NEW DELHI: RG Kar rape victim’s mother and BJP candidate Ratna Debnath is currently leading in the Panihati assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas. The Panihati seat has emerged as one of the most closely watched contests in the West Bengal election, with Debnath facing TMC candidate Tirthankar Ghosh, the son of a five-time sitting…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday said courts are not barred from determining govt’s additional liability towards citizens in case of an unforeseen nuclear power plant mishap, notwithstanding the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancing of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Act capping operator’s liability at Rs 4,000 crore. The remarks came from a bench of…
SRH opener Abhishek Sharma (PTI Photo) Sunrisers Hyderabad’s explosive opener Abhishek Sharma is on the brink of a major milestone as SRH prepare to face Delhi Capitals at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in IPL 2026. The left-hander needs just 59 runs to join an elite list of batters who have scored 2000 or more…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday notched up a sweeping victory across all 15 municipal corporations. In the home turf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, the saffron party crossed the 50% mark in every corporation.Polling for the civic elections was held on Sunday, covering 15 municipal…
From nuclear wasteland to wildlife sanctuary: Chernobyl’s unexpected rebirth Forty years after the world’s worst civilian nuclear accident, a thriving wildlife sanctuary has emerged in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ), with wolves, foxes, lynx, elk, wild boar, brown bears and European bison now flourishing despite continuing radiation.The 1986 disaster released a radioactive cloud across Europe…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a roadshow in Gujarat’s Prabhas Patan to mark 75 years of the consecration of the reconstructed and restored Somnath Temple.PM Modi arrived in Jamnagar on Sunday night at the start of his two-day visit to Gujarat, with extensive security arrangements and welcome programmes organised across Jamnagar,…
Some people can multitask, while others can’t. Some people perform well when they listen to music. For others, this could be the biggest distraction. You also get to discover the decibel level your partner can tolerate while working, and if it matches yours. They can tolerate external noise. Or whether minor auditory details such as…
US president Donald Trump has agreed to remove tariffs on British whisky exports to the United States, a move announced at the end of the state visit by King Charles III and Queen Camilla.The decision follows months of efforts by UK ministers to secure relief from the 10 per cent levy imposed last year, which…
There are conversations we keep postponing because we assume there will always be another birthday, another festival, another ordinary afternoon to ask them. Mothers often spend years remembering everyone else’s stories, carrying everyone else’s needs, and quietly placing their own lives in the background. That is why, sometimes, the most meaningful thing you can do…
More than 70 Labour lawmakers have reportedly urged British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to step down after the ruling party suffered major losses in local and regional elections, deepening a growing leadership crisis within the government.The pressure mounted on Monday as four ministerial aides resigned and senior party figures privately questioned whether Starmer could continue…