR': Supreme Court extends Bengal deadline by 7 days, restricts micro-observers

New Delhi/IBNS, Feb. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Monday extended by seven days the deadline for scrutiny of documents and disposal of claims and objections under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of ... Read More


How one woman's courage challenged Iran's mighty clerics

Kathmandu, Feb. 9 -- Ali Shariati Mazinani, a prominent sociologist and Iranian revolutionary who specialised in the sociology of religion, once said, "Religion should wake people up, not put them to ... Read More


Case against 8 NHA officials over allocation of luxury flats for 2 ACC commissioners

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed a case against eight people over allegations of unethical, discriminatory and illegal allocation of luxury duplex flats of two former Commi... Read More


Haryana: Ride operator, staff held after Surajkund tragedy

Chandigarh, Feb. 9 -- A day after a swing ride collapsed at the Surajkund International Crafts Mela in Faridabad, claiming the life of a police inspector and injuring 12 people, the Haryana government... Read More


Trusting the trustees

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Bangladesh's interim government was born not at the ballot box but in the streets. The July 2024 uprising swept away a government that many citizens viewed as unaccountable and abusiv... Read More


Deadlines missed, restoration delayed: Why Delhi's water bodies are still dry

India, Feb. 9 -- Jagdeesh Kumar, a 62-year-old resident of Vishwas Nagar, has a fixed routine. Every evening, he takes a walk around Jheel Park in east Delhi's Welcome - not too far from his home. The... Read More