Benji busy preparing a dish at his adoptive family’s eatery in Kolkata KOLKATA: Born into loss in Kerala, raised without memory of parents, and finding a home after decades of drift, 50-year-old Benjamin – “Benji” in Kolkata’s Beleghata – says the state has made him an orphan again. EC’s SIR of electoral rolls has struck…
Kolkata: One person died and another sustained serious injuries after they were electrocuted at a residence on Bhukailash Road under Ekbalpur Police Station on Saturday morning.Police identified the deceased as Shibsharan Prasad Sau (51), while the injured, Debsharan Sau (45), is undergoing treatment at SSKM Hospital. The incident occurred around 7.05 am when Shibsharan came…
Navi Mumbai: Two Navi Mumbai residents, Pradeep Choudhary and Madhav Athwale, photographed a fan throated lizard at the Chalkewadi Plateau, Satara, early this month. The fan-throated lizard is a striking reptile known for its vibrant, fan-like extension of skin on its throat, used for display during mating rituals, territorial disputes, warding off rivals and cooling…
New Delhi: A 32-year-old confectioner and tent service provider was grievously injured after a customer allegedly tried to chop off his hands with a grinder over a payment dispute in southwest Delhi’s Vijay Enclave on Friday. The accused has been arrested, while two of his minor associates have been detained.Police received a PCR call around…
TIRUPATTUR: A 17-year-old minor girl driving her father’s car lost control of the vehicle after she stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake and crashed into a motorcycle, causing the death of a 14-year-old pillion rider near Vaniyambadi in Tirupattur district on Friday evening. Tirupattur superintendent of police Shyamala Devi said the minor girl…
Bhagalpur: CM Samrat Choudhary on Saturday announced ex-gratia of Rs4 lakh each to bereaved family whose children got drowned in Ganga river in Jhallu Das Tola under Rangra block in Naugachia subdivision of Bhagalpur district. Three children, including two teenagers, drowned while taking a bath at Ganga ghat during the ‘mundan’ rituals. The deceased were…
Jharkhand can finally breathe again as a cool down is on the horizon with rain and thunderstorms set to roll in this Sunday, bringing relief to 18 districts. Forecasters have issued yellow and orange warnings for potentially severe weather conditions, including hail and blustery winds in the northeastern and central parts of the state. Ranchi:…
Daltonganj: A 60-year-old cleaner-cum-helper of a school bus was crushed to death under its wheels when the stationary vehicle was hit by a tipper truck on NH-39 at Kadhwan in the district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Nur Mohammad Ansari, a resident of Dandila village.The school bus was picking up children between 6.30…
Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid (File photo) SRINAGAR: J&K parties rallied Saturday behind Engineer Rashid and urged authorities to release him temporarily on humanitarian grounds, a day after a Delhi NIA court rejected the jailed Baramulla MP’s bail plea to meet his critically ill father.“I may have a million disagreements with Engineer Rashid. We fight each…
Kolkata: Thousands across Kolkata rushed to liquor shops on Saturday, forming long queues as they tried to buy alcohol before the 6 pm election shutdown.Anxiety and urgency marked the city’s liquor outlets as long queues formed outside off-shops, with buyers queueing up before the shops opened. Bars, too, stopped serving after a brief ‘window’ that…
