Blair Clark and his wife Leah and details of DNA testing kit from MyHeritage. Blair Clark and his wife Leah have spent more than four years on their YouTube show, The Leah and Blair Slog, helping people reconnect with relatives they’ve never known, or lost touch with. The couple, who live in the Philippines, have…
Both TMC factions put up their banners outside the building Rebel TMC faction at TMC Bhawan on Friday Kolkata: A day after meeting Election Commission to stake claim to the party’s name and symbol, rebel Trinamool MLAs led by Ritabrata Banerjee, Firhad Hakim, Jawed Khan and Golam Rabbani on Friday evening “took control” of the…
After 23 years at the helm, Monty Don announced that he is stepping down from the BBC’s long-running Gardeners’ World series, bringing an end to one of the longest and most recognisable chapters in British gardening television.“I have decided that the current series of Gardeners’ World is to be my last,” Monty Don, 71, confirmed…
Ludhiana: The city, which struggles with sanitation, can look forward to better integrated solid waste management and cleaner roads. The finance and contracts committee (F&CC) gave approval to these works during a meeting held at the mayor camp office on Thursday.After three to four failed attempts, officials have now floated tenders with revised costs for…
Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation is preparing a Rs 350 crore plan to replace ageing sewer and stormwater drainage lines beneath several parts of the old city, BJP’s MLA Sanjay Kelkar said during a recent citizen interaction. The proposed upgrade, to be taken up under the central govt’s AMRUT 2 scheme, aims to address frequent…
The health department has also mapped dengue hotspots, including sectors 4, 15, 46, 51 and 56, DLF-1, Sushant Lok-1 and Rajendra Park Gurgaon: The health department has screened over 3.1 lakh houses in the city as part of an ongoing fever surveillance drive. The exercise is aimed at preventing outbreaks of vector-borne diseases such as…
Ricky Ponting (Getty Images) Australian great Ricky Ponting has suggested a radical change in the way cricket is marketed in the United States, saying administrators should consider dropping the word ‘cricket’ altogether and promoting the sport simply as ‘T20’.With the United States emerging as a key part of the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s global growth…
KOLKATA/SILIGURI: For decades, at the break of dawn, Makhanlal Sarkar would leave his modest home in Surya Sen Park Colony in Siliguri in ‘khadi’ shorts, RSS belt and boots for organisational work. At 97, the lifelong swayamsevak and grassroots political worker has received what many in his locality dub as the recognition of a lifetime…
Chandigarh: The municipal corporation (MC) Chandigarh will carry out a coordinated zone-wise drive on Aug 21 and 22 to shift eligible street vendors to the vending sites allotted to them through the prescribed draw-of-lots process.Municipal commissioner Amit Kumar Thursday said the exercise is being conducted in compliance with Supreme Court directions and in accordance with…
Hyderabad: Telangana ranked seventh among 20 major states in capital expenditure (capex) spending during the first quarter of FY27, utilising 13.9% of its annual allocation, according to an SBI Research report. The performance was above the 20-state average of 10.5%, even though capital expenditure accounts for ₹47,267 crore, or 14.6% of Telangana’s ₹3.24 lakh crore…
