In a major embarrassment for city police, thieves broke into another temple and decamped with cash and other valuables last night, making it the second such temple theft case in a week. Last night, miscreants looted Rs 25,000 in cash from the Hanuman Temple located in the riverside area of
Month: May 2019
Rabindranath Tagores 158th Birth Anniversary: Rabindranath Tagore was born as Robindronath Thakur on May 7, 1861. A poet, musician and artist, the Bengali polymath gave the world “Gitanjali”, a beautiful collection of sensitive Bengali poems which won him a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. He also composed our national
In an attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after a row over chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in the state, BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday said he wondered if the Lord’s name cannot be taken in India, will it be uttered in Pakistan. Speaking at an election
Five Indian sailors have reportedly been abducted by pirates in Nigeria. This was revealed by external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj in a tweet. In her tweet, she wrote that she had asked the Indian ambassador in Nigeria, Abhay Thakur, to “take up” the matter with the Nigerian government to ensure
The Holy Month of Ramzan will begin in Assam from Monday night as the crescent is sighted. The Hilal Committee announced that the holy month of Ramzan will begin from Monday night and the first Roza or fasting will be observed on Tuesday. This year, the timing of fasting or