Mumbai: In a workshop at King Circle, a towering Ganesh idol is slowly taking shape, not from Plaster of Paris (PoP), but from shadu clay, sculpted patiently by hand. For years, commercial idol-makers have been arguing that giant public idols cannot be made from clay, claiming the material is too fragile to support its own…
New Delhi: The body of an 18-year-old youth who was swept away by a strong current in a drain in southeast Delhi’s Sarita Vihar on Friday evening was recovered late Saturday night near the Agra Canal, where the drain opens up.The deceased, identified as Ankit, a resident of Bhim Colony in the Ali Village area,…
Chennai: Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s onward journey from Puducherry to Delhi was briefly disrupted on Sunday after two Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters carrying him were diverted to Tambaram Air Force Station due to adverse weather conditions at Chennai airport.The Home Minister was scheduled to arrive at Chennai airport from Puducherry by two IAF…
Patna: An eight-year-old Class II student was killed after a speeding motorcycle hit him in Punjabi Colony under the Gardanibagh police station area of Patna on Sunday morning. The deceased, Utkarsh Kumar, was the only son of Sanoj Kumar and studied at a private school in Raghunath Tola.Utkarsh was cycling near his home when a…
The elephant herd in Tatijharia on Sunday Hazaribag: Panic gripped villages in the district’s Tatijharia block on Sunday after a herd of around 24 elephants trampled paddy fields and blocked the 17 Mile-Godhiya road, a key link to NH-522, disrupting traffic to several areas.The herd, which had damaged paddy and maize crops in Bedmakka, Jharpo…
BLOs carry out SIR related works in Ranchi on Sunday Ranchi: Missing names in the SIR draft electoral roll sent anxious voters from across the city rushing to booths on Sunday, triggering confusion as residents sought deletions, corrections, transfers and fresh inclusions. Booth level officers said most discrepancies involved deletions, new inclusions, shifting of names,…
ED director Rahul Navin (File photo) NEW DELHI: Rahul Navin gets one year extension as ED director. His 2-yr fixed tenure was coming to an end this month, now extended till 13 Aug 2027.According to a notification issued by the DoPT on Saturday, “Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved extension in tenure of Rahul…
CM Suvendu Adhikari hands over the Paschimbanga Loktantra Senani Samman to a recipient at Nabanna on Sunday Kolkata: In a first in Bengal, 325 people imprisoned during the 1975 Emergency were conferred the Paschimbanga Loktantra Senani Samman by the state govt on Sunday. CM Suvendu Adhikari handed over the honour at a special programme at…
Both independent chefs and collectives are driving the Koli culinary market, largely through referrals and WhatsApp marketing. The tilapia, a freshwater fish, is far from home in a Koli kitchen. Yet on Friday, a batch of shapely tilapia patties made their way down the final stages of an assembly line — water, semolina, hot oil on the…
New Delhi: They were once the silent lookouts or the quiet couriers stepping into the shadows when their kingpins were hauled off in handcuffs. Today, women like Taslima Putti, Kusum, and the notorious sister trio of Paro, Usha and Kanta are no longer peripheral players in the city’s narcotics network .They are at the centre…
