Kolkata: Two contemporary Bengali films — one adapted from a Tagore play and another on the jatra culture of Bangladesh with a Kolkata-based sound designer — are being screened at the Moscow International Film Festival. This is in addition to the screening of the restored ‘Saat Pake Badha’.While Joyraj Bhattacharjee’s ‘Bisarjan’ is in the Apocalypse…
Image used for representative purpose only BY-Rachel erghese& Meghna RewachandMUMBAI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday declared the Class 10 results for 2026, marking a pivotal shift in India’s assessment landscape with the debut of the dual board examination policy. While the national pass percentage saw a marginal increase to 93.7% from…
‘For travellers coming from Delhi, especially those interested in heritage, Agra offers a very different pace and texture (pic: @agraheritagewalks) Delhi’s history is hard to miss; it announces itself in domes, lanes and heritage gardens. But drive a few hours outside the capital, and the narrative begins to shift. The landmarks are quieter, the stories…
CHENNAI: Congress leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi flayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, saying that they both wanted to rule Tamil Nadu from Delhi. Rahul was in TN to campaign for Congress candidates and candidates of secular progressive alliance led by DMK. In his address…
Patna/Gaya: The Federation of University Teachers Associations of Bihar (FUTAB) has urged the state govt to outsource the pension payment system for university employees to a nationalised bank, preferably the State Bank of India (SBI), citing frequent delays and administrative shortcomings affecting over 40,000 retired teachers and non-teaching staff.In a petition addressed to chief secretary…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 8.30 pm on Saturday. There is no clarity yet on what the Prime Minister is expected to speak about.The speech comes a day after a major setback for the BJP-led government in the Lok Sabha, where the Constitution Amendment Bill linked to the Women’s…
KOLKATA: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday accused the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government of diverting state resources for “Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators” and said she must be removed from power, warning that “otherwise we will lose Bengal.”Addressing a rally in Kalimpong, the BJP leader claimed that governments led by his party in Assam…
MUMBAI: For many Class 10 students, this year’s CBSE results have fallen short of expectations, with a difficult mathematics paper pushing a significant number towards the board’s first-ever “second exam” in May.Across schools, principals report that between 20% and 35% of students are opting for the betterment round-largely to recover lost marks in maths and…
Participants learnt about bat behaviour and their vital ecological roles at the Bat Walk To mark International Bat Appreciation Day, a first-of-its-kind fold-out publication on the bats of Delhi NCR was launched, aimed at making knowledge about these nocturnal mammals more accessible to the public. The event was followed by an immersive Bat Walk led…
NAMAKKAL: An Election Flying Squad team in Tiruchengodu, Namakkal district, seized 100 new saris allegedly meant to be distributed as gifts to voters, during the early hours of Saturday.The squad acted after a complaint to the Namakkal District Election Control Room that a large cardboard box was being used for gift distribution in the Pavadi…
