Panihati: For the RG Kar rape-and-murder victim’s mother, her first poll day as a candidate was marked by tension, confrontations and complaints from multiple quarters.Controversies trailed the poll debutante all day, from allegations for trying to influence people standing in line at multiple booths to cast their votes, stepping into scuffles between BJP and Trinamool…
New Delhi: Flight operations at Jodhpur airport resumed after nearly a month as runway resurfacing work was completed, with an Indian Air Force Dornier aircraft landing early on Tuesday to mark the reopening of the main runway, officials said. After Jodhpur runway recarpeting, Srinagar, Pune and Adampur airports will also be recarpeted under different schedules…
Steven Tyler has scored a major victory in his ongoing lawsuit alleging sexual assault of a minor, after a California judge dismissed the majority of claims brought against him.In the lawsuit, Julia Holcomb alleges that she was involved in a years-long relationship with the Aerosmith frontman, beginning when she was just 16. Holcomb filed her…
Jamalpur (East Burdwan): Sk Ibrahim, the 104-year-old who has cast his vote in every election since Independence, kept his date with democracy on Wednesday as well. However, the EC had initially placed his name under adjudication on the final voters’ list, published on Feb 28, because of a “discrepancy” in his name — it appeared…
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Ganga Expressway PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday lauded the naming of the Ganga Expressway after the Ganga river and announced that the 594-km greenfield corridor connecting Prayagraj and Meerut would be extended to Haridwar in Uttarakhand.Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the eway, Modi said govt would also work on a link…
Bengaluru: After weeks of relentless heat, Bengaluru was slammed by a burst of squally thundershowers for over an hour Wednesday. The Central Business District — the city’s glitzy hub — bore its fury in full force. Much-needed relief quickly spiralled into chaos, again exposing the city’s deep vulnerability to extreme weather swings.Barely minutes after India…
Candace Owens breaks silence after Andrew Kolvet chat leak as Charlie Kirk show clip leaves viewers uneasy (Image via Getty) Candace Owens is once again in the middle of an online storm, and this time it started with a strange clip and a heated back-and-forth on X. A user questioned a segment from Charlie Kirk’s…
Kolkata: Voters show their ink-marked fingers after casting their votes during the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) Kolkata: Kolkata, which traditionally registers a low voter turnout, almost caught up with the rest of Bengal Wednesday.Election Commission data shows that till 9pm, Kolkata recorded over 88.4% voter turnout,…
Anita Advani, the live-in partner of late superstar Rajesh Khanna, has opened up about a difficult phase in the actor’s life, recalling how he was left isolated when his films stopped performing at the box office.Speaking in an interview with Vickey Lalwani, Anita reflected on the time when the actor’s career saw a dip and…
IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma, labelled ‘Singham’ Kolkata: Falta in South 24 Parganas woke up on the polling day with apprehensions of a major face-off. One man moved relentlessly across the constituency, while the other stayed stationed in a single room, monitoring every activity from a distance. The much-hyped ‘Singham vs Pushpa’ confrontation, built over…
