Press and POTUS get their priorities right as a ‘friendly federal assassin’ interrupts their dinnerThe plot was served with spring pea and burrata salad and vintage wine and a bit of Bang! Bang! as a self-styled ‘friendly federal assassin’ interrupted journalists’ dinner with wannabe king Donald Trump.Men in tuxedos and women in gowns dived under…
File photo of former Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused the BJP of practising “state terrorism” and said she would challenge its actions through legal means, invoking the Constitution and the judiciary.“I want to remind the judiciary that they are the true protectors of the…
A bird preserved in a museum drawer for years has begun to draw attention after closer inspection revealed an unusual tail structure. The fossil belongs to Plumadraco bankoorum, a small bird that lived around 121 million years ago in what is now northern China. It had been stored among other avian remains before its proportions…
The Bengal Special Task Force (STF) and Darjeeling Police caught Trinamool neta Jahangir Khan, who was the party’s Falta candidate, from Panitanki Bazar on the India-Nepal border around 2.30 pm on Sunday. KOLKATA/SILIGURI: The Bengal Special Task Force (STF) and Darjeeling Police caught Trinamool neta Jahangir Khan, who was the party’s Falta candidate, from Panitanki…
NEW DELHI: Despite marathon meetings with the high command, the tussle between Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shiva Kumar over state’s tops job does not appear to be ending soon.As Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge courted both the leaders in Delhi for to decide party candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, the…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday arrested AAP leader Deepak Singla following searches at his residence in connection with an alleged bank fraud case.According to officials, the raids were carried out in Delhi and Goa.Meanwhile, AAP launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party following the raids and accused it of trying to…
On a low stretch of countryside not far from Stonehenge, where the road from Bulford cuts across open grassland, archaeologists have been piecing together something that never quite forms a full picture. Scattered postholes, fragments of pottery, bits of bone and charcoal that seem ordinary until they are placed in relation to each other. The…
NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the Taj Mahal on Monday with his wife Jeanette, saying the iconic monument was an opportunity to “show respect to the culture of the countries that you visit.”“I have never been there. The only one I ever knew about was the one in New Jersey that…
Deep in the sugarcane belt of Ahmednagar, there is a settlement operating on absolute, blind trust. Nobody here locks up. Homes, guest houses, and local shops literally lack wooden doors. You’ll just see empty doorframes with curtains fluttering in the wind. Even the local UCO Bank branch plays along; they use glass panels and remote…
NEW DELHI: Illegal construction, a locked terrace, no fire safety certificate, a single entry and exit point, and a lack of basic firefighting systems — Flourish Stay Bed and Breakfast seems to have flouted every rule in the book.An initial probe has revealed that the B&B was licensed to operate as a six-room establishment but…