NEW DELHI: Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Firhad Hakim on Friday resigned as mayor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), citing an “inability to work properly.”A close aide of TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, Hakim said he stepped down “with his head held high” after obtaining the consent of the former West Bengal chief minister.At a…
The richest people in the world have become even richer than ever before due to the ongoing emergence and development of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and infrastructure technologies. The combined wealth of the world’s richest people has increased to around $2.9 trillion. This rise mainly occurred during the past month, when tech stocks surged as…
The way Sir Sean Connery introduced himself as “Bond… James Bond” in ‘Dr No’ remains etched in our memory. Cut to Daniel Craig, whose charm, wit and confidence as Bond left audiences in awe, especially in No Time to Die, which marked his fifth and final outing as 007. Every actor who has played the…
India’s Ancy Sojan Edappilly (PTI Photo/Gurinder Osan) Indian athletics witnessed a historic day at the National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar as two long-standing national records were broken. Kerala’s Ancy Sojan produced a stunning performance in the women’s long jump, surpassing a record that had stood for more than two decades and was held by…
Bengaluru: Chief minister D K Shivakumar has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the Centre to immediately depute a team to assess Karnataka’s worsening monsoon situation. He said timely intervention by the Centre would strengthen the state’s efforts to mitigate the impact of the emerging drought. He also said a prolonged rainfall deficit could…
Green Party leader Zack Polanski has apologised after sharing a social media post that criticised how police handled the arrest of a suspect in the Golders Green attack.The controversy began when Polanski reshared a message on X that appeared to question the actions of officers during the arrest. The post claimed police used excessive force…
Berkshire schools on alert after 1 death and 2 Meningitis cases confirmed / Image: File Health authorities in England are investigating a meningitis outbreak linked to schools and colleges in the Reading and Oxfordshire area after one student died and two other young people were hospitalised.The student who died attended Henley College, while the two…
Blackspot at Pottery Town — Before Cleanup Bengaluru: Bengaluru North City Corporation (BNCC) is close to achieving its target of clearing 100 garbage blackspots in 45 days, with 86 of the identified locations already reclaimed as of Friday.The initiative, named UB 100 (Uttara Bengaluru 100), was launched on June 15 to eliminate chronic garbage dumping…
Pride Month draws to a close and the rainbow flags may have come down, but for transgender activist Akkai Padmashali, the challenges are far from over. For the Rajyotsava Prashasti winner, Pride has never been just about celebration. It is a platform to make people stop, listen and acknowledge the realities faced by the LGBTQIA+…
NEW DELHI: Kerala will count votes for its 140-member assembly on May 4, with the results expected to determine whether the CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) can retain power for a third consecutive term or if the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) can reclaim the state after a decade in opposition. The election has also…
