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Nandini Chakraborty takes charge as Bengal Chief Secretary

Kolkata, Dec. 31 -- In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the West Bengal government on Wednesday appointed senior IAS officer Nandini Chakraborty as the new Chief Secretary and Jagdish Prasad Meena as t... Read More


Cong Veteran PC says 2026 Assembly elections likely in Marh end or early April, says alliance with DMK is firm, no second thoughts on it

Chennai, Dec. 31 -- Averring that the key 2026 to the Tamil Nadu Assembly is likely be heldeither in the last week of March of early April, former union Minister and veteran Congress stalwartP Chidamb... Read More


NIA court convicts Hizb-ul-Mujahideen conspiracy accused, awards life term

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- A key accused in the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) terror conspiracy case was convicted and sentenced to simple imprisonment (SI) by the Special Court of the National Investigation Age... Read More


27 BGB platoons deployed in Dhaka around Khaleda Zia's janaza, burial

Dhaka, Dec. 31 -- Twenty seven platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed at key points of Dhaka to ensure tight security around the janaza and burial of BNP Chairperson and former P... Read More


Implement 'Worker to Owner' scheme before Sankranthi or face massive dharna: KTR

Rajanna Sircilla, Dec. 31 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K T Rama Rao (KTR) on Wednesday issued an ultimatum to the state government, demanding immediate implementation of the 'Work... Read More


Individual agent commissions banned in non-life insurance from tomorrow

, Dec. 31 -- In a landmark move to reform the insurance sector, the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has suspended the licenses of all individual agents in the non-life insurance ... Read More


Agriculture-environment sector fulfils, exceeds all nine targets

Hanoi, Dec. 31 -- Despite global economic volatility, sluggish growth and increasingly complex climate change and natural disasters, the agriculture and environment sector has fulfilled and exceeded a... Read More


Longtime caregiver Fatema's family grief-stricken over Khaleda Zia's death

Bhola, Dec. 31 -- Fatema, longtime caregiver of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, and her family are grief-stricken following the leader's death. Since 2010, Fatema has bee... Read More


Khaleda's death: Bangladesh observing state mourning, general holiday

Dhaka, Dec. 31 -- Bangladesh is observing a three-day state mourning and general holiday on Wednesday over the death of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. Chief Adviser Professor ... Read More


Tasnim Jara declares assets worth Tk 19 lakh, annual income Tk 7 lakh

, Dec. 31 -- Tasnim Jara, the independent candidate for Dhaka-9 constituency, has assets worth some Tk 19.14 lakh and her annual income is Tk 7.14 lakh, according to the affidavit she submitted to the... Read More