Suspected Islamic State sympathiser and aspiring foot soldier Mohammad Mussa, who was arrested in West Bengal on July 4, planned to carry out attacks on the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity in central Kolkata, the National Investigation Agency has said in its chargesheet. His aim was to target British, American and Russian tourists, who…
Read moreThe Indian High Commission in Bangladesh has scrapped the e-token or prior appointment free visa system for Bangladeshi travellers. This will come into effect from January 1. The decision was taken in line with its ongoing effort to ‘streamline, liberalise and ease the process of securing Indian visas’. The measure is aimed at facilitating people-to-people…
Read moreSIMON LEWIS A group of Rohingya Muslims that attacked Myanmar border guards in October is headed by people with links to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, the International Crisis Group (ICG) said on Thursday, citing members of the group. The coordinated attacks on Oct. 9 killed nine policemen, and sparked a crackdown by security forces in…
Read moreThe Congress played an audio tape on Tuesday, claiming that it was a proof linking Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju to alleged corruption and fraud in Arunachal Pradesh. “Kiren Rijiju’s role in this issue is under a cloud of suspicion. So he should be sacked or asked to resign till a probe…
Read moreTwenty four more Biranganas (war heroines) have been recognised as freedom fighters for their sacrifice in the country’s Liberation War in 1971. The government issued a gazette in this regard on November 17. With these 24, a total of 170 women have been honoured as freedom fighters in phases by the government. The government for…
Read moreGOPAL SURI Bangladesh has received two submarines from China a deal that has cost Dhaka $ 203 million. The Bangladesh Navy, in the recent past, has bought frigates, corvettes and patrol craft from the Chinese. However, the buying of submarines is worth pondering over since submarine operations, especially in their infancy, have to be nurtured and…
Read moreAn ambitious road connectivity plan involving Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) — an initiative pushed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to boost trade — has hit a roadblock with the upper house of Bhutan parliament deciding against ratifying the motor vehicle pact on Wednesday. The BBIN agreement – signed in Bhutan’s capital Thimpu in…
Read moreWith public anger rising across the country over limited cash availability, the government eased key restrictions including raising daily withdrawal limit from bank counters and ATM as well as hiking the amount of old and now defunct currency notes that can be exchanged. To augment cash supplies, newly printed hard-to-fake Rs 500 notes were also…
Read moreLOOKEAST EXCLUSIVE The arrest of two Burmese nationals Khin Maung Win and Kar Mar Din, in Bangkok on October 9, for their involvement in drug trafficking and the fake documentation racket has revealed that Pakistan is increasingly using Myanmar as the ingress point to pump fake Indian currency notes (FICN) into India. During their questioning, the two suspects informed the Thai police that they were being used as couriers to transport large consignments of FICN from Bangkok, via Myanmar, into India. The…
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Election Commission of India has decided to deploy at least 480 companies of Central Forces in various troubled parts of West Bengal from March 1
