LONDON/KOLKATA: Anisha Chakraborty texted her brother Raktim in the US from Birmingham last Friday to say she had good news to share. The 28-year-old from Kolkata’s Mukundapur had been job-hunting after completing her master’s with distinction at Aston University and had just made it to the final round of an interview.Raktim, who is based in…
NEW DELHI: LPG sales in May declined by over 19% year-on-year, while petrol and diesel consumption grew 2.8% and 1%, respectively, govt data has revealed.Consumption of aviation fuel registered year-on-year decline of 0.8% in the month.Provisional data from Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell showed that LPG sales fell to 2.1 million tonnes (MT) in May…
A file pic of Yakshagana Chikkamela of Sri Chamundeshwari Kshetra, Hoigebail, Mangaluru, performing Yakshagana at a house in Ashoknagar Mangaluru: Tenkuthittu Chikkamelagala Okkoota, Dakshina Kannada District Central Committee has announced a set of guidelines to regulate and preserve the traditional house-to-house Yakshagana performances conducted during the monsoon.The committee said the move comes amid rising concerns…
Bengaluru: Bengaluru East City Corporation (BECC) directed officials to identify residential and commercial buildings with compound walls exceeding the permissible height prescribed under National Building Code (NBC) and issue notices to owners for compliance.BECC commissioner DS Ramesh issued the directive Wednesday during a review meeting on the progress of development and engineering works across corporation…
Kick streamer Clavicular chased a new look through live rhinoplasty and left viewers speechless (Image via Getty) Braden Peters, better known online as Clavicular, surprised thousands of viewers on June 3 when he broadcast his own nose surgery live on Kick. The looksmaxxing creator, who has built a large audience by sharing extreme appearance-focused content,…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday expressed condolences over the loss of lives, including foreign nationals, in the devastating fire at a hotel in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar and said the ministry of external affairs (MEA) is coordinating with embassies and extending all necessary assistance.The massive blaze broke out at the Flourish…
State-owned BHEL on Wednesday said the company has secured an order worth Rs 2,000-2,500 crore from a Nigerian entity. The contract agreement was signed with Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals Free Zone Enterprise on June 2, according to a regulatory filing. The order pertains to design, manufacturing, supply and supervision of erection and commissioning…
Students, faculty, and staff of Father Muller Charitable Institutions participate in a Anti-Drug Walkathon at the Kankanady campus in Mangaluru on Wednesday Mangaluru: More than 3,000 students, faculty, and staff of Father Muller Charitable Institutions (FMCI) participated in an Anti-Drug Walkathon at the Kankanady campus on Wednesday. The rally, organised under the banner of the…
Leonardo da Vinci (Image: Wikipedia) There are quotes that survive because they offer advice. Others survive because they make people stop and look at familiar things differently. This remark, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, belongs to the second group.At first glance, it sounds like a technical instruction for painters. Someone unfamiliar with art might read…
NEW DELHI: Stepping up efforts to address the problem of passengers struggling to book confirmed tickets, IRCTC has deactivated more than three crore suspicious user IDs and also placed another six crore under verification of authenticity to prevent misuse.The railways’ catering and ticketing arm has also expanded its AI-based kitchen monitoring system across its network…
