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Prabhas Mondal was killed in a police encounter. His wife (L) stated she believed he was capable of such a crime due to past abuse. KOLKATA: The wife of Prabhas Mondal, one of the main accused in the alleged gang rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in West Bengal’s Baruipur, has claimed she suffered…
Something eases inside you today. The pressure that has been sitting on your shoulders begins to lift, and you may notice it in small moments, a calmer commute, a cleaner mind during work, fewer unnecessary worries by afternoon. The Moon supports your professional path, and Jupiter opens doors through useful people. That’s why the day…
Deep in the rainforest of Indonesia’s Borneo island, construction crews are building an entirely new capital city called Nusantara, a project driven by a problem the current capital simply cannot outrun, the ground beneath Jakarta is sinking. Jakarta, now the world’s most populous city with more than forty million people in its wider metropolitan area,…
I first sailed to Andaman and Nicobar islands in 1983 on board landing craft INS Ghorpad as an under trainee ‘watch keeping officer’ . This training period is the most essential and critical part of an ‘executive cadet’ in order to earn the ‘watch keeping certificate’ to qualify to keep independent ‘watches’ in harbour and…
Iran used the funeral ceremonies for slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as a carefully orchestrated display of regional influence, religious symbolism and diplomatic hierarchy, deploying Quran recitations to send messages to allies, rivals and friends alike.The funeral, which moved through Tehran, Qom, Najaf and Karbala before the final burial in Mashhad, was as much a…
Congress on Thursday intensified its offensive over the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of remaining silent even as the BJP-RSS establishment was allegedly trying to protect the “big crocodiles” behind the scandal. The party also raised questions over alleged irregularities in land purchases and construction…
A residential road in Vasundhara Sector 13 collapsed into a large pit after heavy rainfall. NOIDA/GHAZIABAD: A three-year-old girl died after allegedly slipping into rainwater accumulated on a street outside her home in Ghaziabad on Thursday.Heavy monsoon rain battered Noida and adjoining Ghaziabad, triggering widespread waterlogging, traffic chaos, a road cave-in and the closure of…
An aspiring candidate with an architectural background lost a potential position at a firm after asking for clarity on total working hours. In the now-viral Reddit post, the user shared the conversations with the recruiter. Highlighting the firm’s toxic work culture, the screenshots prompted an internet conversation about committing to a role despite long working…
Sanju Samson (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Sanju Samson‘s childhood coach, Biju George, has strongly criticised the selectors after the star wicketkeeper-batter was left out of India’s squad for the three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe. The decision came as a surprise because Samson had played a key role in India’s T20 World Cup triumph earlier this…
A 2,500-year-old warrior prince tomb found in Italy had a chariot, helmet and weapons still inside Archaeologists in Italy have uncovered the 2,500-year-old tomb of a pre-Roman warrior prince along the country’s Adriatic coast, shedding new light on the Piceni, an ancient civilisation that left behind very few written records.The royal burial was found in…
