Abhishek Banerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday wrote to Speaker Om Birla citing the legal and Constitutional provisions to firmly assert that the All India Trinamool Congress must be treated as a single political party represented in the House solely through its duly authorised leader and whip, and…
A plane carrying passengers preparing for a skydiving trip crashed near Butler Memorial Airport in Missouri on Sunday, killing all 12 people on board, authorities told news agency AP.The Missouri State Highway Patrol said troopers were assisting the Butler Police Department and the Bates County Sheriff’s Office at the crash site. The airport is located…
Patrick Mahomes’ 3-year-old son spotted Taylor Swift’s photo before noticing his own dad at Chiefs signing (Getty Images) Patrick Mahomes has signed the richest contract in NFL history. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback agreed to a two-year extension worth $504.75 million, keeping him with the franchise through 2033. First reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter and…
For thousands of police personnel across West Bengal, owning a home has long remained a distant goal. The state government’s Pratyasha scheme is designed to change that: offering a structured, affordable pathway to homeownership for officers and constables serving in the West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police.What is Pratyasha?Pratyasha is a housing project initiated by…
A 21-year-old Brazilian woman died on Saturday after staff at a rope jumping event launched her from a 40-metre bridge in São Paulo state without attaching her safety rope, reports have said. Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas fell from the Ponte do Esqueleto, known as Skeleton Bridge, in Limeira, São Paulo, after staff failed to…
TOI correspondent from Washington: In a striking public rebuke to Tel Aviv, US President Donald Trump on Sunday urged restraint after an Israeli strike on Beirut threatened to derail what he has repeatedly described as an imminent peace agreement with Iran, a deal that despite his confident predictions would be signed on Sunday, had not…
Deepti Sharma attempts to run out Pakistan’s Natalia Parvaiz during the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, Group 1 cricket match between India and Pakistan in Birmingham, England. Smriti Mandhana struck 68 and Deepti Sharma claimed a career-best five-wicket haul as India began their Women’s T20 World Cup campaign with a 64-run win over Pakistan at…
“Democracy has become theatre of the absurd”: Kapil Sibal slams TMC rebel MPs for merging with Nationalist Congress Party Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday demanded the disqualification of rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs who have announced plans to merge with the Nationalist Citizens Party (NCP), arguing that legislators cannot unilaterally merge with another…
Swiss authorities and economic stakeholders expressed relief on Sunday after voters narrowly rejected a contentious anti-immigration proposal aimed at capping the country’s population, a plan that had triggered warnings of potential “chaos.”Preliminary projections showed that nearly 55 per cent of voters opposed the “No to a Switzerland with 10 million!” initiative, backed by the hard-right…
The internal crisis in the Trinamool Congress appeared to intensify on Sunday after a group of dissident MPs claimed they had broken away from the party and announced their merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party. NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: The internal crisis in the Trinamool Congress appeared to intensify on Sunday after a group of dissident MPs…