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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan turned emotional as he mourned the loss of a “very dear friend”. The veteran actor took to his personal blog on Thursday to share a heartfelt note remembering his late friend and the bond they shared. In his emotional message, Amitabh described his friend as someone who always found a solution even…
NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented move, ED Thursday moved SC seeking to implead Union home ministry and DoPT (department of personnel & training) in its ongoing legal battle with Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over her alleged attempt to foil ED’s search operation against I-PAC in Kolkata in a coal ‘scam’ case.ED’s fresh appeal comes at…
Argentine President Javier Milei speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz) The fallout from Argentina’s dramatic 2026 FIFA World Cup final defeat to Spain continues to intensify, with President Javier Milei launching a defiant social media response after an online petition calling for Argentina to…
By Yogi Balkrishna We have often celebrated victories in war, yet we seldom reflect deeply on the devastation left behind: poisoned rivers, scorched forests, contaminated oceans, darkened skies, and countless living beings displaced or destroyed. Wars do not merely w reck nations and wound humanity; they tear the very fabric of nature that sustains life….
Volkswagen Taigun has received a noticeable sales boost following the recent arrival of its facelifted version. The midsize SUV recorded sales of 1,543 units in April 2026, registering a 34 percent year-on-year growth compared to 1,155 units sold in April 2025. On a month-on-month basis, sales jumped by nearly 70 percent from 908 units in…
The approach is based partly on earlier laboratory research suggesting that carbon dioxide can be more harmful to zebra mussels than to some native freshwater mussels. Zebra mussels are small, but their impact on freshwater ecosystems can be enormous. Once established, the invasive shellfish can blanket lakebeds, crowd out native species and alter the communities…
Four roads converge at the heart of Darjeeling – the Chowrasta, a bustling promenade flanked by cafés and souvenir shops, a central point for tourists, and the square for public gatherings, rallies and cultural events. Chowrasta has become a metaphor for the region’s shifting identity movements, electoral ambitions and competing visions of governance. Political mood…
Representational image of quantum imaging showing electron waves around an atom. (AI photo) Dirk Morr, a physics professor at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), has developed a quantum imaging strategy that uses superconductors as tiny projectors. The research, published in Nature Physics, provides experimental support for an idea Morr first proposed two decades ago.Morr…
NEW DELHI: International air travel in and out of India touched a new quarterly high and crossed the two-crore mark for the first time in October-December 2025.Despite travel to the US remaining subdued due to visa issues across categories such as students and H-1B during President Trump’s second presidency; Canada’s high rejection rate for Indian…
KHARAGPUR: Former Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh has threatened to unleash bulldozers to evict encroachers — similar to tactics used in UP — if his party wins in the Bengal polls. “From railway land to khas property (land in direct possession of govt), from jungle areas to roadside strips — everything has been encroached upon…
