Defending her bastion of West Bengal for the fourth time to extend her term by another five years to 20 years was never meant to be easy for Mamata Banerjee. She was up against a formidable challenger, the Bharatiya Janata Party, its redoubtable election-winning organisation and bottomless resources and its star campaigner, Narendra Modi.For five…
Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday pledged to induct I-PAC personnel into Trinamool and ensure no one loses their job as she lashed out against BJP for trying to “scare” members of the political consultancy firm engaged by her party.“If you scare our agency people and tell them to leave Bengal, they will be inducted…
Mumbai concert deaths (File Photo) MUMBAI: An international underground house and techno music event scheduled for Sunday was called off just hours before, with the BKC police denying it nod citing law and order concerns over crowd management. The denial comes amid controversy over the deaths of two MBA students after they consumed ecstasy pills…
AI-generated representational image NEW DELHI: An elderly man was murdered at his residence in central Delhi’s Mandir Marg, a high-security area, on Sunday evening. Madho Ram (63), who retired as a multi-tasking staffer of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), was found with several stab injuries in a room on the first floor of his house,…
Chennai: DMK chose to forgo its hat-trick opportunity by ceding Pallavaram, which it won in 2016 and 2021, to DMDK, while AIADMK gave the seat to its minor ally, Indiya Jananayaga Katchi (IJK). Pallavaram is one of the only two constituencies (the other being Thiruporur) in the Chennai region, where the allies lock horns for…
In a heart-wrenching case from Nalanda district, Bihar, a tragic domestic violence incident unfolded when a man, reportedly intoxicated, fatally assaulted his wife after she refused to finance his drinking habits. The victim, Rakhi Kumari, a young mother married since 2020, is survived by her two small children. Patna: A man allegedly under the influence…
Ranchi: Govt hospitals in the city are stepping up preparedness to tackle a possible surge in heatwave-related illnesses, with health authorities putting systems in place.At the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims), medical superintendent Hirendra Birua said they are preparing in line with guidelines issued by the National Health Mission (NHM). “We are following the…
एक ऐसा केस जिसके कातिल को 1 लाख पुलिसवाले ढूंढते रहे, देखें क्राइम कहानियां फेसबुक टि्वटर कैंसिल जापान में एक शख्स ने उस फ्लैट का 26 साल तक रेंट दिया, जिसमें उसकी पत्नी की हत्या हुई थी. जबकि, वह खुद उस फ्लैट में नहीं रहता था. फिर भी इस अजीब वजह से उसका किराया देता…
Ranchi: The recent rape case of a 26-year-old dentist at a birthday party and the alleged molestation of a 3-year-old child by a school van driver in the city have prompted residents, particularly women, to voice their concerns about safety. Residents demanded installation of sufficient CCTV cameras, streetlights in dark areas and prompt policing to…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: See the ball and launch it over the ropes – that’s the mantra young batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi follows whenever he is at the crease. After setting the Under-19 World Cup on fire, where he scored a blazing 175 in the final to power India to the title…
