KOLKATA: For 50-year-old Benji, the anguish of disenfranchisement has brought with it the heartbreak of being orphaned again.An orphan from Kerala, his home for the past 27 years has been his employer’s family in Beleghata. But the Election Commission’s diktat has severed his ‘formal’ link with octogenarian Padmarani Baral, who he considers his mother. During…
New Delhi: India’s campaign at the World Boxing Cup 2 in Guiyang, China, ended with six medals – one gold, three silver and two bronze. The brightest moment of the tournament came from Haryana boxer Jyoti Gulia, who delivered a sensational performance to claim the country’s only gold medal.Competing in the 48kg category, Jyoti defeated…
Indian Army CEE for Agniveer recruitment begins nationwide from June 1 NEW DELHI: The Indian Army has commenced the pan-India computer-based Common Entrance Examination (CEE) for Agniveer recruitment today, June 1, 2026. The multi-day nationwide computer-based test is scheduled to run continuously until June 15, 2026, across numerous designated test centers.Thousands of aspiring defense candidates…
Gold Rate Today: Indian households rush to cash out old jewellery Indian households are increasingly cashing in on old jewellery as concerns grow that gold prices may have already reached their peak. According to data from the India Bullion & Jewellers Association (IBJA), consumers sold nearly 50 tonnes of old gold during the April-June quarter,…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a four-and-a-half-year-old girl, observing that the brutality of the crime warranted no leniency and that he must be “kept out of society for as long as possible.”The court also directed the Delhi Legal Services Authority to pay Rs 13…
Navi Mumbai: After two months of meticulous probe into the murder case of an unidentified woman, whose completely burnt body was found in Rajmati forest area on the outskirts of Chinchavli and Wakdi villages along Panvel-Dundre village road in Panvel taluka, the local police, after identifying the murder victim by using technical expertise, have arrested…
Pune: A motorcyclist was killed and a woman, along with her three-year-old son sustained serious injuries after a SUV collided head-on with the motorcycle at Samarthnagar in Kharadi around 10.30 pm on Sunday. Police constable Amol Jadhav (31) lodged a complaint at the Kharadi police station.Sub inspector Rahul Kolpe of Kharadi police told TOI, “We…
The US administration has announced imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, targeting the country’s newly formed agency overseeing shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, as Washington continued its economic pressure campaign amid the ongoing war. The move came hours on Wednesday (local time) after US forces carried out strikes on an Iranian military facility following the…
MP Atul Garg distributed the popular Bengali snack Lucknow/Ghaziabad: BJP workers in UP and Delhi marked the party’s victory in West Bengal assembly elections on Monday with a unique celebration, by distributing jhalmuri, a popular Bengali snack.The delicacy had already gained political significance after PM Narendra Modi stopped during campaigning in Bengal’s Jhargram to buy…
Hyderabad: A realtor fell into the trap of alleged cyber fraudsters and lost Rs 5.74 crore recently. Based on his complaint, TG Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) sleuths registered a criminal case on Saturday.The victim came across an investment opportunity in an advertisement on YouTube. He registered on the trading platform. Later, one Arjun Reddy got…
