Kolkata: The festive variety of sweet and confectionery items may shrink this Durga Puja if sugar prices do not cool down. With the festive season less than two months away, the rise in sugar price has left the traders in the lurch as many of them are retreating from their plans of elaborate puja-special sweet…
Arondekar sustained severe bleeding injuries and was also threatened with death Mapusa: Pernem police have booked a Poroscodem resident for allegedly attempting to murder a 30-year-old man during an assault stemming from old enmity on Aug 19.According to police, Gitesh Korgaonkar allegedly abused Shubham Arondekar, a resident of Satarda in Sawantwadi, near a bar and…
Ashish.ChauhanAhmedabad: Thieves and chain-snatchers strike more often in the posher precincts of West Ahmedabad than in East, police records show. East Ahmedabad, however, is the preferred hunting ground for pickpockets and bag-dippers, the records indicate.The police dataset groups theft and burglary/house break-ins under the category “Property Theft & Burglary”. Across East and West, the category…
Amritpal Singh’s close aide Papalpreet Singh Amritsar: Jailed MP Amritpal Singh-led Akali Dal Waris Punjab De has announced Papalpreet Singh as the party candidate from the Majitha assembly constituency for the upcoming Punjab assembly elections.Papalpreet is currently lodged in Goindwal jail.Shamsher Singh Padhri, the party’s chief spokesperson, informed on Saturday that the Akali Dal Waris…
Pune: The Pune crime branch has arrested two brothers in connection with an attempted dacoity to steal sandalwood and an attack on a police constable in a lane near Abhinav school, off Law College Road, on Oct 22, 2024.The accused, Shahrukh Pathan (28) and Farukh Pathan (26), both residents of Janjala in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district,…
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Lucknow: Slamming the BJP govts at Centre and in Uttar Pradesh for a steep rise in prices of sugar at a time when festivals are round the corner, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said the increase in prices is deliberate and aimed at helping “big people” close to BJP.Addressing a…
State of govt-run schools in Rajasthan Jaipur: As many as 611 govt schools across Rajasthan do not have buildings of their own, while 2,047 schools with buildings lack toilets for children and 1,049 do not have drinking-water facilities, according to data tabled by the state govt in the Assembly.The figures, based on UDISE data for…
India has a rich but complex history of men performing femininity—one that modern drag queens are reclaiming with agency, drawing from both Indian tradition and global queer culture The most heavily quoted feminist scholar, Simone de Beauvoir, launched entire fields of feminist theory by writing – one is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.To…
Candace Owens and Erika Kirk (Image via Getty Images) A fresh wave of legal speculation is building around Candace Owens after Myron Gaines predicted that Erika Kirk and Turning Point USA could eventually pursue a costly defamation case against the conservative commentator. Gaines did not claim a lawsuit has been filed. Instead, he argued that…
Yash and Dil Raju to team up for Telugu movie Kannada superstar Yash could soon collaborate with Telugu producer Dil Raju on a new project. The possibility came up during the Hyderabad pre-release event of ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups’. The event was attended by the film’s core team and fans.Dil Raju, who is…
