Over 1 lakh take CAP admission in three days, most opt for humanities | Kolkata News

Kolkata: After three days of undergraduate admissions via the Centralised Admission Portal (CAP), over 1 lakh applicants have secured admission in various subjects. Multidisciplinary courses have drawn the most number of applicants, followed by Bengali, English, history and political science.In line with the pattern observed over the last few years, interest in science subjects dipped…

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European football chiefs identify strong candidate to challenge Gianni Infantino amid FIFA’s World Cup sell-off row | Football News

FIFA president Gianni Infantino pauses as he speaks during the 76th FIFA Congress in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has emerged as the leading figure being discussed by senior European football officials as a potential challenger to FIFA president Gianni Infantino, according…

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After two years of banning bee-harming pesticides, France allows their return, facing backlash from environmentalists | World News

France has approved the temporary return of two controversial pesticides that had been banned nationally for the past two years, reigniting a fierce debate between agricultural competitiveness and environmental protection. Lawmakers backed an emergency farm bill that allows limited use of the insecticides under strict conditions, arguing that French farmers need the chemicals to remain…

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Asst engr, contract worker arrested for taking ₹20,000 bribe in Tonk | Jaipur News

Bhilwara: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Friday arrested an assistant engineer of the electricity department and a contract worker in Tonk for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a consumer.The accused were identified as Navneet Singh Gurjar, assistant engineer with Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd (JVVNL), and Mohammad Shajim, a computer operator working on…

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French Open: Mirra Andreeva conquers Paris, becomes first Russian woman since Maria Sharapova to win a Grand Slam | Tennis News

Russia’s Mirra Andreeva celebrates after winning the final women’s tennis match against Poland’s Maja Chwalinska at the French Open in Paris, Saturday, June 6, 2026. (AP) Teenager Mirra Andreeva won her first Grand Slam title on Saturday, defeating Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open women’s singles final, becoming the first Russian…

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THE CLUES THAT BROKE THE SILENCE

Farzana was 25 when she came to Ahmedabad from a small town with ambitions to make it big in Bollywood Vatva, Ahmedabad: The ‘ghost’ who waited 34 yrsShamsuddin Khedawala, an elderly taxi driver from Vatva, had been telling clerics for months that he was being haunted. He spoke of sights, voices and sleepless nights. He…

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Women’s organisation protest outside Stand-up comedian Pranit More’s Kharghar bldg over ₹370 chicken biryani controversy | Mumbai News

Navi Mumbai: A delegation of women’s organisation staged a protest outside the Kharghar residential building of stand-up comedian Pranit More on Sunday evening after the ‘Rs 370 chicken biryani’ controversy at his show in Gurgaon last month became viral on social media in the first week of June, wherein Pranit More glorified the non-consensual content…

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