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Red River, tells an expansive story set in an Assam shattered by insurgency and anti-Bengali protests, where ordinary lives are upturned by cruel sleights of hand. It is a familiar theme explored by many writers, from Indira Goswami to Aruni Kashyap, in Assamese as well as English, but Batabyal brings freshness to the well-worn subject through his gift of characterisation and storytelling. Red River takes the reader back in time when separatist movements held a death grip over Assam, opposing the demographic composition of the state.

BSF) on Sunday recovered two drones from different locations in the border area of Amritsar, officials said. «On 5th May 2024, based on information by the BSF intelligence wing regarding the presence of drones in two different locations in the border area of Amritsar district, search operations by BSF troops were conducted in the suspected areas,» the Border Security Force stated. «One drone (a China-made DJI Matrice 300 RTK) at about 06:15 am recovered from the courtyard of an abandoned house of village Hardo Ratan in Amritsar District. One drone (China-made DJI Mavic 3 Classic) at about 08:25 am, recovered from a harvested field adjacent to the village Nestha of district Amritsar,» it added.

Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar stoked controversy by claiming that former ATS chief Hemant Karkare was «not killed by terrorists during the 26/11 attack but by a police official close to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh», Shiv Sena leader Milind Deora said that such remarks made by Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly are shameful and the opposition party is busy giving «clean chit to the Pakistan». «It is a very shameful statement. During the 26/11 attack. I saw the pain, suffering and terror that the people of South Mumbai, Maharashtra and India had to witness. Why are they trying to appease Pakistan and blame one community? As an Indian, a responsible leader from an Opposition party is making this statement for the second time from the same party and giving a clean chit to Pakistan,» Milind Deora told ANI. After the outrage, Vijay Wadettiwar issued a clarification, saying that these are not his words and it has been mentioned in the book authored by SM Mushrif, a former Inspector General of Police, Maharashtra.

smuggling nearly $2 million worth of gold into the country. Zakia Wardak, the Afghan Consul-General in India's financial capital Mumbai, posted a statement on social media platform X announcing her resignation. Afghanistan's embassy in New Delhi shut down in November, more than two years after the Taliban returned to power in Kabul following the collapse of the Western-backed government, leaving Wardak as the country's most senior representative in India.

Lounge spoke to four women across the country to find out which bags work well for them. What’s your definition of a perfect work bag?It must be functional and stylish. As I travel a lot, the weight of the bag should not weigh me down.

corporate governance, the economy, etc. Rajeev Agarwal of DoorDarshi Advisors asked Warren Buffett if Berkshire Hathaway is actively seeking opportunities in India. The nonagenarian investor responded with a description of the 'loads of opportunities' India has but left it to future management to decide.

Jaishankar has criticized the Justin Trudeau-led government in Canada for issuing visas to people with links to organised crimes for “political purposes" despite warnings from the Indian government. The minister said the Trudeau government has given legitimacy to “extremism, separatism and advocates of violence" in the name of free speech, news agency ANI reported on Sunday.

Vivo V30e with Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 SoC, 50MP selfie camera launched in India: Price, specs, launch offers and more While the Edge 50 Ultra may be making its way to India soon, its younger sibling, the Edge 50 Pro, has been available in the country since early last month. Although Motorola hasn't made any official announcements about the Indian version of the Edge 50 Ultra, a look at the European version of the smartphone could give us an idea of the features that could eventually make their way to its Indian counterpart. The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra features a 6.7-inch Super HD pOLED display with a resolution of 2712 x 1220 pixels and support for up to 144Hz refresh rate.

₹1.03 trillion till November 2023, resulting in production/sales of ₹8.61 trillion and employment generation of over 678,000. Third, several measures have been taken to improve the ease of doing business. These include liberalized foreign investment rules and the launch of a unified tax system, GST.

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Sunday clarified on reports which stated that it allows 10 times more pesticide residue level in herbs and spices, calling them false and malicious. The food regulator has said that it has one of the most stringent standards of Maximum Residue Levels (MRL) of pesticides. The MRLs of pesticides are fixed differently for different food commodities based on their risk assessments, it added.

