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World's "strongest" passports: How are Central Asian states ranked?

World, Sept. 9 -- According to the updated Henley Passport Index, Singapore's passport has claimed the top spot, granting its citizens visa-free access to 193 countries. The Henley Passport Index is ... Read More


Prof Abu Sayeed, Nishat Mazumder honoured with inaugural Nahar Kamal Ahmad Achievement Awards

, Sept. 9 -- ever Nahar Kamal Ahmad Achievement Awards were conferred on Bishwa Sahitya Kendra founder and chairman Professor Abdullah Abu Sayeed and the country's first female Everest summiteer Nisha... Read More


Around 40,000 migrant workers apply for 'Sramashree' in Bengal

Kolkata, Sept. 9 -- Around 40,000 migrant workers have applied for 'Sramashree', a state government project launched to help migrant workers return to Bengal and become economically self-reliant. Acc... Read More


VP poll: Voting underway; Modi casts first vote, prominent leaders participate

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Voting for the vice presidential election is currently underway at the new Parliament Building, witnessing participation from top political leaders across party lines. Prime Mini... Read More


SAD to skip vice-presidential election, prioritises flood relief in Punjab

Chandigarh, Sept. 9 -- The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has announced it will abstain from the vice-presidential election, citing devastating floods in Punjab as its primary concern. The party, which hol... Read More


Omar Abdullah pays tributes to soldiers killed in Kulgam encounter

Srinagar, Sept. 9 -- J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today paid tributes to the two Army personnel who lost their lives in an encounter in south Kashmir's Kulgam district. At the wreath-laying cerem... Read More


Thai SC orders former PM Thaksin back to jail after ruling hospital stay unlawful

Bangkok, Sept. 9 -- Thailand's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was unlawfully allowed to stay in hospital detention and should return to prison to complete... Read More


PD Act should be invoked against who stocks fertilizers illegally: Minister

Eluru, Sept. 9 -- Andhra Pradesh Minister for Civil Supplies Nadendla Manohar directed the officials and the police to invoke the Preventive Detention Act (PD Act) against those who stock fertilizer i... Read More


BJP forms fact-finding team after Maddur violence

Bengaluru, Sept. 9 -- The Karnataka BJP has set up a fact-finding committee to probe the violence that erupted during the Ganesh Visarjan procession in Maddur town of Mandya district on September 7, w... Read More


2 arrested over killing of battery-operated rickshaw driver

, Sept. 9 -- operated rickshaw driver was killed in Badda, Dhaka, and two suspects were caught while trying to sell the stolen rickshaw on Monday The deceased was identified as Masud aka Kajol, 42. ... Read More