NEW DELHI: Nearly 67% — or two out of every three people killed on Indian roads in 2024 — were two-wheeler riders or pedestrians, according to the latest report published by the road transport ministry on Thursday. In absolute numbers, a total of 1.28 lakh two-wheeler riders and pedestrians lost their lives in road crashes.This…
NEW DELHI: Over a month after facing a drubbing in the West Bengal polls, Trinamool Congress appears to be experiencing a second wave of mutiny, with several party MPs reportedly submitting a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla expressing their desire to support the BJP-led NDA.This comes days after Mamata Banerjee lost control over…
KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee dug out Sunday an undated picture of PM Modi seated and President Droupadi Murmu standing at an event, flagging it as “proof of who actually shows respect” while contesting his charge that TMC govt had “gravely insulted” the presidential chair with a protocol breach at Siliguri.“Why were you sitting when…
NEW DELHI: For the next phase of network expansion, the railway ministry has started preparation for laying 5th and 6th lines on the High Density Network (HDN) corridors connecting the four major metro cities — Delhi, Howrah, Mumbai and Chennai — so that more passenger and freight trains can run on these corridors.This is significant…
India’s 96th Grandmaster Ethan Vaz NEW DELHI: The exact date was March 11, 2011, when a magnitude 9.1 earthquake and the subsequent tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three reactor cores melted down, resulting in the largest release of radioactive material since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. At the time, Linda Fernandes was pregnant…
US President Donald Trump has said the United States will maintain its naval blockade on Iran until Tehran agrees to a deal addressing Washington’s concerns over its nuclear programme, signalling a hardening stance even as military options remain under consideration.Speaking to Axios, Trump indicated that the blockade is currently his preferred tool of pressure, describing…
Rourkela: Tension erupted in a market in Odisha’s Sundargarh town on Thursday following a clash between two communities.In the ensuing stone pelting, at least 12 people, including a policeman, were injured. The administration has imposed prohibitory orders across Sundargarh. Internet services were suspended for 24 hours, starting 6pm.Schools and colleges were declared closed on Friday….
US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to impose additional tariffs on Canada, accusing Ottawa of failing to manage its forests and allowing wildfire smoke to blanket parts of the United States with what he called “filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air.“In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Canada would be held responsible for the…
NEW DELHI: Delhi government is committed to taking concrete, practical steps to address the issues faced by sanitation workers, chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Monday.According to an official statement, while interacting with representatives of the sanitation workers’ union, the chief minister directed the department concerned to review all matters raised by the union and…
Phoebe Gates regularly asks candidates one question during interviews. The co-CEO of the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered shopping assistant Phia has revealed that she asks this question to candidates during interviews for roles at her startup. The youngest daughter of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and philanthropist Melinda French Gates said that this question helps her to…