Iran to promote Chabahar as curbs will hit main port
With U.S. sanctions threatening Iran’s main port of Bandar Abbas, the Iranian government is planning to promote the Chabahar port being developed by India in a major conference on February 26, highlighting the potential of the Indian Ocean port beyond India-Afghan trade alone.
Maharashtra ex-Additional Chief Secretary’s transactions during demonetisation raises red flag
Central agencies have flagged several ‘suspicious’ high value transactions by a top bureaucrat of Maharashtra during the demonetisation drive that was announced on November 8, 2016.
Saradha scam: The wait continues even after six long years
Sushmita Talukdar, a 42-year-old home-maker, switches off the television whenever she comes across a news report on the investigation into the Saradha scam. She has lost all hope that justice will be done in the scam that tore her family apart. Sitting at her home in Sonarpur, Ms. Talukdar emphasises two dates — March 17, 2013 and March 21, 2018 — that changed her life forever.
Tension grips Haryana village as demonstrators tell residents to oust Kashmiri students
Tension gripped Mullana village in Haryana’s Ambala on Saturday after some demonstrators told the villagers to oust Kashmiri students who were staying on rent there.
Argentina President’s three-day India visit from February 17
Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri will arrive in India on Sunday for a three-day visit, during which he will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to enhance cooperation in key sectors such as the economy, nuclear technology and space.
Odisha looking to become a global sports destination
In the last few years, Odisha, which deservedly got the Sportstar Aces award for the Best State for Promotion of Sports, has put itself on the fast forward mode to become a global sports destination.
Man held in Uttar Pradesh for supplying illegal arms
A person from Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district has been arrested on charges of supplying illegal weapons to supporters of a separate Khalistan, police said on Saturday.
How Amazon scrapped its plans for a New York headquarters
More than a year of work to bring Amazon.com Inc.’s headquarters and tens of thousands of jobs to New York City ended on Thursday with a couple of phone calls.
Japan swimmers vow support to Ikee
Japanese swimmers have vowed to step up their efforts in support of Rikako Ikee, the poster girl for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics who has announced she is suffering from leukaemia.
China’s affair with Bollywood is now more down than up. But everybody loves Mishu
Some 10 years ago, Three Idiots , a satire on India’s structured education system, made its way into China through the pirated DVD route. Within weeks it became a talking point in the entire greater China region (which includes Taiwan and Hong Kong), enough to make its producers sit up and take note. The movie released in Taiwan in December 2010, in Hong Kong in September 2011, and in mainland China in December 2011.
