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Reports from the North Dakota Fire Marshal's office say flares from natural gas at oil wells sparked two North Dakota wildfires earlier this fall

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp is expected to complete the construction of an expansion of its electric vehicle factory in mid-2025, according to government-backed Chinese media on Wednesday The second phase of the Xiaomi Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Base is scheduled to be completed on June 15, according to a report by the National Business Daily citing a person familiar with the project. The report added that workers were working overtime to complete the project, which is adjacent to the first-phase factory located in Beijing's Yizhuang New Town, an economic development area in which many high-tech firms have set up shop.

Officials are investigating why part of a bridge in eastern Germany has collapsed

CBDT chairman Ravi Agarwal said the new capital gains provision will be beneficial to prospective home buyers and investors, as they will have to pay substantially less tax than earlier even without indexation benefits if they sell the property after two years at a higher price.

New capital rules for Canada’s largest banks are expected to come with a raft of business and economic costs, potentially crimping lending and putting the banks on unequal footing with counterparts in the United States and Europe, according to a veteran analyst.

West Bengal CID on Friday said it was making arrangements to bring one of the key suspects in the brutal murder of Bangladeshi MP Anwarul Azim Anar from Nepal to Kolkata. Muhammed Siyam Hussain, who fled to Nepal allegedly after murdering Anar in New Town area of the city, was apprehended from the border region of the neighbouring nation last Thursday, sources said.

Anwarul Azim Anar in a flat in New Town, Kolkata, authorities are intensifying efforts to apprehend the alleged mastermind, Akhtaruzzaman Shaheen. A team of Dhaka policemen, led by their detective chief, has arrived in Kolkata and revealed suspicions that Shaheen, a childhood friend of Anar, has fled to the United States. The primary suspect in the murder of Bangladeshi MP Anwarul Azim Anar, Akhtaruzzaman Shaheen, is believed to have escaped to the US via Dubai from Kathmandu. The Bangladeshi detective chief, Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid, disclosed this information during his visit to Kolkata, where the crime took place.

PTI. In a new development in the case, the police are now suspecting that the Bangladesh MP could have been "lured" into a New Town flat by a woman and then murdered by contract killers.

murder" of Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar revealed that one of his friends had paid around Rs 5 crore to kill the neighbouring country's parliamentarian, a senior police officer said here on Thursday. Anar, who went missing in Kolkata since May 13, was found murdered and three people have been arrested, Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan had said on Wednesday. The West Bengal Police had said investigation of the case has been taken up by the state CID. «It was a well-planned murder. A huge amount of money, around Rs 5 crore was paid by an old friend of the MP to kill him,» the officer told PTI.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for ‘instigating’ violence during Ram Navami celebrations at Bengal's Murshidabad district. On Wednesday violence broke out after a blast happened near a procession in Murshidabad's Shaktipur. One woman was injured in the violence.

TMC alleged on Sunday an "unholy alliance" between the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and BJP ahead of elections, even as the central agency denied any mala fide intention in its probe and labelled the entire controversy as «unfortunate.» A team of the NIA was allegedly attacked by a mob on Saturday when it went to arrest two main suspects in a 2022 blast case in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district, sparking a political slugfest with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accusing the investigators of assaulting the villagers. Amid allegations of the NIA colluding with the BJP and attacking the villagers at Bhupatinagar, the central investigating agency on Sunday dubbed the entire controversy as «unfortunate» and rejected any allegations of malice in its investigation. TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said in a post on X, «Experience the unfolding alliance between the NIA and BJP, orchestrating conspiracies against Trinamool leaders and the Model Code of Conduct.»

Last week, 92 prominent senior executives, investment managers and individual investors signed an open letter to the federal and provincial ministers of finance expressing concern with “the decline in Canadian investments by pension funds and its impact on the Canadian economy.” Aggregate public and private Canadian equity investments are down to about a tenth of the total of more than $3 trillion in total pension assets.

Union home minister Amit Shah, who will reach Kolkata on Monday will inaugurate the renowned Santosh Mitra Square Durga Puja in central Kolkata, organised by BJP leader and councillor Sajal Ghosh. This pandal is modelled after the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.

Americans have been on a shopping spree for properties in Scotland.

Prague, the Czech capital, is finding a new balance between preserving its past and embracing the future, improving many of its important historic sites while making striking additions to its skyline. A reset on tourism during the pandemic has left the city feeling more focused on local residents, with many new parks, bike trails, pedestrian bridges and other amenities showing up outside the historic center. The best new cafes, bars and restaurants, as well, are often found outside Old Town, in neighborhoods such as Dejvice, Vinohrady, Holesovice, Karlin and New Town. Stop by for a coffee, hit up one of the many great new bakeries or visit a charismatic old beer hall as you explore a city that is clearly entering its prime. ITINERARYFriday

In an effort to alleviate the strain on existing u... moreIn an effort to alleviate the strain on existing urban centers, an ambitious proposal is being considered to establish not just one or two, but a remarkable eight brand-new cities.

panchayat elections and over allegations of irregularities. They blocked the Haldia-Mecheda state highway at Nandakumar alleging that ballot boxes were being tampered with at the counting centre, according to a report published by the news agency PTI.  Congress workers blocked the National Highway 12 in Rathbari area in Malda, protesting against the violence during polling on Saturday.

New Town on Kolkata's northern fringes have claimed that they were not allowed to exercise their franchise in the West Bengal panchayat elections, as «goons» stopped them from entering polling booths in the area. A total of 2.06 lakh candidates are in the fray for elections to 73,887 seats in the three-tier panchayat system in the state, which were held on Saturday. About 5.67 crore people living in the state's rural areas were eligible to vote. A 75-year-old retired academician claimed that he made two attempts to cast his vote at APJ Abdul Kalam College, the polling centre, but was stopped by a group of people. «First, they stopped me at 8 am. Many people blocked roads leading to the polling centre with guard rails. Then again around 12 noon, I tried to go to the booth along with a neighbour, but we had to return. The people standing outside the polling centre told us that our votes have been polled,» the elderly man said. «Later, I heard they had done the same thing at other booths in the township, too,» he added.

Lithuania is building a huge tech campus — Europe's largest — in the capital of Vilnius, as it looks to become the new tech capital of the Baltics.

Founder and former CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried is striving to raise fresh capital in a bid to make customers whole despite bankruptcy filings.