RN Ravi named as new West Bengal Governor
  • Bangladesh relocating Rohingyas to a remote island

    Bangladesh authorities are to push ahead with a controversial plan to relocate tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees who arrived from Myanmar to a remote island, according to a government website. The government has set up a committee comprising state officials in the coastal districts, ordering authorities to help identify and relocate undocumented Myanmar nationals…

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  • Army sets up WhatsApp number to register complains

    The army has set up a WhatsApp number for its soldiers to post their problems directly to Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat instead of going to the social media directly. The move came after a series of videos were posted online by personnel from the army, IAF and central police forces regarding various conditions that…

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  • Military exercise TROPEX kicks off

    Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya backed by nuclear submarine INS Chakra besides fighting assets of the Indian Navy and Coast Guard have come together in the country’s biggest inter-service Tropex exercise along the western seaboard. The navy’s annual Theatre Readiness Operational Exercise (TROPEX) got underway on January 24. The month-long exercise will have ships and aircraft…

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  • Modi addressed top military commanders

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed top military commanders in Dehradun during which he is understood to have outlined his vision on security challenges before the country. Defence minister Manohar Parrikar and national security advisor Ajit Doval were also present at the Combined Commanders Conference which was held at the Indian Military Academy (IMA)…

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  • LeT operatives were sentenced to death

    Three Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives were sentenced to death by a Bengal court on Saturday. The operatives identified as – Mohammad Yunous, Abdullah Khan and Muzaffar Ahmed were given death penalty by the Fast Track Court- 1 of Bongaon in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Yunous and Khan are both Pakistani nationals and Ahmed…

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  • Security architecture for Indian Ocean region

    The role of Indian Ocean has increased with Asia becoming a major economic hub and all the stakeholders, including global mercantile nations must prepare a security architecture for the region, former NSA Shivsankar Menon has said. “The Indian Ocean sees much less tension” compared to other seas, Menon said at a forum held in Singapore….

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  • Nasirnagar : Awami League leader remanded

    A Brahmanbaria court placed a local Awami League leader on a two-day remand in a case filed in connection with the synchronised attack on Hindu community people in Nasirnagar upazila of the district. The court order came a day after detectives arrested Suruj Ali, who was recently suspended from the president post of Chapartola Union…

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  • Modi urges Denmark to extradite Kim Davy

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked Denmark to extend full support in the extradition of Purulia arms drop case accused Kim Davy, taking into account India’s “sensitivities”. The matter was raised by Modi during a call by Danish minister of energy, utilities and climate change Lars Christian Lilleholt, who is in Gandhinagar to attend the ‘Vibrant…

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  • China denies pressuring Tibetans to attend Kalachakra

    Dismissing a Buddhist ritual held by the Dalai Lama as a political tool, Chinese officials denied that thousands of Tibetan pilgrims were pressured to return to China. “Taking advantage of the presence of the Dalai Lama, the Kalachakra (wheel of time) teachings have inveigled Tibetans into illegally going abroad over the last decade,” Zhu Weiqun,…

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  • Baloch event ‘banned’ at Calcutta Club

    An event titled “The saga of Baluchistan and Kashmir” has been denied permission by the reputed Calcutta Club due to alleged pressure from the West Bengal state administration and the Kolkata Police. The event which was scheduled for January 7 evening at the Calcutta Club was scrapped at the last moment by the club authorities…

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