Jamalpur (East Burdwan): Sk Ibrahim, the 104-year-old who has cast his vote in every election since Independence, kept his date with democracy on Wednesday as well. However, the EC had initially placed his name under adjudication on the final voters’ list, published on Feb 28, because of a “discrepancy” in his name — it appeared…
NEW DELHI: From listening to bhajans and reading the Bible to finding the direction of Mecca or discovering what the stars have in store, Indians are increasingly turning to smartphones for matters of faith and fortune. Religious, spiritual and astrology apps recorded nearly 30 crore downloads in the first nine months of 2026, emerging as…
Kerala CM counters BJP over case against journalist NEW DELHI: Kerala chief minister V D Satheesan on Wednesday rejected the BJP’s allegation that the UDF government was resorting to “Talibanism” by registering a case against a television journalist, dismissing the charge amid a political row over the action.Satheesan said the BJP itself had been filing…
Pant, 38, has been in custody in Britain since June The wife of Indian merchant navy captain Ajay Pant has called her husband a “scapegoat” after he was arrested in Britain over alleged sanctions violations linked to a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker.Pant, 38, has been in custody in Britain since June after Royal Marines…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, including talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.During the bilateral talks with the UK PM Starmer, PM Modi reviewed the progress in India-UK relations and…
RAIPUR: A suicide was turned into a snakebite death on paper. An existing inquest number was recycled to create a forged postmortem report. In another case, a heart attack was passed off as a fatal snakebite. The paperwork then travelled through govt offices and unlocked a Rs 4 lakh compensation payout.Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur police in past…
Lovlina Borgohain, in blue, competes against Australia’s Emma-Sue Greentree in the women’s 75kg final boxing bout at the 23rd Commonwealth Games (CWG), in Glasgow, Scotland. (PTI Photo) India’s Lovlina Borgohain settled for the silver medal in the women’s 75kg boxing event after losing 1-4 on points to Australia’s Emma-Sue Greentree in the Commonwealth Games 2026…
Leo Tolstoy (Photo via Canva) Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer from the 1800s, best known for his larger-than-life novels, which are still considered some of the greatest books ever written. He wasn’t just a novelist, though; later in life, he became almost like a moral philosopher, questioning wealth and violence, living a much simpler…
According to the National Centre for Seismology, the tremor, which occurred at 7.52 pm at a depth of 10 km, had its epicentre in the Denkanikottai–Hosur region near the Tamil Nadu–Karnataka border. CHENNAI: A mild tremor measuring 3.0 struck on the Richter scale rocked Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday night. According to the…
Winston Churchill (Image: Wikipedia) Churchill’s line keeps turning up in articles about public speaking, usually pulled out as a neat rule for how to hold an audience. It sits in that category of quotes people repeat without always checking the setting it came from. Still, it survives because it speaks to something familiar in communication….