Tag: neighbourhood

BENGALURU: A prison in the neighbourhood is more than an embarrassment for people living near Central Jail in Parappana Agrahara, southeast Bengaluru. The ‘Tower-Harmonious Call Blocking System’ (T-HCBS) or jammers installed recently at the prison are resulting in people living in the neighbourhood facing network issues.In Jan this year, ...

Building genuine trust requires moving beyond transactional relationships and addressing historical grievances with empathy and understanding Published Date - 12 February 2024, 11:45 PM By Sushiila Ttiwari, D Samarender Reddy India, a vibrant democracy and rising economic power, finds itself in a predicament. Despite its ...

In what must be a unique phenomenon for any country, Maldives periodically chooses between two of the largest contestants on earth in a national election. The individual candidates may go by any other name but beyond the veneer, the influencer emerges from among the behemoths: India or China. Over ...

Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra with Foreign Secretary of Bhutan Aum Pema Choden during his official visit to Bhutan, in Paro. | Photo Credit: PTI Close on the heels of the appointment or “Dakyen” ceremony for Bhutan’s new Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay and his Cabinet members on Sunday, Foreign ...

Elections in two of India’s Muslim majority neighbouring states have brought focus on the government’s diplomacy. The presidential election in Maldives was held in September last but the inauguration of new President Mohamed Muizzu was on November 17.The parliamentary election in Bangladesh followed on January 7. Prime Minister Sheikh ...

Kolkata: Air quality remained ‘poor’ in Kolkata and its neighbourhood on Monday morning, a day after Kali Puja and Diwali, as a haze engulfed the metropolis, officials said. Such a situation was not only caused by the bursting of firecrackers on Sunday, but also due to weather conditions during ...

Canadians across the country joined the millions around the world celebrating Diwali on Sunday.Diwali is a five-day festival of lights — commonly celebrated globally by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and some Buddhists — that occurs in October or November each year based on Panchangam, or the Hindu calendar. This year, ...

Indus Waters Treaty dispute On July 6, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruled that “it is a competent forum to mediate dispute over Kishanganga, Ratle projects” (Express Tribune, July 8) being constructed on the Jhelum and Chenab rivers respectively that “jeopardise the free flow of the western rivers ...

Doha, Qatar – For taxi driver Mohammad Siyad, watching his favourite cricketers in the flesh was a dream come true. Siyad was among nearly 7,000 fans who gathered at the Asian Town Cricket Stadium on Monday to watch the final of the Legends League Cricket (LLC) Twenty20 tournament that ...

WASHINGTON: The US is deeply concerned that the loans being given by China to India's immediate neighbourhood - Pakistan and Sri Lanka - may be used for coercive leverage, a senior State Department official has said."Concerning Chinese loans to countries in India's immediate neighbourhood, we are deeply concerned that ...