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BJP Meghalaya chief calls West Bengal CM pro-Bangladesh and ‘outsider’
Shillong: The BJP, which is aggressively campaigning in Meghalaya for the upcoming Assembly elections, took potshots at the opposition Trinamool Congress (TMC) and described its supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as a…
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1846 - Battle of Aliwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab.
1878 - The first commercial telephone exchange in the U.S. was installed at New…
Tikrit: 14 militants involved in 2014 airbase massacre in Iraq covicted to death
Cairo: An Iraqi Criminal court has sentenced to death 14 more convicts in the 2014 massacre at the Majid al Tamimi Airbase, formerly known as Camp Speicher, near the city of Tikrit in the northern Saladin province, the Supreme Judicial…
Pentagon to get black hawk combat helicopters worth $ 656 m
Washington: US Defence aircraft manfucturer Sikorsky has won a more than $650 million US Army contract to build an unspecified additional number of UH-60M Black Hawk ground support helicopters, the Defense Department announced.
"Sikorsky,…
Powerful explosions reported in Ukraine nuclear plants by IAEA
Vienna: Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have again reported powerful explosions in the area of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the agency said in a statement.
"Powerful explosions have been occurring…
Motto for Today: ‘A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you can’t get very far until you change…
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On this day, Jan.27.......
1880 - Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp he invented on 21 Oct 1879. Edison’s invention of the light…
Bangladesh’s to elect new president on Feb. 19
Dhaka: Bangladesh's Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal announced on Wednesday that the country's presidential election will be held on Feb. 19.
According to the schedule, the nomination papers can be submitted to the Chief…
Finland may get NATO application without Sweden
Helsinki: Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said Tuesday that Finland might have to reconsider promoting a joint, simultaneous entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO if Sweden's application is delayed much longer.
Joint entry with…
UK supplies sea king helicopter to Ukraine- DefMin. Reznikov
London: Ukraine has received a Sea King helicopter provided by the United Kingdom as part of its military support for Kiev, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said.
"Sea King from the UK has arrived in its new kingdom near the…
Brazil’s Lula dismisses army commander in wake of Brasilia riots
Brasilia: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, after meeting with military commanders on the recent unrest in the capital, sacked the head of Brazil’s army Gen. Julio Cesar de Arruda, who had been in office for just over two…
Shooting in California’s Monterey Park leaves 10 dead, 16 injured
California: At least ten people were killed and sixteen injured in shooting in
California, Monterey Park on Sunday, media reports said. The incident is reported to be due to ethnic scuffle with Chinese visitors in the market shopping…
Bangla EAM: Suppress criminal activities in Rohingya camps
Dhaka: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Bangladesh Md Shahriar Alam has said that it is important to check criminal activities in Rohingya camps and assured of taking appropriate steps in this regard.
He said this while speaking as the…
Bishwa Ijtema phase 2 begins at Tongi in Bangladesh
Dhaka: The second phase of Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims, began on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi, on the outskirts of capital Dhaka, in the early hours of Friday.
The Ijtema began with 'Aam Bayan'…
Over 60 women kidnapped in Burkina Faso freed
Moscow: Scores of girls and women abducted earlier this month in Burkina Faso have been released, the national RTB broadcaster reports.
On Tuesday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned the abduction of over 50 girls and women…
Three US marines charged for involvement in Capitol riot of Jan. 2021
Washington: Three members of the US military were arrested and charged with being a part of the mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, court documents revealed.
Micah Coomer, Joshua Abate and Dodge Dale Hellonen were arrested…
EC head says new Russia sanctions become more difficult to accept
Moscow: European Council President Charles Michel said that it became more difficult to impose new sanctions on Russia.
"Each debate on sanctions is much more difficult than the previous one," Michel told reporters during a trip to Kiev,…
Joe Biden at 80 plans to seek re-election next year
Washington: Plans are afoot at US President Joe Biden's mind on his intension to run for reelection in the next few weeks, US newspaper The Hill reported citing sources familiar with preparations for the 2024 campaign bid.
"It's still…
Germany records high population growth, all-time record due to high Turkish immigration
Berlin: Germany's population swelled to an all-time record number of at least 84.3 million inhabitants at the end of 2022, due to record net immigration, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Thursday.
Up to 1.45 million more…
India and Canada bilateral trade stands very low at USD 4 bn
Hyderabad: Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) President Arvind Bharadwaj on Tuesday said the trade between India-Canada is just US $ 4 billion, which is abysmally low and there is a great opportunity to double or triple it.
Addressing…
Eight people injured in Florida shooting
Washington: Eight people were injured in a shooting at
a crowded Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in Florida, CNN reported citing authorities.
All eight adults, injured in Fort Pierce, Florida, were brought to a hospital, St. Lucie…
