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PoK crisis goes global: Over 50 UK lawmakers demand action

India, July 31 -- More than 50 UK parliamentarians have written to UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband expressing concern over the recent surge in violence in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), according t... Read More


India exports Karnataka's Neelam, Totapuri mangoes to Maldives for first time. Here's why it matters

India, July 31 -- The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, has facilitated the first-ever air shipment of Neelam an... Read More


Bengali actor Koneenica Banerjee celebrates Bengal's Hilsa love at Kolkata's grand Ilish festival

Kolkata/IBNS, July 31 -- Bengali actor Koneenica Banerjee on Wednesday inaugurated the Hilsa festival at Kenilworth Hotel in Kolkata. The festival was held on July 30-31. Celebrating monsoon and Ben... Read More


Maldives launches Favara-UPI cross-border payment service with India. Key details and all features

India, July 31 -- The Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) on July 30 announced the successful launch of the integration between the Maldives' instant payment system, Favara, and India's Unified Payments... Read More


Bengal STF arrests JeM suspect from Burdwan; probe underway into 'plot' targeting CM Suvendu Adhikari

Kolkata/IBNS, July 31 -- The West Bengal Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a suspected operative of Pakistan-based banned terror organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in Purba Bardhaman, with... Read More


Scorching summer horror: UK's heatwaves linked to 2,877 deaths in just weeks

India, July 31 -- Rapid early assessment by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) estimates that 2,877 heat-associated deaths occurred in the UK during two major periods of hot weather in May and June... Read More


Forced to leave in 2007, Taslima Nasreen returns to Kolkata at last

Kolkata/IBNS, July 31 -- Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who was forced to leave Kolkata in 2007 amid violent protests, returned to the city nearly two decades later. Nasreen arrived at th... Read More


'My father was almost lynched': Families of Delhi cops assaulted during NEET protests share chilling accounts

New Delhi/IBNS, July 31 -- Amid growing support for students protesting over the NEET paper-leak, the families of Delhi Police personnel allegedly assaulted during the July 20 Parliament march have sh... Read More


Ignored warning? Nine killed after 'dangerous' building collapses in Maharashtra

Thane/IBNS, July 31 -- At least nine people were killed after a four-storey residential building collapsed in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district late on Thursday night, media reports said. Eigh... Read More


PM Modi drops 4th Instagram video on NEET row: 'Paper mafia will not be spared'

India, July 30 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has posted his fourth Instagram video in less than a week on the paper leak controversy, praising Parliament's passage of the Public Examination (Prevent... Read More