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ED investigation into a Kolkata-based aviation company. NEW DELHI: An ED investigation into a Kolkata-based aviation company has found that the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress allegedly funded Rs 160 crore from the party’s coffers to a little-known firm, Carewell Aviation India Pvt Ltd, to buy an Embraer jet and an Agusta VIP helicopter, which it…

Arsenal’s Spanish manager Mikel Arteta meets the media ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Arsenal, in Budapest, Friday 29, 2026. (Ina Fassbender, Pool Photo via AP) Mikel Arteta has revealed he is pushing the Premier League to allow managers to name larger matchday squads after being forced to…

Simran Singhi and Kavipriva Selvam will make their world championships debut on Monday Simran Singhi and Kavipriva Selvam will make their world championships debut on Monday Simran Singhi and Kavipriva Selvam will make their world championships debut on Monday Simran Singhi and Kavipriva Selvam will make their world championships debut on Monday Simran Singhi and…

NEW DELHI: After earlier uncertainty, there are now clear indications that barrierless tolling on national highway (NH) stretches, coupled with e-notices for violations, is inculcating greater discipline among road users.At Choryasi toll plaza on NH-48 in Gujarat, the first to go live, e-notices fell from 1.7 lakh in May to 1.1 lakh in June and…

Jaipur: Even as Union home minister Amit Shah lashed out at UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and demanded she apologise for her alleged affront to ‘Vande Mataram’ while it was being sung at Congress headquarters in New Delhi on Aug 15, the local BJP unit was besieged by a somewhat similar controversy when a Hindi film…

Kochi: A KSRTC Priyadarshini bus service has been approved via Eroor. It will link Tripunithura and Ernakulam to address the long-standing public grievance about the lack of KSRTC buses via Eroor for years.The KSRTC Priyadarshini is an ordinary service that offers convenient travel. Starting from Tripunithura, the bus will reach Kaloor via Eroor, Vennala, and…

Railways staffs checking tickets from passengers during Special Ticket Checking Drive Trichy: Trichy railway division’s ticket-checking team collected ₹7.38 lakh in penalties during a special drive conducted at 10 major stations on Aug 14, marking its highest-ever single-day penalty collection.The drive, conducted by 208 ticket-checking staff under the guidance of divisional railway manager Balak Ram…

BCY Party national president Bode Ramachandra Yadav VIJAYAWADA: Bharat Chaitanya Yuva Jana (BCY) Party national president Bode Ramachandra Yadav has questioned the state government’s handling of law and order, alleging that women and girls are increasingly becoming victims of kidnappings, sexual assaults and murders.In an open letter to Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, Yadav alleged that…

Assam’s floods are often described as inevitable. From a civil engineer’s perspective, that is an incomplete diagnosis. Brahmaputra and its tributaries will overflow during extreme monsoon events, but flooding becomes a disaster when intense hydrological forces meet vulnerable settlements, ageing infra, inadequate drainage, and poorly planned development. This year’s floods have once again exposed this…

The reconstruction is expected to cut travel time, reduce vehicle damage and make the corridor safer through the monsoon, with proper stormwater and sewer infrastructure aimed at ending the flooding that has disrupted traffic every rainy season The reconstruction is expected to cut travel time, reduce vehicle damage and make the corridor safer through the…