FARIDPUR, BANGLADESH – A much-awaited concert by Bangladeshi rock legend James (Faruq Mahfuz Anam) was suddenly cancelled last Friday night when a violent mob stormed the concert venue, injuring at least 25 – 30 people. The accident happened on the closing day of the 185th anniversary of Faridpur Zilla School. The event that was supposed…
Jaipur, Rajasthan: Violence broke out in Chomu early Friday in an anti-encroachment exercise conducted by the local administration in an area outside a mosque, where four police officers were injured when a mob of people reportedly used stone-pellets. The officials say that the incident took place during the early hours when a combined team of…
Mumbai, December 25, 2025: The Centre’s flagship student engagement initiative, Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC) 2026, is not being received with much enthusiasm in Maharashtra, and education officials are worried about encouraging more students to enroll until the January 11 deadline. The PPC 2026 initiative, under the leadership of students, teachers and parents all over the…
Tarique Rahman, the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), returned to Bangladesh on Thursday, after almost seventeen years of exile, which was one of the biggest political events in Bangladesh in recent years. He was received in Dhaka with crowds of mass support, and party followers ensured that roads were filled with people,…
The Supreme Court of India triggered a countrywide controversy with its support of a new definition of the Aravalli Hills to be based on a consistent national relief of “100 metres above local relief.” The decision, which is aimed at bringing legal and administrative confusion to a close, has provoked a fierce response among environmentalists,…
MYMENSINGH, BANGLADESH – The horrifying news about the brutal lynching of a 27-year-old Hindu garment worker, Dipu Chandra Das, has been exposed, providing a dreadful story of workplace betrayal and planned violence. According to reports of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and local police, the young man was not just a casualty of a lynch…
With another major milestone in its growing commercial launch ceiling set to occur with the planned launch of the BlueBird Block-2 mission on December 24, 2025, the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is about to launch another significant commercial launch into orbit. The satellite will be flown on…
In a temporary measure, Bangladesh has cancelled visa and consular services at some of its diplomatic and visa facilitation centres in India, citing “unavoidable circumstances,” which is stated in official notices posted on December 22, 2025. The suspension includes the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission, and the Bangladesh Visa…
The rural employment situation in India changed in history on Sunday when President Droupadi Murmu accorded her official approval to Viksit Bharat Guarantee on Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill 2025. The new law was dubbed the VB-G RAM G Act, which officially repeals and substitutes the 20-year-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act…
MUMBAI – To understand what has rocked the cricketing community, the BCCI on Saturday created a selection bombshell by excluding Shubman Gill, a star batter and a former vice-captain, from India’s 15-member team to play in the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. The news, delivered at the BCCI headquarters by the chief selector Ajit…
