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Trinamool, BJP clash over West Bengal voter roll purge

West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and its main rival, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), are set for a collision course as the Election Commission of India (ECI) undertakes a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the state’s electoral roll ahead of assembly polls slated for March-April next year
9 November 2025, 18:34 PM
9 November 2025, 18:34 PM
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India moves to boost textile competitiveness against Bangladesh, Vietnam and China

Faced with a 50 percent tariff imposed by the United States, the Indian government has drawn up a four-point action plan with three separate timeframes to regain cost competitiveness in the global textile market, with a particular focus on competing with Bangladesh, Vietnam, and China.
30 October 2025, 18:00 PM
30 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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India, Pakistan hockey players shake hands at Malaysia meet

The gesture by the junior hockey players of the two teams came after the men's and women's cricket teams of India and Pakistan opted for “no-handshake” policy during their respective matches in the Asia Cup in the UAE and a World Cup game in Colombo.
15 October 2025, 05:38 AM
15 October 2025, 05:38 AM
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India to launch EFTA trade pact on Oct 1

In the midst of a tariff battle with the United States, India will formally operationalise its free trade agreement (FTA) with four countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) bloc on October 1.
29 September 2025, 18:00 PM
29 September 2025, 18:00 PM
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Anuparna Roy’s breakthrough at Venice Film Festival

For Anuparna Roy, in her thirties, the excitement of winning an award with her very first feature film at the world’s oldest film festival in Venice is yet to sink in. The Indian media took no notice of Roy, an English literature student from Burdwan University in West Bengal, when she released her first short film “Run To The River” a couple of years ago. But today, that moment seems light years away.
10 September 2025, 13:11 PM
10 September 2025, 13:11 PM
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Bhupen Hazarika centenary sets sail on Brahmaputra with musical river voyage

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a tribute this morning, called Hazarika’s music timeless, noting how his compositions “transcended borders and linguistic barriers for decades.” That universality is embodied in “Bistirna Parore” (popularly known in Bangla as “Bistirno Dupaare”), the song after which the voyage is named.
8 September 2025, 10:20 AM
8 September 2025, 10:20 AM
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BGB-BSF conference: Push-ins, border killings to figure high

The continuous push-ins by Indian authorities from different border points despite repeated protests by Bangladesh will top the agenda of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in the upcoming 56th director general-level conference.
23 August 2025, 18:44 PM
23 August 2025, 18:44 PM
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"Even simple tasks are hard": India's first ISS astronaut on space life

Indian Air Force officer Shubhanshu Shukla, the country’s first astronaut to enter the International Space Station (ISS), has shared his first-hand experience that even simple tasks like sleeping, walking, and drinking water become very challenging in microgravity conditions.
30 June 2025, 08:36 AM
30 June 2025, 08:36 AM
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MODI GETS CR7-SIGNED JERSEY

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a special gift from visiting Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa yesterday. After holding
8 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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Shakib best all-rounder again

Shakib Al Hasan rose to become the best all-rounder in the One Day Internationals and was adjudged the second-best all-rounder in Tests and T20Is in the International Cricket Council's (ICC's) latest rankings.
8 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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Om Puri passes on

Om Puri, one of India's most versatile actors who strode across parallel, mainstream Bollywood commercial cinema and Hollywood and
6 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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Sunil backs Sourav to take BCCI reins

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has thrown his weight behind another former skipper, Sourav Ganguly, to take over the Board of
3 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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“Raees” stirs up YouTube Storm

“Raees”, the latest big screen venture of Bollywood super star Shah Rukh Khan appears all set to storm the box office, if the
8 December 2016, 18:00 PM
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Red cards in cricket!

Cricket, like football and hockey, may see introduction of red cards as punishment for violent acts on the field.
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM
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Documentary “Seemantarekha”

Veteran film director Tanvir Mokammel has been among the pioneers of the parallel cinema in Bangladesh in early 1990s. And
2 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Attack on Hindus: India tells Dhaka, it's worried

Following the recent attacks on the Hindus in Brahmanbaria and elsewhere in Bangladesh, India has expressed its concern about the safety and security of the community.
6 November 2016, 18:00 PM
INDIA-POLLUTION

Air Pollution: Delhi schools to stay closed

Schools in the Indian capital city will remain closed for three more days as Delhi battles its worst smog condition in 17 years.
6 November 2016, 18:00 PM
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BAPPI LAHIRI croons for Disney's new film

Indian playback composer Bappi Lahiri has crooned a new song, titled “Shona”, for the Hindi dub of Disney's latest animated
1 November 2016, 18:00 PM

BIMSTEC leaders agree on regional connectivity

Bangladesh and six other South and South East Asian countries have resolved to explore the possibility of a motor vehicle agreement among them like the one involving Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal, according to a document agreed by the countries during the "BIMSTEC Leaders' Retreat" during the "BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach Summit" in Goa, India, on Sunday.
17 October 2016, 18:00 PM

CHT Chakma victims want Indian citizenship

A delegation of All India Chakma Social Forum met a key federal Indian minister in New Delhi and sought his intervention for grant of Indian citizenship to Chakma migrants who had escaped from Pakistani brutalities in Chittagong Hill Tracts in 1960s.
11 October 2016, 18:00 PM

New Delhi assures it's no substitution

With the 19th Saarc summit in Islamabad being postponed and bilateral meetings of the Bimstec on the sidelines of the Brics summit
7 October 2016, 18:00 PM

India to cooperate with Bangladesh on LPG issues

Bangladesh yesterday sought India's assistance in setting up of a network for supplying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to high-rise buildings and apartments, cooperation in the field of bio-fuels and training of its personnel in hydrocarbon sector.
5 October 2016, 18:00 PM
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India nominates Tamil docudrama for Oscar

Tamil language docu-drama portraying real-life police brutality, the story for which was written by an auto-rickshaw driver, is
23 September 2016, 18:00 PM
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Another step forward under BBIN deal

The landmark BBIN motor vehicle agreement moved one step closer to reality after a trial run involving a cargo truck from Bangladesh arrived in New Delhi yesterday without any glitch.
5 September 2016, 18:00 PM

First Bangladeshi vehicle with commercial goods to reach India today

The first Bangladeshi vehicle carrying commercial goods will reach India today under a four-nation deal for improved
4 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Asian Filmmaker

Late Abbas Kiarostami recognised at Busan

Late Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami has been selected for The Asian Filmmaker of the Year (2016) Award by the Busan International Film Festival of South Korea.
22 August 2016, 18:00 PM
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“Oggatonama” goes to Washington DC South Asian Film Fest

Actor-director Tauquir Ahmed's latest directorial venture “Oggatonama” (The Unnamed) will be screened at the Fifth Washington DC
22 August 2016, 18:00 PM
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Mega movie on Bangabandhu on the cards

The decisions were taken at a meeting the visiting Bangladeshi Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu had with his Indian counterpart M Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi yesterday morning.
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM

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