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Amit Shah to visit Bengal again as BJP sharpens focus on 2026 assembly elections

Kolkata, Feb. 4 -- : With an eye to the assembly elections in West Bengal, Home Minister Amit Shah is set to visit the state again later this month. This will be his second visit to the state in the ... Read More


Trade agreement with US timely for apparel industry: AEPC chief

New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- Dr A Sakthivel, Chairman, Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), said the India-US trade deal is timely for the Indian apparel industry, which has been under considerable pressu... Read More


Reference exchange rate slightly down on February 4

Hanoi, Feb. 4 -- The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 25,067 VND/USD on February 4, down 2 VND from the previous day. With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling... Read More


Ca Mau, Cambodia's Preah Sihanouk province promote friendship, cooperation

Ca Mau, Feb. 4 -- A delegation from Cambodia's Preah Sihanouk province, led by Deputy Governor Em Pheap, visited and extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to the southern province of Ca Mau on Febru... Read More


6 Lesotho nationals killed in S. Africa shooting

Johannesburg, Feb. 4 -- Six Lesotho nationals were killed and several others injured in a shooting near the town of Meyerton in South Africa's Gauteng Province on Tuesday, local police said. The vict... Read More


BNP to build equitable, knowledge-based society, hopes Zubaida

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman's wife Dr Zubaida Rahman on Wednesday said she hopes to build an equitable, knowledge-based Bangladesh that upholds the dignity of labour after listening t... Read More


Former Arunachal MLA Nima Tsering Khrimey dies at 79; Guv, CM mourn

Itanagar, Feb. 4 -- Former Arunachal Pradesh MLA Nima Tsering Khrimey passed away on Wednesday at the age of 79. Born on January 1, 1947 at Rupa village in West Kameng district, Late Khrimey, before ... Read More


Senior CPI (Maoist) leader surrenders in Odisha, major blow to Insurgency

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 4 -- In a significant setback to the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation, an underground Maoist leader of Area Committee Member (ACM) rank, surrendered before the Malkangiri Police in O... Read More


Three sisters jump to death in Ghaziabad; online gaming addiction under probe: Police

Deepshikha VermaGhaziabad, Feb. 4 -- Three minor sisters allegedly committed suicide after jumping from the ninth floor of their residential building in Ghaziabad early Wednesday morning in an inciden... Read More


Politically motivated arbitrary detentions persist under Bangladesh interim govt: HRW

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that politically motivated and arbitrary detentions, which had become 'entrenched' under the Awami League government, have continued under the interi... Read More