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Veteran politician and former railway minister Mukul Roy died of cardiac arrest at the age of 71, at Apollo Hospital in Salt Lake, Kolkata, at 1.30 am on Monday. The news was confirmed by his son, Subhranshu Roy. Often referred to as the “Chanakya of Bengal politics”, he represented Krishnanagar Uttar in the West Bengal…
KOLKATA: A 20-year-old woman was allegedly forced into a car by a friend, molested, assaulted, and then kicked out of the moving vehicle on Diamond Harbour Road in Behala on Saturday night.The 18-year-old friend initially fled the spot after throwing the woman out but was intercepted by a team of cops who chased the car…
India’s Jasprit Bumrah celebrates with teammates (PTI Photo/Gurinder Osan) Team India’s hopes of reaching the T20 World Cup 2026 semi-finals have taken a serious hit after a crushing 76-run defeat to South Africa in their opening Super 8 fixture in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Led by Suryakumar Yadav, India were thoroughly outplayed as the Proteas dominated…
Chennai: Tambaram is set to get its own landmark. Corporation has allocated 8 crore to build a tower in a park along the Radial Road, aiming to give residents of the fast-growing suburban city a new public space to wind down.The tower will come up on a 2-acre Open Space Reservation (OSR) land along the…
Police in Delhi have registered a case after three women from Arunachal Pradesh alleged they were subjected to racial abuse and criminal intimidation by a couple in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar. The incident came to light after a video surfaced on social media on Sunday. (Image Credit: X) NEW DELHI: Police have registered a case…
KRISHNAGIRI: An assistant labour inspector died in Hosur on Sunday night after a youth allegedly drove a car into him and three members of his family following a dispute over two-wheelers being parked on the road obstructing the way. The deceased has been identified as K Sivamoorthy, 54, of Annai Arvind Nagar in Hosur. He…
A woman in her ninth month of pregnancy has accused her husband and in-laws of assault and prolonged cruelty in Bengaluru. BENGALURU: A woman in her ninth month of pregnancy has accused her husband and in-laws of assault and prolonged cruelty in Bengaluru. In a complaint filed at the South Women Police Station, Jyothi Pandey,…
For decades, modern agriculture assumed that high yields required heavy doses of synthetic nitrogen fertilisers. Mariangela Hungria proved otherwise. Working quietly at Embrapa, she spent more than 40 years studying beneficial soil bacteria that allow crops to draw nitrogen directly from the air. Her research helped transform Brazilian agriculture, cut dependence on chemical fertilisers, and…
GADAG:Lokayukta police in Karnataka caught Chandru Lamani, BJP MLA from Shirahatti in Gadag district, allegedly taking a Rs 5 lakh bribe from a contractor, during a raid at his Balaji Hospital in Laxmeshwar on Saturday. Lamani, a medical practitioner, was taluk health officer in Laxmeshwar, and resigned from service to contest the 2023 assembly election….
US Vice-President JD Vance shared a light-hearted glimpse into his marriage, revealing the “best and worst” dishes he has ever cooked for his wife, Usha Vance — and admitting that his first attempt was “actually inedible”.Speaking in an interview on Fox News with Lara Trump, Vance was asked about his culinary skills after Usha previously…
