Jhargram: Another fatal elephant attack was reported in Jhargram on Friday morning, taking the number of deaths in such incidents in the district over the past two months to seven.The latest incident occurred at Ramchandrapur village under Nayagram police station in the Kharagpur forest division. The victim, identified by forest department and police sources as…
School education director S Kannappan said that the initiative will encourage students to actively participate in activities, improve learning abilities and also serve as a foundation for developing them into capable leaders and responsible citizens. Chennai: This academic year, students in government-run schools will not only be involved in academic activities but also have a…
NEW DELHI: The West Bengal government has constituted a nine-member expert committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai to examine and finalise the draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC), 2026.The proposed legislation is expected to be introduced during the assembly’s August session, with indigenous communities proposed to remain outside its ambit.In a…
A social media post by US entrepreneur James Blunt claiming that H-1B visa holders make up less than 0.5% of the American workforce has triggered an online debate over immigration, tech jobs and data interpretation.Blunt shared a chart on X suggesting that around 700,000 H-1B workers form a “tiny orange cluster” compared with roughly 160…
New Delhi: Twenty-six years after a good Samaritan was framed in a fake rape case by a cop as revenge for getting his colleague suspended in a molestation case, Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction of the policeman and a practising advocate who abetted him.In a recent order, HC also raised the issue of…
LUCKNOW: A suspected short circuit in an air-conditioner inside a pet shop may have triggered the devastating fire that killed at least 15 people, including five women, in Lucknow’s Aliganj on Monday. Meanwhile, fire safety experts and firefighters involved in the rescue operation say the scale of the tragedy was the result of multiple structural…
Lucknow: UP Special Task Force arrested key operative of an organised cyber fraud syndicate for creating thousands of fake Ayushman Bharat cards for ineligible beneficiaries, leading to significant loss to govt.Chak Sheru alias Abhishek alias Ajay, 25, BSc graduate from Hardoi residing in Lucknow, was arrested on Jun 2 from Budheshwar under Para police limits….
Nicola Walker, best known for her role in ‘Unforgotten’, has made a surprising admission about her experience filming her new series ‘Alice and Steve’. The 56-year-old actress revealed that during the shoot she genuinely believed her canine co-star had passed away after spotting what she thought was the dog laid out on a table.In an…
LUCKNOW: At least five toll plaza employees sustained critical burn injuries after an LPG tanker lost control, crashed into a toll plaza and caught fire following a massive explosion in Uttar Pradesh’s Kaushambi district on Friday morning, triggering panic and bringing traffic on the highway to a standstill.The accident occurred around 7 am at the…
KOLKATA: After TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was allegedly beaten and pelted with stones and eggs during his visit to West Bengal’s Sonarpur to meet families of post-poll violence victims, he said the entire incident had been captured on camera and vowed to move court over the attack.“They wanted to kill me. The whole…
