KOLKATA: Suvendu Adhikari was on Friday unanimously elected the BJP legislative party leader at a meeting of newly elected MLAs in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah, paving the way for him to become Bengal’s ninth chief minister.Making the announcement after a 30-minute closed-door meeting with the MLAs, Shah said, “Eight proposals were…
The cost of crude has been averaging $105.4 a barrel so far in May. Brent crude hovered at nearly $100 a barrel on Friday, while the Indian oil basket was priced at $99.69 a barrel. The rupee cost has shot up further due to the currency weakening against the dollar. “Oil companies are purchasing costlier…
MUMBAI: The prosecution failed to establish that Sohrabuddin Shaikh and his wife Kausar Bi were abducted by the Gujarat and Rajasthan police in the early hours of 23rd November 2005 from a luxury bus from a place near Jahirabad nor has it proved by any circumstantial evidence that 21 police officers were complicit in a…
NEW DELHI: More than a year after Madhya Pradesh minister Kunwar Vijay Shah stoked a controversy for ‘obnoxiously’ linking Col Sofiya Qureshi to “Operation Sindoor“, the Supreme Court Friday appeared in no mood to condone his misdemeanour and asked the state govt to take a call on the SIT’s request for sanction of his prosecution.Solicitor…
Congress leadership intervened as supporters of opposition leader V D Satheesan held demonstrations across Kerala, demanding his appointment as the next chief minister. Some activists allegedly tore down posters of AICC leader K C Venugopal, also a contender for the post, prompting the KPCC to direct workers to refrain from such actions. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/KOTAAYAM: The Congress…
KOLKATA: Investigation into the murder of Bengal CM-designate Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath has expanded to include possible involvement of contract killers from other states, including UP and Odisha.This came even as sleuths focused on Montu Mondal, a man who was travelling in the SUV in which Rath was shot dead and his driver Buddhadeb…
NEW DELHI: The upheaval brought in Tamil Nadu by Congress‘ decision to break ranks with DMK and align with actor Vijay’s TVK is set to effect division in opposition ranks in Parliament, with the Dravidian party seeking a change of seating arrangement for its MPs, many of whom sat alongside members of the main opposition…
For more than two years, India-Canada relations have been dominated by one deeply contentious issue: Khalistan. What started in September 2023 as a diplomatic standoff over the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada soon escalated into one of the most serious diplomatic crises the two countries have faced in decades.Now, the issue…
Norbert Wiener was one of the most unusual mathematicians of the 20th century: a child prodigy who graduated from Tufts at 14, earned a Harvard PhD at 18, and spent most of his career at MIT. During World War II, his work on anti-aircraft fire-control problems helped lead him to the idea of cybernetics, the…
Los Angeles Rams could strengthen offense with former $5M Baltimore Ravens star amid declining form.(Image via X) The Los Angeles Rams have experienced a pretty successful run on the field in the last two seasons, with ranking 2nd in the NFL West in the 2025 season.With 12 wins and 5 losses, the Los Angeles Rams…