From Tagore’s streets to 10-minute delivery: The business of Rakhi In August 1905, as Bengal braced for a partition designed by the British to split its Hindu and Muslim population along communal lines, Rabindranath Tagore walked through the streets of Kolkata asking strangers to tie threads on each other’s wrists. It was Raksha Bandhan, and…
Ramesh cited the latest report of the parliamentary standing committee of the ministry of social justice and empowerment, tabled on August 10, to question the government’s record on its existing free coaching scheme. NEW DELHI: Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Friday slammed the Centre over its recent digital education initiatives, alleging that the government was…
Sanajy Raut on one-year extension for drivers to learn Marathi NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday alleged that the BJP-led Maharashtra government extended by a year the deadline for auto and taxi drivers to learn Marathi as it was “under pressure from Delhi,” referring to the BJP’s central leadership.“The Marathi proficiency…
Scuffle broke out over police’s attempt to remove a TMC banner from the party office NEW DELHI: Kolkata Police have filed three FIRs against three Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders, including Abhishek Banerjee, and arrested 13 people following a confrontation with police and civic body officials at his Camac Street office a day ago, an officer…
The couple was allegedly working for ISI through social media since 2024 (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have arrested a city-based couple who allegedly worked for Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) through social media since 2024, officials said on Friday.The accused have been identified as Md Sahil and his wife, Sameera.According to Delhi Police’s Special…
Dipke’s remarks came as IIT Delhi moved to constitute a final external inquiry committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding Rishikesh’s death. NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party founder Dipke has called for a “complete overhaul” of the country’s education system following the death of 31-year-old IIT Delhi MSc Physics student Rishikesh Kumar. Dipke said that students…
Mohan Bhagwat’s visit has drawn opposing responses. NEW DELHI: Hours after the X account of the organisation hosting RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s New York event was suspended, the platform restored it, with the organiser saying “we got ‘botted’ by misguided opponents who tried to game the X algorithm and get our handle blocked”.The @AheadForum1 handle…
The trail continued into India as Narayani becomes Gandak downstream. SSB teams recovered bodies of two women and a man in Maharajganj. NEW DELHI: Barely seven minutes separated the seismic signal generated by Wednesday’s Himalayan collapse from the destructive surge reaching Rasuwagadhi at the Nepal-Tibet border, but the flood’s trail stretched nearly 200km downstream. Bodies…
PM Modi will begin the trip in Tashkent and will then travel to Bishkek to attend the 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a four-day visit to Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic from August 29 to September 1, with Central Asia’s strategic and economic importance high…
NDRF has deployed 20 teams — 11 in UP and nine in Bihar. NEW DELHI: National Disaster Response Force Thursday said there is no adverse impact of Nepal’s glacial lake outburst floods on Indian side even as Centre and states are monitoring the situation in bordering districts of UP and Bihar to mitigate any risk…