India-Bangladesh ties should not be ‘regime-specific’, says Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser; pitches for Modi-Yunus meet

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India-Bangladesh ties should not be “regime-specific”, Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain said. After holding talks with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at the 8th Indian Ocean Conference organised in Muscat, Mr. Hossain said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus may finally meet on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit … Read more

Tahawwur Rana became part of 26/11 terror attack conspiracy in 2005: officials

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Tahawwur Hussain Rana became part of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks conspiracy in 2005 as a member of Lashkar-e-Taiba and HUJI and was closely engaged with Pakistan-based conspirators, officials said. U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday (February 13, 2025) that his administration has approved Rana’s extradition to India, referring to him as “one of … Read more

Over 500 Nepali students forced to leave KIIT University following unrest surrounding a suicide

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Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar More than 500 Nepali students were forced to leave the campus of a private university in Bhubaneswar after tensions flared following the alleged suicide of a female student from Nepal on Monday (February 17, 2025). The institute – Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology … Read more

India sends first trial shipments of pomegranate to Australia via sea route

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Image for representational purposes only. India has sent its first-ever commercial trial shipments of pomegranates to Australia through sea route, officials said on February 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: The Hindu India has sent its first-ever commercial trial shipments of pomegranates to Australia through sea route, an official statement said on Monday (February 17, 2025). … Read more

NCW reschedules hearing after summoned ‘India’s Got Latent’ Youtubers fail to appear

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Ranveer Allahbadia. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The National Commission for Women (NCW) has issued a new hearing date after ‘India’s Got Latent’ Youtubers failed to appear in response to its summons regarding derogatory and obscene remarks made on their show. The Commission had summoned content creators and public figures, including Ranveer Allahabadia, Samay … Read more

From snakes, crocodiles to trimming beard, U.S. deportee from Punjab recalls perilous ‘donkey route’

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People deported from America being taken to their respective destinations following the completion of formalities such as immigration, verification and background checks, in Amritsar on February 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Promised a legal entry into the U.S., Mandeep Singh’s life was at risk after he was made to deal with crocodiles and snakes, … Read more