Mamata Banerjee’s visit to a local market in Kolkata NEW DELHI: With the West Bengal assembly elections entering a crucial phase, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday took her poll campaign to the local streets and visited a busy local market in Kolkata to interact directly with vendors and shoppers.Dressed in her trademark white saree…
LONDON: Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party had scooped up the most council seats in local elections in England by Friday night, even taking control of its first London council, as angry voters booted out hundreds of Labour and Conservative councillors in their traditional heartlands.By then, even though results continued to come in overnight for the…
Investigators say the suspect, Rahul Meena, travelled to Delhi the morning after the alleged rape in Alwar. NEW DELHI: A 19-year-old man accused of raping and murdering the daughter of an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer in south Delhi had allegedly carried out another sexual assault just hours earlier in Rajasthan’s Alwar, police have said….
Navy gets delivery of stealth frigate Mahendragiri from Mazagaon Shipyard NEW DELHI: Adding teeth to the country’s stealth warship fleet, the Indian Navy has received the delivery of advanced stealth frigate ‘INS Mahendragiri’ under the Project 17A (Nilgiri-class) from the Mumbai-based Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL). The delivery of Mahendragiri, the fourth such warship manufactured…
Mouni Roy and Suraj Nambiar sparked rumours of divorce after eagle eyed fans spotted that they have unfollowed each other on Instagram. After these speculations began, Mouni also removed pictures with him from social media and Suraj deleted his Instagram account. While reports suggested that the couple is already divorced and also alleged that Suraj…
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Rahmat Shah (Image credit: Zimbabwe Cricket) NEW DELHI: A social media post involving Rahmat Shah triggered widespread confusion and panic among cricket fans after many mistakenly believed the Afghanistan batter had passed away. The confusion began when Afghanistan all-rounder Karim Janat shared a condolence message on Instagram along with Rahmat Shah’s picture and a note…
Photos from Congo and Uganda as WHO declare health emergency over Ebola (Image credit: AP) The Ebola disease, which the World Health Organization calls a severe, often fatal illness affecting humans and other primates, has claimed 130 lives as of May 19, according to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.The WHO chief on Tuesday expressed concern…
Representative image (PTI) NEW DELHI: Daily wage earners accounted for 31% of all suicide deaths in 2024, the highest share in a decade (2015–2024), according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data. A total of 52,910 daily wage earners died by suicide during the year, marking a sharp rise from the previous peak…
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who has been away from the silver screen for quite some time, was spotted jetting off to the ongoing edition of the Cannes Film Festival in the early hours of Friday. The actress was accompanied by her daughter, Aaradhya Bachchan, as the two twinned in black during their airport appearance.The actress received…