Bengaluru: Motorists can now use the double-decker flyover between Central Silk Board and Ragigudda Metro station after deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar inaugurated the elevated corridor Friday. The flyover was opened to traffic around 4pm.The project, executed by Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) at a cost of Rs 500 crore as part of Namma…
An Indian-origin tech professional working in US has shared an emotional account of being unable to see his dying mother, saying visa delays left him trapped in a choice. He calls this the “biggest regret of my life.”Gautam Dey works in US on an H-1B visa and described on LinkedIn how his mother passed away…
Bigg Boss 17 winner Munawar Faruqui is over the moon. The stand-up comedian and his wife Mehzabeen Faruqui have welcomed their first child together, a baby girl. Munawar took to his social media account to share the news of baby girl’s arrival. On Friday May 1st, the Lock Upp winner shared pictures of his wife…
KOLKATA: Police locked down neighbourhoods within a 200-metre radius of all seven designated EVM strongrooms in the city Friday after Trinamool Congress’s allegations of vote tampering triggered overnight confrontations with BJP at two locations.Prohibitory orders issued by police commissioner Ajay Nand under Section 163 of BNSS bars assembly of five or more people, processions and…
A 12-year-old boy born to a Nigerian mother and a US military serviceman is facing deportation in US after authorities questioned his citizenship.The case unfolding in Alaska has drawn attention because US immigration officials are seeking a DNA test to confirm the boy’s link to his father, a naturalised US citizen who previously served in…
SRINAGAR: J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah denied Friday having issued any order to remove Urdu from some revenue department jobs while defending a move to seek public feedback for such a move.PDP functionary and party chief Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija has hit the streets, accusing the Omar-led National Conference (NC) govt of planning to drop…
While Mamata Banerjee camped at the Bhowanipore strongroom on Thursday evening, Suvendu Adhikari visited the premises on Friday KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress and BJP traded allegations over EVM strongroom security on Friday, with a delegation from CM Mamata Banerjee’s party meeting Election Commission officials to demand answers on alleged CCTV blackouts and sealed rooms being opened…
Mangaluru: Department of women and child development (WCD) in Dakshina Kannada district is moving ahead with plans to establish 52 anganwadi-cum-creche facilities as an expansion of a pilot project launched in the district a few months ago.The selected centres will be upgraded from the district’s sanctioned strength of 2,131 anganwadi centres to function as integrated…
In a stark Soviet laboratory in the 1950s, a photograph captured a scene that still unsettles viewers today. A large dog stood while the head and forelimbs of a smaller dog had been surgically grafted onto its body, both heads alive and responsive. The man behind this experiment was Vladimir Demikhov, a surgeon working at…
Conceptual Illustration of the ‘Hindu Temple and Community Centre’ LONDON: When a Hindu charity discovered it could bid for a piece of land allocated for faith/community use in the new town of Northstowe in Cambridgeshire, the 150 Indian-origin Hindu families living there were thrilled as there is no Hindu temple for 40 miles, leaving them…
