FEATURE STORY
The West Bengal government invoked a special portion of the West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Act, 2026, also known as the ‘anti-goonda law’, in the state with effect from Monday.
A new Radial Forging Plant at Yantra India Ltd’s Metal and Steel Factory (MSF) in Ishapore will expand Bengal’s defence manufacturing capacity, including production of hollow tubes for aerial bombs, as Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday laid the foundation stones for five expansion projects worth around Rs 3,500 crore.
Lawmakers in Bangladesh elected ruling party veteran Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as the country’s president on Thursday, a largely ceremonial post left vacant after the early resignation of his predecessor.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday chaired the 31st meeting of the Southern Zonal Council in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, bringing together the governments of five southern states and representatives of the Union Territories to discuss long-pending inter-state issues, regional development and internal security.
The exceptionally gifted Manav Suthar gave India temporary deliverance from their red-ball turmoil, leading the 165-run dismantling of Sri Lanka in the first Test with a match haul of 10-wicket on the fifth and final day here on Wednesday.