External affairs minister S Jaishankar will host his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Friday for bilateral talks, hoping to address some of India’s concerns related to energy and connectivity. While the ministers have spoken on multiple occasions since the conflict in the West Asia region started on February 28, this will be their first…
KOLKATA: Police locked down neighbourhoods within a 200-metre radius of all seven designated EVM strongrooms in the city Friday after Trinamool Congress’s allegations of vote tampering triggered overnight confrontations with BJP at two locations.Prohibitory orders issued by police commissioner Ajay Nand under Section 163 of BNSS bars assembly of five or more people, processions and…
Ahmedabad: A deputy mamlatdar posted at the Gandhinagar collector’s office was arrested on Friday by the Anti-Corruption Bureau over an alleged bribe demand of Rs 9.5 lakh, officials said. The accused, Bipinchandra Parmar, a Class III employee serving in the land allotment branch, was allegedly caught accepting Rs 4.5 lakh as the first instalment of…
A newly elected councillor for Reform UK has stepped down just days after securing a major local election victory, following allegations that he made deeply offensive racist remarks on social media.Stuart Prior, who had recently won seats in both Essex County Council and Rochford District Council, resigned shortly after controversy erupted over alleged posts linked…
Noida: National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has allowed the withdrawal of corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) against Le Grandiose developer, Nobility Estates Private Limited, after lenders and the company’s ex-management reached a settlement agreement. It also restored the management of the real estate company to its board of directors.Tribunal’s principal bench, comprising acting president Bachu…
CHENNAI: There is fresh turmoil in AIADMK with a major revolt brewing against party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami following the party’s string of electoral setbacks. Former minister C Ve Shanmugam is leading the rebellion backed by 36 newly elected MLAs, bringing the simmering rift within the party into the open. The dissident camp accused…
Work From Home (WFH) is again back to discussion, and people are debating on both pro and cons of it. WFH is not just a technological problem, rather it is a behaviour and psychological evolution as well. Let us dive into 5 Zodiac Signs who naturally love WFH in 2026The current transit combination is strongly…
Violence erupts in Jagaddal ahead of PM Modi’s visit: BJP-TMC clashes, bombing at MLA’s residence leave 3 injured Kolkata: Hours before PM Modi addressed a rally at Jagaddal in Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Monday, clashes broke out barely 400m from the venue between TMC and BJP workers, which escalated into gunfire, stone pelting…
Pune: The window for online self-enumeration ends in four days and enumerators will visit every home from May 16 until June 14, regardless of whether residents have completed the online form.“We don’t expect everyone to complete self-enumeration. Those who cannot will be covered by census staff during the field visits. Enumerators will visit all buildings…
Ahmedabad: Wednesday was like any other workday for a Vejalpur couple, until their phone rang. Their teenaged daughter had called them in panic to say that a man was standing outside their door with a knife and banging on the door, demanding to speak with her. The girl had allegedly ended her relationship with the…
