NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday denied that there was any proposal or discussion about the Mamata Banerjee led party merging with the Congress at a meeting between leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday.The meeting between Rahul and Abhishek at 10, Janpath came a day after…
Rajkot: The additional sessions court in Keshod town of Junagadh district sentenced a 42-year-old shrimp farmer to three years of simple imprisonment for stealing electricity worth over Rs 15 lakh to power his aquaculture operations.The accused, Vashram Chudasama, was found guilty of illegally bypassing his official electricity meter to run heavy machinery at his shrimp…
Q. There are reports that stable live-in couples may be recorded as “married” in census data. If individuals do not wish to be classified this way, will they have the option to indicate their relationship status differently during enumeration? — Naresh YYes—individuals will have the option to indicate their relationship status differently. As per Census…
CM kicks off polio immunisation drive across Tamil Nadu on Sunday Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Sunday launched Tamil Nadu’s National Pulse Polio Immunisation drive by administering oral polio vaccine drops to children at a govt Adi Dravidar Welfare Higher Secondary School in Pallavakkam. The state targeted vaccinating over 52.91 lakh children below…
The Malayalam action-comedy ‘Athiradi’ has opened to encouraging early reactions following its paid premiere shows on May 13. The film is scheduled for its full theatrical release on May 14. Social media was flooded with comments soon after the first screenings concluded, and the initial response appears largely positive. ‘Athiradi’s paid premiere reactions The first…
Two of the most repressive countries end up playing the FIFA ‘Pride Match’ Rainbow flags were seen waving among the sea of Iranian and Egyptian banners at Seattle’s World Cup stadium on Friday, as teams from two of the most repressive countries for LGBTQ+ people took to the field in a match that became an…
Dibrugarh: A leopard attacked a group of workers, injuring three women, at Santipur Tea Estate in the Borhat area of Charaideo district on Tuesday.The injured workers have been identified as Minoti Barhoi (33), Jonaki Baske (28) and Bornali Murmu (31), all residents of the tea estate. They were engaged in plucking tea leaves along with…
Representational image of voter list revision Ludhiana: To accelerate progress of mapping remaining voters under a pre-SIR drive, special camps were organised on Sunday at all 2,927 polling booths across all assembly constituencies by booth level officers (BLOs).Officials said that the camps were held on the directions of Election Commission of India and Chief Electoral…
Kolkata: The launch of Ayushman Bharat in Bengal on Monday sent hospitals scurrying to draw out a blueprint for a smooth transition into the new scheme, even as the facilities remained unclear if Swasthya Sathi — the universal health scheme launched by the Trinamool govt in 2016 — will be withdrawn. Several have started the…
It’s advantage RR in IPL 2026 Playoffs race. (Pic credit: IPL) With five games remaining in the IPL 2026 league stage, LSG and MI are already out of contention for the playoffs while RCB, GT and SRH have qualified. RR are best placed among the others followed by PBKS and KKR. DC and CSK are…
