Guwahati: Tezpur University, in association with the Tezpur University Branch Sahitya Sabha, commemorated Rabha Divas through a cultural programme celebrating the enduring legacy and contributions of warrior artist Bishnu Prasad Rabha.The event was inaugurated by Prof. Amarendra Kr Das, pro vice-chancellor of Tezpur University, who spoke about the continuing significance of Rabha’s ideals in present-day…
The remnants of tropical storm Arthur battered parts of the southeastern United States with drenching rains and strong wind on Thursday, tearing through buildings, flooding homes and launching water rescues along the Gulf Coast.Severe weather also pummeled parts of the Midwest, where a separate line of strong storms knocked down structures and left tens of…
Chennai: A small yet crucial clue from the past — a mobile tower dump — helped police crack the attempted jewellery heist near Gummidipoondi and arrest a five member gang from Rajasthan that was hiding in Urapakkam. A mobile phone number which was referred to in a two-year-old jewellery robbery case, had become active near…
Kolkata/Kharagpur: “I am dying, my body will be in the room. I’ve left the security number. Call them to take my body from the room.” A fourth-year IIT Kharagpur engineering student’s chilling message to his family, informing them of his death in the hostel room, led to the discovery of the 22-year-old’s hanging body. The…
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP MP Dharmapuri Arvind on Friday demanded chief minister Revanth Reddy to resign if his govt was unable to procure the entire estimated paddy produced and delivered to the Food Corporation of India (FCI). He alleged that despite repeated claims by the Congress govt, Telangana had fallen short of procuring nearly 35 lakh…
Sixteen years after a controversy erupted over a joke on the television show ‘Comedy Circus Ka Jadoo’, the Bombay High Court has quashed the FIR filed against actor-host Shekhar Suman and comedian Bharti Singh, offering them long-awaited relief. The verdict came on May 1. For those not in the know, an FIR was filed against…
More than four centuries after the Spanish treasure galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha disappeared beneath the waters off the Florida Keys, the legendary shipwreck has yielded another remarkable discovery. Divers with Mel Fisher’s Shipwreck Expeditions recovered a 22.5-pound silver bar from about 50 feet underwater near Key West, marking the first silver bar recovered from…
First-term cadet Abhinav Bajpai from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh had joined the NDA on June 24 Pune: A 17-year-old first-term cadet of National Defence Academy (NDA) died after complaining of uneasiness during a routine physical training session at the institution on Friday morning.The deceased, Abhinav Bajpai from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, had joined the tri-services…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday commuted to 30 years’ life imprisonment the death sentences of two men convicted in the 2013 kidnapping and murder of a Nashik district man aged 22. The HC bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande granted the relief to Chetan Pagare and Aman Jat, aged 25 and…
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