KOLKATA: BSF troops caught a fugitive Bangladeshi former police officer when he attempted to cross into India through Hakimpur in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district Saturday evening, officials said.Mohammad Arifuzzaman, 47, had been in hiding since the Awami League govt of then prime minister Sheikh Hasina was toppled by a student-led mass movement in…
LUCKNOW: Three people were charred to death and 24 others were injured—six of them critically—after a private passenger bus caught fire following a violent collision with a speeding truck on the Phulwaria bypass in Balrampur early Tuesday. Most passengers were Nepalese nationals travelling from Sonauli to Delhi.According to police, the bus (UP 22 AT 0245)…
The Pakistan team bus reached the stadium with more than an hour to go for the delayed start (Image via X/Screengrabs & Pratyush Raj/TOI) The Asia Cup clash between Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates in Dubai on Wednesday was delayed by an hour after a dramatic standoff involving the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and…
NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday attempted to touch Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s feet in an unusual moment at the Patna airport, shortly before the PM departed after attending the Janata Dal (United) leader’s swearing-in ceremony for a record 10th term.A video of the incident went viral, showing the 74-year-old JD(U) leader…
India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $276 million to $699.96 billion for the week ended October 3, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data.In the previous week, the country’s forex reserves had declined by $2.334 billion to $700.236 billion, PTI reported.Foreign currency assets, the largest component of the reserves, dropped $4.049 billion to $577.708…
The Centre has unveiled operational guidelines for the rollout of nearly 72,300 public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the country, with an outlay of Rs 2,000 crore under the Rs 10,900 crore PM E-DRIVE scheme.According to the Ministry of Heavy Industries, the framework provides a tiered subsidy structure to accelerate the installation of charging…
BENGALURU: Indian universities and research organisations can now become part of a new international consortium launched by Axiom Space to drive microgravity science and innovation in low-Earth orbit.Axiom, whose Ax-4 mission took India’s Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station (ISS) and back, already has a partnership with Indian space startup Skyroot Aerospace to jointly…
Nashra Sandhu (Video grab) NEW DELHI: Pakistan batter Nashra Sandhu became just the second player in Women’s World Cup history to be dismissed hit wicket, in a bizarre turn of events during their opening match against Bangladesh on Thursday. The first instance occurred 52 years ago when Lynette Smith, playing for International XI Women, fell…
SRINAGAR: Amid curfew and a ban on mobile internet, two of the four people killed on Sept 24 in the violent protest over the demand for statehood and Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh were cremated Sunday.A small group of relatives of Jigmat Dorjee (25) and Stanzin Namgyal (24) attended the cremation under heavy security, while…
Shah Rukh Khan and Gautam Gambhir (X Photo) NEW DELHI: India head coach Gautam Gambhir took a moment away from cricket duties to pen a touching birthday note for Bollywood icon and Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan, as the superstar turned 60 on Sunday. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE…
