Hamim Mondal (left) and his alleged girlfriend Arpita Sarkar under police custody. KOLKATA: The West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) is probing how a Pakistan-linked terror module used social media and an online gaming platforms to identify, recruit and assign operational roles to youngsters, as investigators widen their probe into the network around suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed…
For the first time, Brazil faces a significant challenge as bacteria previously exclusive to Asia and the USA have been identified within its borders. These bacteria, known to cause columnaris disease, pose an acute risk to the thriving aquaculture sector. Researchers have isolated four species from the Flavobacterium genus, which can infect both Nile tilapia…
Mahima Makwana is soaking in the overwhelming love coming her way for her performance as Preeti in ‘Musafir Cafe‘, a character that has struck a deep emotional chord with audiences. As you speak to her, her voice is also brimming with emotions and clearly, this sort of an emotional connect is what she’s dreamt of…
AI generated image used for representational purpose NEW DELHI: A Kerala district consumer commission, in an order dated July 14, directed a bakery to pay compensation after it sold four expired Diet Coke tins to a customer. The commission held that selling expired food products amounts to deficiency in service and ruled that the liability…
Indian cricket team (ANI Photo) Former India opener Aakash Chopra believes India’s chances of reaching the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 final hang heavily on the upcoming two-Test series against Sri Lanka, warning that the visitors are in a “tough position” in the race for the summit clash. India will begin their Sri Lanka…
The protesters gathered at Gandhi Maidan before marching towards the CM’s residence. NEW DELHI: Hundreds of students and youth activists took to the streets in Patna on Tuesday, accusing the Bihar government of failing to honour its promise to release students arrested during last month’s NEET paper leak protests. Police used water cannons to disperse…
The accused, Hamim Mondal, was arrested by the STF from Purba Bardaman last week NEW DELHI: A suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative, arrested last week for allegedly tracking the movements of West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, had also surveyed the area where the chief minister’s official residence is located in Kolkata, a police officer said…
Fresh real estate projects worth over Rs 1,400 crore are set to take shape in Uttar Pradesh after the state’s real estate regulator approved 10 new developments across five districts. The developments, cleared by the Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (UP RERA), will bring 1,632 residential and commercial units, with Ghaziabad emerging as the…
mosquito repellents that actually work at home With the monsoon in full swing, mosquitoes have moved right back into the daily conversation, that familiar buzz near your ear at bedtime, the itchy bite you didn’t even feel happen, the constant hunt for the mosquito coil that’s somehow always missing. Before reaching for another can of…
Edda Sif Pind Aradottir, a chemical and reservoir engineer and CEO of Carbfix, holds a sample of basalt rock at the Carbfix site in Iceland. Scientists in Iceland are demonstrating a groundbreaking way to tackle climate change by permanently turning carbon dioxide (CO₂) into stone deep beneath the Earth’s surface. Instead of storing captured CO₂…