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Security tightened at Bangladesh High Commission

New Delhi: Security arrangements have been bolstered at the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi following violent protests in Bangladesh after the death of prominent leader Sharif Osman Hadi, a senior police officer said on Friday. Tension gripped Bangladesh after Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus confirmed Hadi’s death in a televised address, triggering widespread protests, attacks…

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Fast patrol vessel ‘Amulya’ commissioned into Indian Coast Guard

New Delhi:  Indian Coast Guard ship Amulya, the third vessel in the new-generation Adamya class fast patrol vessels, has been commissioned, officials said on Friday. It will undertake a range of missions, including surveillance, search and rescue, anti-smuggling operations, and pollution response, reinforcing the Indian Coast Guard’s (ICG) role in safeguarding the country’s eastern seaboard,…

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‘No PUC, No Fuel’ rule: Awareness improves; checks across Delhi pumps uneven

New Delhi: A day after the enforcement of BS-VI compliance and mandatory pollution-under-control certificates at Delhi’s border points and petrol pumps, awareness among commuters appeared to have increased on Friday, with many people voluntarily producing documents before refuelling. Nischal Singhania, president of the Delhi Petrol Dealers’ Association, told PTI that queues at pollution-under-control (PUC) certification…

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