Kolkata: A day after CM Suvendu Adhikari held his first meeting with senior cops to outline the new govt’s law-and-order priorities, religious leaders and community organisers across faiths responded supportively to the govt’s new directives on loudspeakers and road usage during prayers and festivals, while stressing that the rules must be implemented fairly and uniformly.Till…
Jaipur: The investigation into three deaths and multiple complications following C-sections at Govt Medical College, Kota, is expected to take longer as laboratory testing of the 24 seized medicine samples will take around 15 days. Some samples have been sent to Kolkata because Rajasthan does not have facility for certain tests. Of the 24 samples,…
Lucknow: A sense of relief and cautious optimism prevailed among aspirants as they stepped out of examination centres across Lucknow after appearing for the Uttar Pradesh Home Guards enrolment test 2025.Most candidates described the paper as straightforward, with a strong emphasis on general knowledge and current affairs.Outside centres in Indira Nagar and adjoining areas, candidates…
Kerala fireworks unit blast NEW DELHI: Thirteen people were killed while several others sustained burn injuries after a massive fire broke out at a fireworks storage facility in the Mundathikode area of Kerala’s Thrissur district, the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) confirmed on Tuesday.According to the agency, five people are in critical care, two…
LUCKNOW: The Allahabad high court on Tuesday held that a second maternity leave cannot be denied merely because it is sought within two years of the first, observing that statutory rights under the law override provisions of the financial handbook.The order was passed by Justice Karunesh Singh Pawar of the high court’s Lucknow bench while…
Congress party organised the Lucknow teachers and doctors conclave on Friday Lucknow: The UP Congress on Friday used a joint conference of teachers and doctors in Lucknow to sharpen its attack on the BJP govt, accusing it of turning education and healthcare into commercial enterprises while neglecting public welfare.Organised at Gandhi Bhawan in Kaiserbagh on…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress’s traditional grip on Kolkata was shattered on Monday as a wave of anti-incumbency tore through its urban fortress, leaving a trail of high-profile electoral casualties that included party chief Mamata Banerjee and several ministers.In a staggering reversal of its 2021 performance — where the party swept all 16 seats in the city…
Barrie Drewitt-Barlow with husband Scott Hutchison British businessman and television personality Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, who became widely known in the UK after he and his former partner were among the country’s “first gay fathers” through surrogacy, has been charged with multiple serious sexual offences alongside his husband Scott Hutchison.Essex Police said 57-year-old Drewitt-Barlow and Hutchison, 32,…
NEW DELHI: A boating accident took place in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur district after a cruise capsized in Bargi Dam, leaving four people dead, officials told news agency ANI on Thursday.According to Jabalpur collector Raghvendra Singh, at least 15 people have been rescued so far, while search and rescue operations are under way to locate 12…
Benji busy preparing a dish at his adoptive family’s eatery in Kolkata KOLKATA: Born into loss in Kerala, raised without memory of parents, and finding a home after decades of drift, 50-year-old Benjamin – “Benji” in Kolkata’s Beleghata – says the state has made him an orphan again. EC’s SIR of electoral rolls has struck…
