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Man hailing from Bihar held with weapons

Kolkata, Feb. 9 -- Kolkata Police on Monday arrested a man from Bihar and seized six firearms along with 11 rounds of cartridges during a vehicle check on the Rashbehari Connector under Kasba police s... Read More


Regional buzz: Brownie points for Avinash Chander

India, Feb. 9 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jalandhar last week gave a much-needed boost to the party in Punjab, where the saffron party is still looking for fruitful electoral results. T... Read More


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