Mob attacks Hindu households, businesses in Bangladesh

BNP, Jamaat clash over oath in Bangladesh parliament

Dhaka: A Muslim spiritual leader was hacked to death for allegedly insulting Islam while shops and households owned by Hindus were vandalised in two separate mob attacks in western Kushtia and northwestern Rangpur in Bangladesh Saturday. An irate mob attacked several Hindu households and businesses in pre-dawn hours over the death of a Muslim youth in their neighbourhood in Rangpur, about 300-odd kms northwest of Dhaka. A "third party" carried out...

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10 killed, 25 injured in multi-vehicle collision in Bihar’s Katihar

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Katihar: Ten people were killed and 25 others injured following a collision involving a bus, a truck, and a pickup van in Bihar's Katihar district Saturday evening, a police officer said. The accident took place at 6:30 pm NH-31 in Kodha block of Katihar, Superintendent of Police Shikhar Choudhary told reporters. Those travelling in the pickup van were coming from the neighbouring Purnea district, said a local police official adding that the...

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Asha Bhosle hospitalised after suffering cardiac arrest

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Mumbai: Legendary playback singer Asha Bhosle has been admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai after she suffered a cardiac arrest Saturday. The 92-year-old singer is currently undergoing treatment in the Emergency Medical Services unit. Breach Candy Docter Pratit Samdani has shared a statement saying, "Legendary playback icon Asha Bhosale suffered a cardiac arrest on Saturday, April 10 and has been admitted to Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai where she...

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SIR phase 2: Voters’ list of 12 states/UTs pruned by over 10%

New Delhi: The combined voters' list of nine states and three Union territories has been pruned by 10.2 per cent following the SIR exercise carried out by the Election Commission, with over 60 lakh dead voters removed, data shared by the poll authority and its state officials shows. When phase II of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was announced by the EC on October 27, the voter base...

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Mob attacks Hindu households, businesses in Bangladesh

Dhaka: A Muslim spiritual leader was hacked to death for allegedly insulting Islam while shops and households owned by Hindus were vandalised in two separate mob attacks in western Kushtia and northwestern Rangpur in Bangladesh Saturday. An irate mob attacked several Hindu households and businesses in pre-dawn hours over the death of a Muslim youth in their...

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10 killed, 25 injured in multi-vehicle collision in Bihar’s Katihar

Katihar: Ten people were killed and 25 others injured following a collision involving a bus, a truck, and a pickup van in Bihar's Katihar district Saturday evening, a police officer said. The accident took place at 6:30 pm NH-31 in Kodha block of Katihar, Superintendent of Police Shikhar Choudhary told reporters. Those travelling in the pickup van were...

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Asha Bhosle hospitalised after suffering cardiac arrest

Mumbai: Legendary playback singer Asha Bhosle has been admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai after she suffered a cardiac arrest Saturday. The 92-year-old singer is currently undergoing treatment in the Emergency Medical Services unit. Breach Candy Docter Pratit Samdani has shared a statement saying, "Legendary playback icon Asha Bhosale suffered a cardiac arrest on Saturday,...

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BJD seeks Prez’s intervention into alleged govt brutality on tribals protesting bauxite mining

Bhubaneswar/Rayagada: BJD Saturday strongly condemned the Odisha government's alleged brutality towards tribals protesting bauxite mining at Sijimali area in Rayagada district and sought President Droupadi Murmu's intervention into the matter. The Congress and Left parties Saturday also condemned the Odisha government for alleged brutality towards tribals protesting bauxite mining at Sijimali area in Rayagada district, and alleged...

SIR phase 2: Voters’ list of 12 states/UTs pruned by over 10%

New Delhi: The combined voters' list of nine states and three Union territories has been pruned by 10.2 per cent following the SIR exercise carried out by the Election Commission, with over 60 lakh dead voters removed, data shared by the poll authority and its state officials shows. When phase II of the special intensive revision (SIR)...

Digital-only toll collection implemented at National Highway fee plazas

New Delhi: All user fee payments at National Highway toll plazas across the country are being processed exclusively through digital modes with FASTag or Unified Payments Interface (UPI) from Saturday, according to an official statement. The move is a significant step towards strengthening efficiency and transparency in toll collection. However, the statement said, this transition has not...

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Trump says US has begun ‘clearing out’ Strait of Hormuz

Washington: US President posted on social media that Iran's military has been destroyed and that America is beginning to open up the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway chokepoint used by Iran to restrict the shipping of 20 per cent of the world's oil supplies. It was unclear from the post if Trump was referring to the possible...

 

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