West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya (File photo/ANI) Are you a film buff? The question seems to catch Samik Bhattacharya slightly off guard. He had been listing the celebrities set to campaign for the BJP in West Bengal. But he ends up giving an answer that feels distinctly Bengali. He says he is more comfortable…
Noida: A 24-year-old auto-rickshaw driver was found dead beside a drain in Greater Noida’s Ecotech 3 area on Monday morning in a suspected hit-and-run involving an unidentified heavy vehicle, police said.The deceased, Pradeep Kumar, was a native of Etah district who lived with his family in Greater Noida.According to police, Kumar had left for work…
Lucknow: At least four people were killed and two others injured in three separate road accidents in Basti, Gonda and Sant Kabir Nagar districts on Sunday, police said.In Basti’s Munderwa area, a head-on collision between a scooter and a motorcycle claimed the lives of two riders. Police said 16-year-old Shivam Pandey and his friend, also…
1. Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal confirmed that all three Indian sailors reported missing after a US attack on the MT Settebello near the Strait of Hormuz have died. The vessel, carrying 24 Indian crew members, came under attack while transiting the Gulf of Oman.2. Palantir CEO Alex Karp cautioned tech leaders against publicly boasting about…
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Prasidh Krishna (AP Photos) Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed an unbeaten 110 while Rohit Sharma made a fluent 79 as India thrashed Afghanistan by nine wickets in Chennai on Saturday to complete a 3-0 clean sweep in the ODI series.Chasing a modest target of 219, the Indian openers made light work of the task…
Representative image (AP) NEW DELHI: A new era of cyber threats is coming to the roads. As vehicles become smarter, with more software driving systems, the risk of malware attacks is no longer science fiction. In response, the road transport ministry has proposed sweeping rules to make cybersecurity and software update management mandatory for vehicles…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has refused to grant regular bail to a college professor who was arrested on charges of seeking sexual favours from his student in a Modasa college.The professor was arrested in Nov 2025 after the Aravalli district police filed a chargesheet against him with regard to allegations of offences under Sections…
Lucknow: For generations, menstruation arrived with little warning for many girls — often accompanied by confusion, anxiety and whispered explanations at home. But smartphones and social media seem to have changed the norm, finds a study undertaken by Queen Mary Hospital’s Centre of Excellence for Adolescent Health and Development.Noting that the city’s Gen Z girls…
Jaipur: Rajasthan University (RU) will begin admissions for the 2026–27 academic session on June 1, with the entire process conducted online. The academic session will commence on July 1, university officials said.Students can submit online application forms via the university’s admissions portal, which will soon be accessible from RU’s main website.This year, applicants will have…
Babu Samir Das and his wife Sapna stay on P D’Mello Road In Bandra East, Shabbir Khan (33) has stacked a month’s worth of dry firewood beneath the plastic-sheet shelter that eight members of his family call home. Once monsoon arrives, dry wood becomes nearly impossible to find.“We need it to cook whatever we have….
