Anxiety spills across border: Unrest back home unsettles Bangladeshi visitors in Kolkata; businesses hit | Kolkata News

Bangladeshi tourists in Kolkata are experiencing tension and anxiety due to fresh violence in their home country, prompting some to consider cutting short their medical trips KOLKATA: Tension and anxiety gripped many Bangladeshi tourists staying in central Kolkata following a fresh outbreak of violence in Dhaka and other cities. This has prompted several visitors to…

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German couple detained for ‘illegal religious conversions’ near India-Pakistan border | Jaipur News

JAISALMER: Six people, including a German couple, were detained on Thursday night for alleged illegal religious conversions in Sriganganagar. The incident was reported from a rented house in the district’s Srikaranpur town, located close to the India-Pakistan border.Those detained were identified as German nationals Swan Baz Bat Jaler and his wife Sandra, Santosh Varghese from…

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Does India need ‘more than one Jaishankar’? EAM replies with Lord Hanuman parallel – watch | India News

S Jaishankar (file photo) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Saturday said he merely carries out the “vision” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, likening his role to that of Lord Hanuman carrying out Lord Ram’s mission.At an event in Maharashtra’s Pune, Jaishankar, a former diplomat, was asked if only “one Jaishankar” is enough…

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‘Meets anti-India forces abroad’: BJP charges Rahul Gandhi over Germany visit; alleges LoP aided by George Soros | India News

Gaurav Bhatia (ANI image) NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had joined hands with “anti-India forces” during his visit to Germany.Party spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia asserted that the Congress MP was part of a larger conspiracy against the country. The BJP also linked Gandhi to US billionaire…

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‘Modi govt is correcting Congress’s mistakes’: PM in Guwahati; hails development of Assam | India News

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hit out at the previous Congress government in Assam and said that the “development of the state and the Northeast region was never in its priority list.”“Modi government is correcting Congress’s mistakes,” PM Modi said in Guwahati.“My attachment to the soil of Assam, the love and affection…

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Augusta Westland deal: Christian Michel released in money laundering case; remains in CBI custody | India News

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday ordered the release of alleged ‘middleman’ Christian Michel James from custody in the money laundering case linked to Augusta Westland chopper case.The Rouse Avenue court was deciding on Michel’s plea seeking release on the grounds that he had completed the maximum statutory sentence of seven years prescribed in…

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Over 100 flights cancelled at Delhi airport due to dense fog | Delhi News

NEW DELHI: More than 100 flights were cancelled at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Saturday due to dense fog affecting visibility across North India.Officials reported that sixty six arriving flights and sixty three departures were cancelled.Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport issued a passenger advisory as fog continued to blanket the national capital. Earlier…

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