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‘Negligence will not be tolerated’: West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari vows strict action after Murshidabad train tragedy | Kolkata News

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Bengal CM promises strictest action against those responsible for Murshidabad train accident KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday promised the “strictest possible action” against those responsible for the Murshidabad train tragedy that claimed three lives, including those of two school students, while asserting that negligence in the discharge of duty would not…

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Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train update: Progress so far and Japan’s E10 plan

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Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train: First section to open in 2027, Japan’s E10 trains by early 2030s NEW DELHI: India’s first bullet train project has moved a step closer as the discussions between India and Japan on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor are progressing well.According to the sources, Japan will provide its next-generation E10 series Shinkansen trains…

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‘Innings that people remember’: Former India cricketer hopes Rohit Sharma signs off with century if Lord’s ODI is his last | Cricket News

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Amid speculations that Sunday’s third and final ODI against England at Lord’s could be Rohit Sharma’s last international appearance, former India wicketkeeper-batter Parthiv Patel believes the former captain is capable of signing off with a memorable century.As TOI reported earlier, the selection committee has decided that he will not be the first-choice opener after the…

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Chicago-sized iceberg A-84 breaks away from Antarctica: Scientists warn melting ice could raise sea level and threaten coastal cities from New York to Mumbai |

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Image Credit: Alex Ingle/Schmidt Ocean Institute. In January 2025, a massive event occurred at the Antarctic that changed what we know about life in the extreme cold. An iceberg the size of Chicago, named ‘A-84,’ broke away from Antarctica’s George VI Ice Shelf. As this massive block of ice, roughly 19 miles long and 11…

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Jasmine Sandlas: ‘Dhurandhar’ singer Jasmine Sandlas recalls mistaking her first periods for cancer : ‘Thought I was going to die, was scared, didn’t know how to tell my mom’ | Hindi Movie News

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Punjabi singer Jasmine Sandlas, how claimed to fame with the song ‘Jaye Sajana’ from Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, R Madhavan, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal starrer ‘Dhurandhar’ recently opened up about her first experience with menstruation. Speaking a podcast, she revealed that the lack of awareness around periods left her terrified as a young girl. The…

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RITES: Double-decker flyover undercuts Bengaluru Metro gains | Bengaluru News

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Engineering consultancy RITES has flagged issues with Bengaluru’s proposed double-decker flyover. BENGALURU: Chief minister DK Shivakumar’s plan to construct a 37km double-decker flyover along the proposed Orange Line Metro corridor has run into its strongest pushback yet with engineering consultancy and transport infrastructure company RITES Ltd raising red flags on several grounds.Expressing fears that the…

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A campaign eliminated billions of sparrows to protect crops in 1958; the birds’ disappearance accidentally triggered one of history’s most devastating locust plagues | World News

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A campaign intended to protect China’s food supply became one of history’s starkest examples of ecological miscalculation. In 1958, Mao Zedong’s government targeted sparrows under the nationwide Four Pests Campaign because the birds were believed to consume valuable grain. Millions of citizens were mobilised to destroy nests, break eggs and drive the birds from the…

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