KRISHNANAGAR: The Nadia district administration has launched an investigation after 173 male names were found in the beneficiary list of the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme, which is intended exclusively for women, officials said on Tuesday.The irregularities were detected in the Dhubulia area of Nadia district. District Magistrate Srikanth Palli said the names had already been removed…
Wall Street edged higher on Wednesday, with benchmark indices approaching record levels after a strong two-week rally driven by optimism that the global economy may avoid a worst-case fallout from the US-Iran conflict.The S&P 500 rose 0.2% in early trade and was on track to surpass its January record, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Guwahati: Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has found that underprivileged and illiterate youths from rural, remote areas of Assam are targeted to be trafficked to Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh using profitable jobs to lure them.This came to light after the rescue of 115 persons from the age group 15- 35, which includes 39 minors and 48…
Hisar: Three people were killed and 28 others injured when an overcrowded private bus overturned into a field near Bhodi village on the Fatehabad-Tohana road on Monday morning.The 52-seater bus was carrying over 60 passengers from Fatehabad to Tohana when it lost control at a sharp turn. Nearby residents broke the bus windows to rescue…
Ranveer Singh’s mega-budget zombie thriller ‘Pralay’ has signed Narcos cinematographer Juan Carlos Gil, who also shot Vikrant Massey’s political drama ‘White’. Both films aim for a global, high-scale visual treatment. ‘Pralay’ follows Ranveer’s Dhurandhar success, while ‘White’, based on Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s life, releases in 100+ countries. Interestingly, these two major upcoming films…
Combined inflow into the four reservoirs in Cauvery basin stood at 23,838 cusecs Thursday, while outflow was 8,610 cusecs Bengaluru: First, the good news. Heavy rain has filled Karnataka’s four major Cauvery basin reservoirs enough to comfortably meet drinking water needs of Bengaluru, Mysuru and other towns in the basin till June next year.By Thursday,…
Madonna has opened up about the collapse of her much-talked-about biopic, which was set to star actress Julia Garner. The singer, in her latest interview, revealed that budget issues ultimately killed the ambitious project despite years of development. Madonna on budget issues The pop icon got candid in a chat with Interview Magazine and revealed…
Hyderabad police have dismantled a major interstate ganja trafficking network exploiting Speed Post for nationwide distribution HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) of the city police on Thursday said it has dismantled a major interstate drug trafficking syndicate that was distributing ganja across the country using postal and courier services.During the investigation, police said…
Pune: For Sahakarnagar resident Pranav Unde (39), finding an autorickshaw to get home — wherever he hails it from — has become too arduous. Each pick-up location comes with unique and ever-evolving obstacles, Unde said, adding, “From Swargate, many auto drivers refuse to go by meter and demand higher fare. From Kothrud, trip refusals are…
Hyderabad: Scientists from the Hyderabad-based International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and collaborating institutions have identified genetic markers linked to iron, zinc and protein content in groundnut, paving the way for the development of more nutritious varieties of the crop.The findings, published in Scientific Reports, are based on whole-genome sequencing and genome-wide…