IPL 2024: Parthiv Patel conducted a poll on X (formerly Twitter) to see his followers’ take on Glenn Maxwell. Users were given two options to choose between Maxwell as an Australian great or a great IPL player. The results were overwhelmingly in favour of Maxwell playing for his country.

Justin Trudeau at an event hailed Canada as a “rule-of-law country with a strong and independent justice system". He was reacting to the arrest of three Indian nationals linked to the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. “This is important because Canada is a rule-of-law country with a strong and independent justice system, as well as a fundamental commitment to protecting all its citizens," Trudeau said.

'Don't read too much into it…': Rajnath Singh on PM's 'mangalsutra' remark "We will not have to use force to take PoK as people would say that we must be merged with India. Such demands are now coming," he said. The defence minister asserted that "PoK was, is, and will remain ours".

dunki route and somehow manages to reach the United Kingdom for a better life there. Upon reaching there, however, he is now likely to be deported to Rwanda, a small country in central Africa. Something of this sort is now going to happen in UK as ‘Rwanda Asylum Plan’ comes into force.

gold in the last one week has been 0.59% .whereas in the last month it has been -2.12%. The cost of silver is Rs.83500.0 per kg Gold Rate Today in Delhi is ₹73184.0/10 grams. Yesterday’s Gold Rate on 04-05-2024 was ₹73681.0/10 grams.

foreign exchange reserves declined for the third week, after having risen for the seventh straight week to hit an all-time high of USD 648.562 billion. As per the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country's foreign exchange kitty declined by USD 2.412 billion to USD 637.922 billion in the April 26 week. India's foreign currency assets (FCA), the biggest component of the forex reserves, declined by USD 1.159 billion to USD 559.701 billion, the central bank's weekly statistical data showed.

Canada is a "rule-of-law country" with a strong and independent justice system and a fundamental commitment to protect its citizens, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said, a day after three Indian nationals were charged with the murder of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Nijjar, a Canadian citizen, was shot dead outside a gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, on June 18, 2023. Karan Brar, 22, Kamalpreet Singh, 22, and Karanpreet Singh, 28, all Indian nationals residing in Edmonton have been charged on Friday with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. «This is important because Canada is a rule-of-law country with a strong and independent justice system, as well as a fundamental commitment to protecting all its citizens,» Trudeau said about the arrests on Saturday at a Toronto gala celebrating Sikh heritage and culture.

Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway Q1 operating profit rises 39% to $11.22 billion, net income drops 64% YoY Let's take a look at the five key highlights from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting Giving rest to speculations, Warren Buffett said Greg Abel, 61, who will be taking over the CEO job at Berkshire Hathaway, will control Berkshire Hathaway’s investing decisions, including its stock portfolio, after him. “I think the responsibility ought to be entirely with Greg.

Biden and Donald Trump are two presidents with unfinished business and an itch to get it done. Their track records and plans on abortion, immigration, taxes, wars abroad — you name it — leave no doubt that the man voters choose in November will seek to shape the landscape of American life in ways wholly distinct from the other.

Heatwaves to result in production loss in heat-intensive industries Parts of Telangana, Vidarbha, Rayalaseema and interior Odisha, north interior Karnataka, Marathwada, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Maharashtra, and east Uttar Pradesh witnessed maximum temperatures in the range of 40°C to 45°C on Saturday. Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh sizzled at 46 degrees Celsius and was the hottest place in the country for the third consecutive day on Saturday.

India will continue to flourish under the leadership of the country's incoming Prime Minister Lawrence Wong who will be sworn in on May 15, the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) has said. «As Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong prepares to hand over (leadership of the city-state) to his successor, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, we are confident that Singapore-India ties will continue to flourish,» said SICCI Chairman Neil Parekh on Saturday night at the centenary celebrations of the chambers. «This is all the more so since DPM Lawrence Wong co-chaired the India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable, which has set the stage and the tone for long-term ties between our two countries,» he said at the SICCI centennial celebration gala dinner. Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam was the guest of honour at the dinner attended by some 700 business and community leaders from the prosperous Asian financial centre.