BHOPAL: Has the curtain finally and quietly come down on a three-decade saga – the elusive plan to bring Asiatic lions from Gujarat’s Gir sanctuary to Kuno in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh? Likely. Lions may sit at the top of the food chain, but the rumble in the jungle suggests cheetahs have outmanoeuvred them…
KOLKATA: PM Narendra Modi on Friday used infiltration and corruption as sticks to beat Trinamool Congress (TMC) during his third visit to West Bengal in 12 weeks.“Trinamool jaabe, poriborton hobey,” Modi said in a 39-minute speech that contained a smattering of Bengali. Speaking at Dumdum Central Jail ground, Modi said infiltration was snatching jobs and…
CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: A 45-year-old man allegedly smothered his 17-year-old daughter to death with a pillow while she was asleep after she refused to marry a relative’s son, before ending his own life in Hingoli district early on Wednesday morning.The incident came to light on Wednesday morning when the girl’s mother and her two brothers, aged…
KOCHI: Congress and its INDIA bloc allies have shown where they stand on Left wing-extremism by backing retired Justice B Sudershan Reddy as vice-presidential candidate despite knowing his “ideological support” for Naxalism, home minister Amit Shah said Friday at an event in Kochi.“Had Justice Reddy not delivered the judgment asking for Salwa Judum to be…
NEW DELHI: “Fortunately, the (HC) judge has demitted office,” said CJI B R Gavai on Friday while recalling the torrid time SC judges had in deciphering the incomprehensible language and reasoning in the judgments of Justice Sureshwar Thakur, who retired on May 17.The CJI and Justice K Vinod Chandran were hearing appeals filed by three…
The decision was taken after reports revealed the managing committees had expired or were adversely reported upon by security agencies SRINAGAR: Jammu & Kashmir government ordered on Friday the “takeover of the managing committees of 215 schools affiliated with the proscribed Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its educational wing Falah-e-Aam Trust (FAT)”.The order cites concerns flagged by…
TikTok website is live in India. After a five-year absence, the Chinese short video app TikTok has sparked excitement among its former Indian user base. The platform’s website has become accessible for some users in India, leading to widespread speculation of a potential comeback. However, the app remains unavailable on Google Play Store and App…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: After the united outrage by opposition against the Constitution amendment bill that provides for automatic sacking of ministers and CMs jailed for 30 days, INDIA bloc is forced to wait to nominate MPs to the parliamentary panel to scrutinise the legislation in view of Trinamool Congress‘s reluctance to…
KOLKATA: In another life, Sunali Khatun could have been a version of Manto’s Toba Tek Singh, a man with no country to call his own. Pushed into Bangladesh by police in India who labelled her an illegal immigrant, police in Bangladesh have now done the same thing to her – called her an illegal immigrant…
New Delhi: Intermittent fasting may help shed some extra kilos in the short term, but such regimens may not be without their risks, a new study, published in Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews, has suggested.Intermittent fasting involves limiting the hours for eating to a specific number of hours each day, which may…
