Bengal CM prays at Kalighat temple, has fish-basanti pulao prasad Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari visited Kalighat temple on the occasion of Kaushiki Amavasya on Thursday evening and had the prasad – comprising fried fish, fish head and basanti pulao (yellow rice) – after praying to Goddess Kali.The visit to the temple on the auspicious…
Mumbai: State govt has directed Fee Regulatory Authority (FRA) to review its decision to charge three and five times the regular fees from students admitted under the institutional and NRI quotas in professional colleges, respectively, following complaints from several student representatives.While a rollback of the decision, taken by FRA in 2023, would provide relief to…
Traffic restrictions will be in place across central Delhi roads for the BRICS Summit. NEW DELHI: Traffic restrictions and diversions will come into force across several key roads in central Delhi as the BRICS Summit 2026 gets underway at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan.The Delhi Traffic Police has issued an advisory for 2pm to 8.30pm on…
Chennai: Nearly a century since electric traction was introduced in Madras, Southern Railway has completed electrification of its broad-gauge network in the zone.This comes after Southern Railway principal chief electrical engineer Ganesh completed the statutory inspection of the newly electrified 71 route kilometre (rkm) Pattukkottai–Karaikkudi section on Sept 9.“With the entire 5,068rkm broad-gauge network electrified,…
CM Samrat Choudhary at a function in Munger on Thursday Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Thursday said development would have real meaning only when the benefits of govt schemes reached the last person in society. He said his govt was committed to ensuring welfare and development programmes benefited every section of the population.Choudhary was speaking…
यूपी के बाराबंकी में सरयू नदी की कटान सिर्फ जमीन और मकान नहीं काट रही, यह लोगों के सपनों, उनकी मेहनत और पूरी जिंदगी की जमा-पूंजी को भी अपने साथ बहा ले जा रही है. हेतमापुर गांव में सरयू नदी की तेज कटान ने कई परिवारों के सामने बड़ा संकट खड़ा कर दिया है. किसी…
Saim Ayub and Virender Sehwag (Image credit: Agencies) Former England captain Nasser Hussain has slammed Pakistan’s decision to bring Saim Ayub into the Test team straight from the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), saying the young batter “shouldn’t be here”.Ayub’s return to the Pakistan Test team ended in a nightmare as he was dismissed for a…
File photo: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday mounted its attack against the centre over the delay in prorogation of Parliament after it adjourned sine die, accusing the government of plotting a “super tainted two-third majority” to get the Delimitation Bill passed in Lok Sabha.In a social media post on X,…
The area was then a low-lying expanse of saltwater lakes, marshes and fishing grounds. The West Bengal government began pumping material dredged from the Hooghly into the Salt Water Lakes east of Kolkata to create land for a new township. The area was then a low-lying expanse of saltwater lakes, marshes and fishing grounds, while…
Mumbai: Setting aside the conviction and death sentence of a man (then 29) in the Dec 2016 rape and murder of a physiotherapist (24) in a Mumbai suburb, Bombay High Court held that the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he committed the offence.“The evidence led by the prosecution in support of the…
