Argentina’s Lionel Messi (10) battles with Cape Verde’s Deroy Duarte (14) and Ryan Mendes (20) during the World Cup round of 32 match between Argentina and Cape Verde (AP Photo/George Walker IV) Argentina captain Lionel Messi joked about the rough treatment he received during his side’s dramatic 3-2 win over Cape Verde in the FIFA…
People rest in the shade at the Great American State Fair, during an extreme heat wave (AP photo) A massive heat wave across eastern US pushed electricity demand close to record levels on Friday, prompting the country’s largest power grid operator to activate emergency measures to reduce consumption.PJM Interconnection, nation’s largest supplier which provides electricity…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress‘ West Bengal unit president Chandrima Bhattacharya on Saturday resigned from all party posts amid the ongoing exodus of leaders from the party.Chandrima, a close aide of Mamata Banerjee, was appointed president of the party’s West Bengal unit after the TMC suffered heavy losses in the assembly elections in May. Following the…
India is set to get its first bullet train ride by 2027! Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday announced that the first operational section of the bullet train project will be ready in 2027, saying that construction on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor has crossed the 80% mark.Speaking on the sidelines of the Commencement…
The butcher bird is one of nature’s most bizarre contradictions: a small, beautiful songbird with an elegant voice and a savage feeding habit. It seems harmless at first sight, but underneath that innocent facade is a predator that hunts with deadly accuracy, stores its food in a macabre manner and earns its name in the…
A 1000 kg elephant seal named Neil has become an unlikely internet sensation on Australia’s southern coast. Known for his ‘troublemaker’ antics like blocking roads and damaging property, Neil’s behavior is actually normal for his age as he practices for mating rituals. While his online fame is soaring, officials urge the public to maintain distance,…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal minister Dilip Ghosh on Saturday described the takeover of the All India Trinamool Congress headquarters by a rebel faction as the party’s “internal matter”, saying the Speaker and the law would determine who occupies party offices and Assembly seats.“This is TMC’s internal matter. Who occupies offices or Assembly seats will be…
The Central Government is cracking down on top messaging platforms. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has issued a formal warning to Telegram over the widespread, unauthorised distribution of copyrighted films and Over-The-Top (OTT) streaming content, as per a report by news agency ANI. Authorities have officially handed Telegram a strict 15-day deadline to…
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were very angry after the Delimitation Bill lapsed because the government failed to secure a two-thirds majority in Parliament in the Budget Session. NEW DELHI: Congress on Saturday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party is taking “revenge” on the…
3 hurt in accidental PAC carbine firing at UP’s Kashi Vishwanath Dham. VARANASI: Three people were injured after an accidental discharge from a Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) carbine at the Nanu Feria Gate checkpoint of Kashi Vishwanath Dham in Varanasi on Saturday morning, police said.The injured were identified as Nikky Gupta, Ram Babu and Vikas…