Aroop Biswas, then sports minister, with football great Lionel Messi at Salt Lake stadium on Dec 13, 2025 Kolkata: Even as the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate has issued a third summons to former state minister and Trinamool Congress functionary Aroop Biswas and the Monday deadline approaches, there is still no clarity on the plan of action…
Ramesh Katara, minister of State for Agriculture, was speaking at a public event in Godhra town of Panchmahal district on Saturday, marking 12 years of the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre, when he made the remarks. AHMEDABAD: A Gujarat minister has sparked controversy after allegedly making disparaging remarks about teachers, with a teachers’ body…
Silchar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested a senior section engineer of the NFR’s Carriage and Wagon (C&W) department in Silchar for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a contractor.According to a CBI statement, the agency registered a case against the railway engineer, Kuntal Chakraborty, on Saturday following a complaint…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said India is a peace-loving nation but is fully capable of dealing decisively with forces that threaten its security, asserting that the armed forces have been given complete freedom to act against terrorism.Addressing a gathering after unveiling a statue of Maharana Pratap, Singh said, “We are people…
Elon Musk’s rise to becoming the world’s first trillionaire has been powered not just by investors and technology breakthroughs, but significantly by years of US government support, according to analysis of SpaceX and Tesla’s early growth and financing.From Nasa contracts that kept SpaceX alive to federal loans, tax credits and regulatory programmes that boosted Tesla,…
Days after three Indian seafarers onboard MT Settebello were killed following a US military strike off the Oman coast, the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) has advised maritime recruitment and placement agencies to restrict the deployment of Indian seafarers to conflict areas until further orders.In a circular, the shipping regulator also directed vessels operating in…
As Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel-starrer ‘Gadar’ celebrates 25 years since its release, the actress has reignited a discussion among movie buffs about box-office footfalls. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Ameesha shared screenshots of publicly available data to support her assertion that the ‘Gadar’ franchise attracted more cinema-goers than the ‘Dhurandhar’ films. Calling herself fortunate…
Video credit: X/@FOXSoccer Australian fans poured onto the streets and packed Melbourne’s Federation Square after the Socceroos opened their FIFA World Cup campaign with a 2-0 win over Turkey on Saturday night.Videos of celebrations quickly spread across social media as supporters marked what could prove to be a key result in Australia’s bid to reach…
Blaise Pascal (Image: Wikipedia) Not every disagreement begins with a lack of facts.Sometimes two people know the same information and still walk away with completely different views. It happens among friends discussing a career choice. It happens between parents and children talking about the future. It happens in offices when colleagues look at the same…
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant Mumbai: Highlighting serious irregularities in the Rs 1,400-crore tender for the Dighi Port Industrial Area development project in Raigad awarded by Maharashtra Industrial Township Ltd (MITL), Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant has asked Union Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal to give directions to the state government for…
