NEW DELHI: West Bengal’s BJP government on Monday operationalised its “detect, delete and deport” policy, with Malda becoming the first district in the state to establish a holding centre for illegal foreign nationals.The facility has begun housing nine suspected Bangladeshi nationals, officials said.The holding centre, located at Chandan Park in English Bazar, was made operational…

NEW DELHI: An Indian national who returned to India in the first batch of flights from Dubai after air travel resumed has described tense nights, emergency alarms and uncertainty as conflict in the Middle East disrupted travel across the Gulf. Saumya Khandelwal, who had travelled to Dubai for work, said she experienced missile alerts and…

Photo credit : Getty Images NEW DELHI: A sweeping tuberculosis screening effort across the Northeast has uncovered a troubling reality: more than one-third of the TB cases detected among vulnerable populations showed no symptoms at all. The finding highlights the challenge of identifying “silent” infections that often go unnoticed until they are picked up through…

Track II India-Pakistan talks not official, don’t count: MEA NEW DELHI: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri dismissed reports in the past few months about an India-Pakistan “track II” dialogue, saying India takes no cognisance of such events that don’t hold much value. Responding to a media query in Seychelles, Misri said dozens of these events take…