Trump administration designates two Haitian gangs as ‘terrorist groups’ | Donald Trump News

The United States has labelled the Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif gangs in Haiti “foreign terrorist organisations”, a move that follows a trend under President Donald Trump of issuing terrorist designations against criminal groups in Latin America. As part of Friday’s announcement, Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained that the two gangs have spread violence…

Microfinance legislations: Bandhan Bank not that much impacted in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, says MD

Bandhan Bank has witnessed hardly any impact in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka so far following the State governments’ actions to regulate microfinance loan recoveries as the bank’s microfinance loan exposures to the two Southern States are “very negligible.” There are signs of rising stress in microloan portfolios of microfinance lenders in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka….

Calcutta HC tells Police Commissioner to file report on attack on lawyers, issues contempt notices to eight protestors

A group of 80 to 100 people protested outside the Calcutta High Court premises and allegedly attacked the chambers of senior lawyers Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya and Firdous Samim. File | Photo Credit: ANI A three-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday (May 2, 2025) issued contempt notices against eight people after a mob…

  Pakistan continuing its campaign of ‘state sponsored terror’ in Balochistan: Assam CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. File | Photo Credit: PTI The people of Balochistan are facing a “ruthless campaign” of “state-sponsored terrorism” from the Pakistani authorities, the Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, said on Friday. In a detailed statement posted on ‘X’, Mr. Sarma recollected the suppression of the Baloch nationalist movement…

Erstwhile Visakhapatnam poised to be India’s largest steel-producing district

If all goes well, the erstwhile, undivided district of Visakhapatnam could soon become the largest steel manufacturing district in the country. The largest integrated and shore-based steel maker, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), the corporate entity of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), a fully-owned public sector unit, is already based in Visakhapatnam city, and, soon,…