CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu director general of police Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal on Wednesday transferred to the CB-CID the investigation into the alleged fraudulent registration of a parcel of 1.4-acre land belonging to the Arulmigu Dhandayudapani Swami Mutt in Palani. The property is estimated to be worth around Rs 100 crore. The registration department had earlier suspended…
Ara: At a time when disputes over even small parcels of land routinely grab headlines, a village head in Bhojpur district has chosen a different path. To celebrate the fifth birthday of his daughter, Aditi Raj, 48-year-old mukhiya Rakesh Kumar Singh has donated 18 katthas of his private land to more than 40 Mahadalit families…
NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court on Wednesday allowed the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) faction to hold its annual July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally at a site near the Birla Planetarium instead of its traditional venue in front of Victoria House in central Kolkata.Justice Saugata Bhattacharya directed the Kolkata Police to shift the venue,…
Bengali cinema received accolades this week across Germany. KOLKATA: Bengali cinema has been celebrated this week across Germany, with two film festivals celebrating Indian storytelling in cities 633 kilometers apart. Amitabha Chaterji’s “Rango Bibaaho” earned the Jury Award for Best Film at the IndoGerman Filmweek in Berlin, while Amartya Ray was honored with the “Shooting…
Poet-activist Tenzin Tsundue waves the Tibetan flag at Versova beach MUMBAI: When Tenzin Tsundue was imprisoned in Lhasa for three months before Chinese authorities deported him to India, he had an unlikely visitor. Every day, a mouse would scurry into his cell, and Tsundue would share a few grains of rice with the tiny creature,…
A tragic incident unfolded as a security guard and his partner are believed to have committed the murder of a Najafgarh man NEW DELHI: The man who first appeared to be a trusted family friend turned out to be the alleged mastermind behind the murder of a 38-year-old man from Najafgarh, whose decomposed body was…
Mohanlal, Vijay to share stage at Kerala anti-drug event CHENNAI: Kerala home minister Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday said chief minister C Joseph Vijay has accepted his invitation to visit Kerala and share the stage with actor Mohanlal at a major anti-drug awareness event.Chennithala met Vijay at secretariat to discuss about ‘Operation Toofan’.Speaking to reporters after…
Gaya: Pilgrims visiting Gaya during the upcoming world-famous Pitripaksh Mela will experience the city’s rich religious and cultural heritage through a laser light show on the banks of the Falgu river. To showcase the importance of Gaya, the revival of the long-defunct light-and-sound system at Brahmasatya Sarovar has also been planned.The proposals were among the…
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party announced a one-day mass hunger strike on July 16 in solidarity with Sonam Wangchuk who is on a indefinite fast against examination irregularities and NEET paper leak.“Tomorrow, July 16th, join us for 1-day mass hunger strike in solidarity with Sonam Wangchuk and the students of this country,” the party said…
Pics: Manoj Kumar Kar & Amar Khamar Crabs on the menu might not be new, but Sundarbans’s indigenous miniature chiti kankra is a rare treat. So when South Kolkata’s Amar Khamar lunch room unveiled a tasting menu for the second edition of its Family Table last weekend – spotlighting the foraged estuarine crab that’s so…
