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Darjeeling inseparable from Bengal: Mamata

Kolkata : Emboldened by the presence of all three Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) MLAs in a meeting on Darjeeling here today, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today made it clear that the picturesque hill district was first and foremost a concern of West Bengal. “We shall have to find a permanent solution to the problem […]

India ready to tackle Chinese military threat: Defence expert

Washington, October 17 : An Indian defence expert has said that India is ready to tackle China’s military threat and Pakistan will continue to use nuclear threat as a deterrent, but will cause more damage with sponsoring ongoing acts of terrorism. In a key-note address on ‘India’s Security’, Virendra Gupta, Former Director General of the […]

Croc ‘highly likely’ to have killed elderly Australian woman

SYDNEY : A crocodile is “highly likely” to have killed an elderly woman who wandered away from her aged-care home on Australia’s northeast coast, police said Friday. Clothing and a walking stick belonging to 79-year-old Anne Cameron were found along with human remains by a creek near the tourist town of Port Douglas on Thursday. Cameron, […]

3 dead in mid-air Australia skydiving collision

SYDNEY :Three people died Friday in what is believed to be a mid-air skydiving collision, with one of the victims found in someone’s garden. Two men in their 30s and a woman in her 50s were found dead at Mission Beach, south of popular tourist town Cairns, mid-afternoon. “Initial investigations indicate that a solo skydiver […]