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Prasanta Paul
Prasanta Paul served Deccan Herald as the Chief of Bureau, Calcutta for nearly two decades before switching to work with various TV channels such as Al-Jazeera, CNN, German TV and CBS. He also headed the Eastern Bureau of Parliamentarian magazine. Mr. Paul who accompanied former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on his overseas tour of Singapore and other Asian countries, travelled extensively to Bhutan, Sikkim and Darjeeling besides other Northeastern states. He briefly headed the Mizoram Bureau of the United News of India (UNI).
A mysterious money trail worth several hundred crores that the then fund managers of TMC had carefully routed to a conspicuous tax haven named Cayman Islands.
The Cayman Trail: A Tax Haven, TMC Funds and an Alleged Money Maze
National|4 min read
A series of mysterious disappearances involving scientists in the United States have once again fuelled possible existence of wormholes and parallel universe.
Do Wormholes Exist? Mystery Behind Missing Researchers Fuels Parallel Universe Speculation
Science and Space|5 min read
The accused allegedly attempted to snatch a police officer's service revolver and open fire during a crime scene reconstruction, police said.
Political Row in Bengal After Rape-Murder Accused Killed in Encounter
National|4 min read
Despite facing a death sentence, Hasina, during a recent interview to NDTV to mark the 77th founding anniversary of AL, claimed she would return to Bangladesh.
Political turmoil in Bangladesh forces India on a diplomatic tightrope
International|3 min read
Tragedy is history, suppressed and forgotten, will reveal that the name of that gentleman is Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. A proper and impartial dig at history..
Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee: Little-known Facts Veiled So Far
National|4 min read
The man before setting himself afire accused the Chinese government of policies "aimed at destroying the Tibetan identity, culture and language".
Self-Immolation by Activist in US Reignites Tibetan Independence Movement
International|4 min read
IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav conceded that generative AI's challenges-- deepfakes, synthetic content — may outpace what the 2000-era IT Act can handle.
India on the threshold of a new, dedicated AI legislation
Technology|3 min read
If implemented, Altman believes, it could create a pathway for a share of the AI industry's massive financial gains to reach ordinary citizens directly.
Altman Proposes US Government Take 5% Equity Stake in Top AI Firms
Business|3 min read
For China, the Teesta Barrage Master Plan expands influence into a geopolitically sensitive theatre close to India’s vulnerable eastern corridor.
Sino-Bangladesh partnership over Teesta a warning bell for India
International|3 min read
Islamabad has upped ante against New Delhi over suspended water-sharing pact. Pakistan, New Delhi insists, has to end its support for cross-border terrorism.
Islamabad Rachets Up Rhetoric as Indus Waters Treaty Standoff Deepens
International|3 min read
Few places on Earth offer such a literal, physical record of how distant histories can collide, unknowingly, in the same remote corner of the world.
The Lake That Has Hidden a Thousand-Year-Old Secret
Creative Corner|6 min read
PLA, NAH tribals allege, has been progressively seizing substantial portions of their ancestral grazing, hunting, agricultural lands over the past six years.
Tribal Alarm Over Chinese Encroachment on Sacred Ancestral Lands in Arunachal
Seven Sisters|5 min read
