CM Suvendu Adhikari at Swasthya Bhawan on Thursday Kolkata: The state-run SSKM Hospital is expected to get more beds, some of them even before Durga Puja, to tackle the patient rush. Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari also indicated at increasing the capacity at the state-run hospital’s Trauma Care Centre, apart from adding facilities, including beds, to…
MK Stalin (L), TVK Vijay (R) After five weeks of intense campaigning by four contending sides in Tamil Nadu, one question remains: will the disruptor help the incumbent, the opposition or himself ? Conventional analyses still give the M K Stalin-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) an edge over Edappadi K Palaniswami’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA),…
Silchar: A youth lodged an FIR after a video showing him being humiliated went viral, alleging that the incident was actually a cover for an extortion attempt.Hibul Hossain, a resident of the Madhurbond area, filed the FIR at Silchar Sadar Police Station on Tuesday evening.Hossain alleged he was forcibly taken to a field behind a…
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has declared the ICSE (Class 10) and ISC (Class 12) results 2026. The scorecards are now available across official platforms. In total, around 3.6 lakh students appeared for the examinations. Of these, 2,58,721 candidates from 2,957 schools took the ICSE exams, while 1,03,316 students from 1,553…
Peeling trunks and ribbons of bark hanging from branches are among the most distinctive features of eucalyptus trees. To many people, the sight can appear as though the tree is damaged or dying. In reality, the opposite is often true. For most eucalyptus species, shedding bark is a natural process that plays an important role…
Victorious Jaipur boys and girls teams with Rajasthan Shootingball Association president Dayanand Upadhyay and general secretary Dr OP Machra Jaipur: Formidable Jaipur district bagged twin titles in the 45th Rajasthan Sub-Junior (U-17 boys and girls) State Shootingball Championship held recently at Veena Bharti Senior Secondary School, Sursagar, Jodhpur.The chief guests at the inauguration of this…
US universities are seeing a fall in foreign student enrolment, with experts warning the decline could deepen further as Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies continue to reshape country’s higher education system.A new report released on Monday found that international student enrolment for the spring 2026 semester fell by 20% compared with the same period last…
Banswara MP Rajkumar Roat Jaipur: Banswara MP Rajkumar Roat Sunday rejected Congress’s claim that around 300 Bharat Adivasi Party workers had joined it, accusing the party of using pressure tactics to weaken the tribal outfit.Escalating his feud with senior Congress leader Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya, Roat said the move would backfire, claiming more than 1,000 Congress…
Lucknow: Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal for austerity and reduced fuel consumption, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday ordered an immediate 50% reduction in the official vehicle fleets of the chief minister, ministers and bureaucrats, while calling for a broader public movement by reducing fuel consumption, work from home for at…
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday renewed his attack on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, saying he would fire him if he continues in the role beyond the end of his mandate.Powell’s term as Fed chair ends in mid-May, and Trump has repeatedly criticised him for not cutting interest rates more aggressively, AFP reported. Watch…
