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How Thaneshwar Bhusal turned lapsi into a brand

Parbat, May 4 -- six-year-old Thaneshwar Bhusal of Mudikuwa, Phalebas Municipality-4, never imagined that lapsi-the tart fruit often left to rot in nearby forests-could become a source of income. For... Read More


ED seizes Ansal API's documents and devices, including properties worth Rs.218 crore, for alleged money laundering: Report

New Delhi, May 4 -- The Enforcement Directorate last week seized documents and devices, including properties worth Rs.217.80 crore, in operations against Ansal API, for alleged money laundering, the H... Read More


"Deliberate murders of poor people by the system": BJP spokesperson Shehdeo slams Jharkhand government over MGM hospital accident

Ranchi, May 4 -- BJP spokesperson Pratul Shehdeo launched a scathing attack on the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led government over the MGM hospital accident in Jamshedpur, where two people died when ... Read More


Canadian Snowbird Visa Act: US plan for real estate tourism recovery has a catch

India, May 4 -- American lawmakers have introduced the 'Canadian Snowbird Visa Act', a legislation aimed at boosting tourism with real estate incentives. The bipartisan bill, if passed, would extend t... Read More


Can't quash cases merely on ground of delay: High Court

Kolkata, May 4 -- Quashing a criminal proceeding due to lack of evidence in a case relating to tenancy dispute, Calcutta High Court observed that if prima facie material is found against the accused i... Read More


Government makes yet another promise to cooperatives victims

Kathmandu, May 4 -- The government has made yet another promise to cooperatives victims with regard to returning their deposits from fraudulent organisations. The KP Sharma Oli government, in its pol... Read More


Behala: Fire breaks out at apartment building

Kolkata, May 4 -- Tension spread in Banomali Ghosal Lane area in Behala after a fire broke out at an apartment building on Sunday afternoon. Three fire tenders doused the flames after almost three ho... Read More


On other side of Trishuli, track being opened for way parallel to Narayanghat-Muglin road

Chitwan, May 4 -- Travellers passing through Muglin of late may have noticed heavy-duty machines digging into the cliffs across the Trishuli river, with stones and soil falling directly into the water... Read More


Irrigation hopes rise as canal survey begins; tech team from Kolkata arrives

Malda, May 4 -- A major government initiative has begun in Bamangola block to address the long-standing irrigation crisis faced by local farmers. The region, largely dependent on agriculture, has been... Read More


Foreign banks easing credit lines, fuel suppliers lowering risk premiums

Dhaka, May 4 -- Foreign banks begin easing line-of-credit backup to local banks and fuel suppliers lowering risk premiums as spinoffs from a steady rise in remittance into Bangladesh, sources say, as ... Read More