‘Totally baseless’: Congress rejects Mamata merger; accuses BJP of ‘seat-chori’ over TMC exodus | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress on Thursday termed the reports claiming any merger with the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC “totally baseless”, putting an end to the buzz amid mass exodus from the Trinamool. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of “seat chori” after a huge number of MLAs and MPs rebelled against the TMC…

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NASA’s ‘human computer’: Meet the woman who calculated the future of spaceflight without machines |

Before electronic computers became the backbone of modern science, complex aerospace calculations were done by hand, painstakingly and with extreme precision. Among the people performing this critical work was Annie Easley, a mathematician who began her career in the 1950s as a ‘human computer’. Working at a time when both technology and opportunity were limited,…

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UCC to dictate religious practice, will hurt STs, Kudmis: Abhishek | Kolkata News

hargram: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday criticised BJP’s poll promise to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Bengal within six months of coming into office, alleging it would dictate how people practise their religion.“Earlier, Amit Shah mentioned implementing UCC if they come into office. UCC is basically forcing on you how…

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Daiaphi Lamare aka Reble reacts to ‘strange’ accusations after Dhurandhar success: ‘People think you sold your soul’ |

Daiaphi Lamare, popularly known by her stage name Reble, has opened up about the backlash and strange accusations she faced after achieving mainstream success with the soundtrack of the blockbuster film Dhurandhar.The 24-year-old rapper, singer and songwriter from Shillong, Meghalaya, became one of the most talked-about new voices in Indian hip-hop after her unapologetic rap…

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71 out of 80 TMC MLAs attend Mamata’s 1st meet after polls | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Seventy-one of the 80 newly elected Trinamool MLAs attended a meeting convened by party chief Mamata Banerjee at her Kalighat residence on Wednesday, where she alleged that functionaries within her own party had “sabotaged” the assembly election, contributing to Trinamool’s defeat.“Some of our own people sabotaged us. We will examine all such allegations. A…

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