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10-hr strike in Assam against LBA inclusion
Opposition Asom Gana Parishad calls a 10-hour Assam bandh to protest against inclusion of the state in the Land Boundary Agreement between India and Bangladesh.
7 May 2015, 05:15 AM
Salman granted interim bail till Friday
Bollywood star Salman Khan freed on bail, hours after being convicted of culpable homicide in a 2002 Mumbai hit-and-run case.
6 May 2015, 12:20 PM
Salman Khan jailed for 5yrs in hit-and-run case
An Indian court today sentenced Bollywood superstar Salman Khan to five years in jail for running over a man in Mumbai 13 years ago.
6 May 2015, 06:48 AM
Rajya Sabha passes LBA
Rajya Sabha passes constitution amendment bill on Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh to settle decades-old boundary disputes with India.
6 May 2015, 06:02 AM
Kolkata kid gives away all savings for Nepal
A 12-year-old boy in Kolkata has handed over the contents of his piggy bank for the relief of victims of the devastating earthquake in Nepal.
6 May 2015, 04:43 AM
Blast at India fireworks factory 'kills nine'
At least nine people dies in an explosion at a fireworks factory in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, police say.
5 May 2015, 10:31 AM
India cabinet approves bill to operationalise land boundary deal with Bangladesh
Indian cabinet today approved a constitution amendment bill to operationalise Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh that includes its north-eastern state of Assam.
5 May 2015, 06:39 AM
NIA in Bangladesh to curb trans-boundary militancy
A team of India’s National Intelligence Agency (NIA) comes to Dhaka on a four-day visit as part of a joint effort by Bangladesh and India to curb trans-boundary militancy and terrorism, police said.
4 May 2015, 16:18 PM
India due on June 7
India cricket team will arrive in Dhaka on the 7th of next month to play one Test and three ODIs against the Tigers.
4 May 2015, 16:11 PM
The monk who changed Narendra Modi’s life
When Narendra Modi meets an ailing 95-year-old monk during his visit to Kolkata on May 9, he would be keeping a promise made to the guru whose advice led Modi to politics — and, eventually, the country's prime ministership.
4 May 2015, 15:16 PM
Wildlife decline may lead to 'empty landscape'
Populations of some of the world's largest wild animals are dwindling, raising the threat of an "empty landscape", say scientists.
4 May 2015, 06:08 AM
Admit card issued for a cow in India
A brown cow gets an admit card issued by authorities on her name to write a professional entrance examination next week in Srinagar, India
3 May 2015, 13:27 PM
CM Gogoi asks Modi not to exclude Assam from India-Bangladesh LBA
With reports emanating from New Delhi that the BJP-government is keen to exclude Assam from implementation of LBA with Bangladesh, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi requests Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to take such a decision.
3 May 2015, 04:48 AM
India girl dies after molestation attempt on bus
A 14-year-old Indian girl dies and her mother is seriously injured after miscreants throw them off a bus after trying to molest them.
30 April 2015, 11:42 AM
Srinivasan may be axed from ICC
The BCCI's new regime under Jagmohan Dalmiya's leadership explores the option of an early Special General Meeting in its bid to oust N Srinivasan as the Board's representative in ICC.
29 April 2015, 07:54 AM
Quake rattles live TV show
Two live TV shows – one in Bangladesh and the other in India – caught the moment of panic as participants rushed out of the set when a strong earthquake jolted Nepal, Bangladesh and India early afternoon yesterday.
25 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Earthquake: Live TV show participants taken aback
Live TV shows catch the moment of panic as participants rush out for safety after strong earthquake jolted Nepal, Bangladesh and India.
25 April 2015, 12:16 PM
3 die in Bangladesh during evacuation after 7.9 Nepal earthquake
At least three people are killed in Tangail, Bogra and Pabna districts after an earthquake, followed by a shockwave, hit different parts of Bangladesh.
25 April 2015, 06:29 AM
BSF kills Bangladeshi in Panchagarh
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) guns down a Bangladeshi cattle trader along Ghagra border in Panchagarh Sadar upazila. Samiul Haque, 35, son of Samij Uddin, was a resident of Shampara village of Haribhasa union, said Ariful Haque, commanding officer of Border Guard Bangladesh battalion-18 of Panchagarh.
25 April 2015, 04:44 AM
Storm kills 32 in India's Bihar state
At least 32 people were killed in a storm which hit the eastern Indian state of Bihar.
22 April 2015, 11:59 AM