Chennai: M R Gopalakrishnan, a 46-year-old priest from West Mambalam, does not look anything like M G Ramachandran. But give him 20 minutes, a dollop of make-up, a wig, fur hat and bright clothes and he transforms into the late chief minister and matinee idol, rosy-cheeked and camera-ready to hit the campaign trail. You can…
Gaya: An international delegation of 22 social media influencers from across Asia visited the Mahabodhi Mahavihara, a Unesco World Heritage Site, on Monday.The delegation, comprising influencers from Bhutan, Cambodia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand, visited the shrine as part of India’s ongoing public diplomacy outreach.According to a press release issued…
It is a piece of cloth, a gesture of respect among Tamil people. But over the years, the melthundu — ‘mel’ meaning upper, ‘thundu’ meaning cloth — has come to mean much more than that. Forbidden at one point for particular communities, later reclaimed as a mark of protest, and now reimagined in party colours,…
Kolkata: Reliance Jio has emerged as the dominant telecom operator in Bengal in both subscriber base and revenue market share, according to Feb data published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.Jio’s subscriber base in the Bengal Circle stands at 2,58,52,760 after adding 1,66,057 new subscribers in Feb, giving it a 44.8% customer market share…
(Left) The complainant’s brother-in-law, Salman, fractured a hand; and (right) the alleged assailants also smashed the car’s windshield MUMBAI: The father-in-law of former India cricketer and Trinamool Congress MP Yusuf Pathan was arrested on Monday, along with his son and a relative, for allegedly assaulting a man and his family in Byculla two days earlier…
New Delhi: Brace for intense heat as India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for heatwave from Tuesday to Friday. The mercury is expected to touch 44 degrees Celsius from Wednesday to Friday.According to IMD, the maximum temperature was 39.5 degrees Celsius, three degrees above normal, on Monday. The day temperature is expected…
Chennai: Election officials facilitated ballot voting at home for senior citizens aged 100 and older, turning living rooms into polling spaces. For 102-year-old M Rathna Bai from Mandaveli, who often skipped voting in recent years due to the difficulty of travelling to polling stations, the doorstep facility made all the difference.Election officials, accompanied by polling…
Patna: A 26-year-old man was killed and his friend critically injured after they were shot by bike-borne assailants at Madhopur village under the Kalyanpur police station area of Samastipur district on Monday afternoon.According to police, the deceased was identified as Amit Kumar alias Fekan, son of late Upendra Rai and a resident of Uttarsari village…
Bengal to go through 9.5 days of dry spell KOLKATA: Bengal will have to go through an unprecedented unbroken spell of dry days — nine-and-a-half days over the next fortnight from Monday — because of the upcoming elections.The orders, which came from the respective district authorities, shocked both the hospitality industry and those who like…
Kolkata: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta and former Union minister Smriti Irani led BJP’s charge against Trinamool on Monday blaming the party for the women’s quota bill’s fall in Parliament.Speaking at a roadshow in Entally, Gupta said, “Trinamool and its allies have broken the trust of women. CM Mamata Banerjee has not protected the dignity of…
