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Shillong police get Salahuddin’s health report

Shillong Civil Hospital, where BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed is undergoing treatment, has confirmed that he has been suffering from different ailments relating to kidney, heart, skin and urology.
19 May 2015, 16:01 PM

Salahuddin to be brought back after India’s decision: Asaduzzman

State Minister for Home Asaduzzman Khan says government will take necessary steps to bring Salahuddin Ahmed back home when India decides to hand him over.
19 May 2015, 14:28 PM

Has an Indian 'man-eating tiger' been wrongly imprisoned?

A tiger in one of India's most visited national parks has been branded a killer and caged in a zoo, sparking protests from wildlife activists who claim the tiger has been wrongly accused and unfairly condemned to live out his life in captivity.
19 May 2015, 14:28 PM

Fatullah to host Test against India

Test cricket is coming back to Fatullah after nine years when the ground will host the Test match between Bangladesh and India on June 10, 2015.
19 May 2015, 10:56 AM

Indian public exam topper scores 399 out of 400

Kolkata, Bangalore and Mumbai share honours as students registered all time high scores in the class X and XII results conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, led by a Kolkata boy who had a near-perfect 99.75 percent in the class XII exam.
19 May 2015, 10:14 AM

Saudi Arabia advertises for 8 new executioners

Saudi Arabia advertises for eight new executioners, recruiting extra staff to carry out an increasing number of death sentences, usually done by public beheading.
19 May 2015, 08:40 AM

“Waiting for the Esquimo”is over

Brendan Whyte, a social scientist, published from University of Melbourne in 2002 a paper titled “Waiting for the Esquimo”.
18 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Wife’s emotional reunion with Salahuddin

Hasina Ahmed, wife of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, has an emotional reunion with her husband at a Shillong hospital.
18 May 2015, 15:22 PM

First year of Modi government: Demand up, income growth flat, research reveals

As the Modi government in India braces the one year milestone, its report card from the consumption and consumer sentiment point of view reveals a mixed picture
18 May 2015, 12:58 PM

Take a look how Shakib did at IPL

Bangladesh’s top allrounder Shakib Al Hasan could not give his best with the bat and ball for Kolkata Knight Riders after playing only four matches in IPL 2015.
18 May 2015, 12:23 PM

Salahuddin wants to return home (video)

BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, now undergoing treatment at a Shillong hospital in Indian Meghalaya state, says that he wanted to return home.
18 May 2015, 07:04 AM

The shadow of border disputes

None of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign visits drew as much attention as his three days visit to China.
17 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Maharashtra bride takes a toilet as wedding gift

The prefabricated toilet is the wedding gift from the bride's parents since the bridegroom's family did not have one in their home, at a traditional Maharashtrian marriage in Akola.
17 May 2015, 08:43 AM

Salahuddin losing memories, BNP leader says

BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, now at Shillong hospital in Indian Meghalaya state, is losing his memories, a senior party leader says.
17 May 2015, 07:46 AM

Birds have fundamental rights, can't be kept in cages: HC

Delhi High Court says birds have the fundamental right to "live with dignity" and fly in the sky without being kept in cages or subjected to cruelty,
17 May 2015, 07:23 AM

Indians drinking alcohol up 55pc in 20 years

A global study has found out that alcohol consumption in India has risen by 55 percent over a period of 20 years.
17 May 2015, 05:29 AM

Hindu group wants Sunny Leone deported

Terming Sunny Leone's website as one inducing lust in young minds, the complainant Hindu Janjagruti Samiti (HJS) demands her deportation.
17 May 2015, 05:26 AM

Indian doctors join hands against practice of unwanted tests

Several doctors from all over India and across disciplines are joining hands to fight against the menace of unnecessary investigations.
17 May 2015, 05:20 AM

Salahuddin ill, BNP for treatment in Singapore

BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed is physically ill, what is keeping Meghalaya police from producing him at court for breaching foreigners’ act.
16 May 2015, 13:18 PM

5.7 Nepal quake shakes Dhaka

A moderate 5.7 earthquake struck in the already devastated Nepal Saturday afternoon which was felt in Dhaka and some parts of Bangladesh.
16 May 2015, 12:51 PM