Women voters in a queue to cast their vote in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly on Thursday. (@AITCofficial X/ANI Photo) Kolkata: The SIR slash notwithstanding, woman voters have outnumbered men in 23 out of the 142 Assembly segments going to polls on Wednesday.Topping the list is Jadavpur, which now has 11,759 more…
Vikram Misri (File photo) New Delhi: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri is likely to travel to Nepal next month for what will be the first high-level bilateral visit since the new govt led by PM Balendra Shah assumed office. While Nepalese media reported that the visit could take place on May 11-12, official sources said the…
The ongoing debate around 8-hour shifts in Bollywood — sparked by Deepika Padukone’s comments on work-life balance — continues to divide the industry. Now, actor Chitrangda Singh has shared her perspective, calling the idea “very difficult” to implement in a creative field like cinema. ‘It’s a creative field, you can’t bind it to time’ Speaking…
Bengaluru: “What kind of man are you? You won’t leave women to be safe anywhere?” Karnataka high court said Monday while coming down heavily on a social media content creator accused of secretly filming women passengers on Namma Metro trains in the city.While delivering the sharp rebuke, the court also refused to quash criminal proceedings…
Three men have been sentenced to prison in US for their roles in a multimillion-dollar scheme to bribe a public official in Hawaii in exchange for favourable treatment in affordable housing projects.Former businessman Rajesh Pankaj Budhabhatti, 65, was sentenced to 90 months in prison, while attorney Gary Charles Zamber, 56, received 70 months. Another attorney,…
Varanasi: A 36-year-old businessman was lynched by a mob after his car hit a woman washing utensils along the road in Phulpur area of Varanasi.Police said that around 10.30pm on Sunday, Manish Singh was returning home from his factory. The car went out of control while passing through a road in Ghamhapur village road and…
Mumbai: A Saturday night feast turned tragic when four members of a family – two sisters and their parents – died within hours of eating a watermelon. While five other relatives had shared biryani-pulao with them at 10.30pm, and reported no symptoms, the fruit was consumed only by the four around 1am Sunday, said police….
Harry Styles and Zoe Kravitz are engaged and are no longer keeping the happy news under wraps.Amid buzz that Harry popped the question to Zoe with a stunning diamond ring, the actress has been spotted out and about, flaunting her new piece of jewellery.The spotting comes just days after reports on Page Six confirmed that…
Retired Counter-Strike pro pashaBiceps has once again made headlines, but this time for a very kind reason. He sold one of the most famous knife skins in Counter-Strike for over $21,000. Instead of keeping the money, he decided to donate all of it to a children’s cancer charity in Poland. The money went to the…
Mumbai: A day after his birthday, a 19-year-old youth who was allegedly speeding on a bike with an 18-year-old female pillion rider on Marine Drive early Monday knocked down a 66-year-old morning walker crossing the road, who got flung into the air on impact. All three died in the accident that occurred around 5.40am at…
