Rain in Kolkata on Thursday Kolkata: After very severe cyclonic storm ‘Arnab’ weakened into a low-pressure area with continued impact on Kolkata and other parts of the state on Thursday, the Met office is tracking another weather system over the Andaman Sea, adjoining Andaman and Nicobar Islands.As part of the trailing effect of ‘Arnab’, the…
A UK charity collected 88,544 unwanted real Christmas trees after the festive season. It turned them into reusable mulch, biomass and land management products. The effort also raised a record £1,885,915 for local causes. Just Helping, the national group behind the yearly Big Christmas TreeCycle Appeal, confirmed in its 2026 impact report that this was…
Delhi HC upholds bail granted to alleged J&K terror outfit overground worker, dismisses NIA’s appeal NEW DELHI: Delhi high court has dismissed NIA’s appeal against a trial court order granting bail to an alleged over ground worker in J&K, Mateen Ahmed Bhat, in a terror conspiracy case.A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Arun Bhardwaj…
BJP targets Rahul after MLC poll results, says Congress failed to make its presence felt NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday targeted Congress over the results of MLC elections across four states, claiming that the grand old party has “failed to make its presence felt” in the polls conducted using ballot papers.The BJP’s strong…
Jogen Chowdhury’s sketch of Sachin Tendulkar was printed on the Day 1 ticket for the Kolkata Test in 2013 Jogen Chowdhury flips through an early copy of ‘Of Rain and Shine’, a book on his works set to be released at the Bengal Biennale Jogen Chowdhury’s sketch of Sachin Tendulkar was printed on the Day…
File photo: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang A top executive at a Singapore-based data centre company, Megaspeed, was under scrutiny for possibly steering advanced Nvidia AI chips to China, according to a report in New York Times. American officials had concluded that she was a Chinese intelligence asset, sending information to Beijing.The report claims that surveillance…
Kolkata: A late-season spurt in dengue cases has taken Kolkata by surprise, with hospitals reporting a sudden surge in dengue patients. While cases remained lower than average during the early monsoon months, numbers began surging significantly from late Sept through Oct. It has now reached a seasonal peak. Over 5,500 new cases were reported in…
Vivek Ramaswamy orders pizzas from Red Baron after viral video of an employee being harassed by a prankster. ‘You are brave and you speak for millions of Americans across this country, including in my home state Ohio,” Vivek Ramaswamy said as he opened a box of Red Baron Pizza and dedicated it to Walt Z,…
Kolkata: The wife of former Bengal minister Indranil Sen, Madhuchhanda, was interrogated by cops for nearly two-and-a-half hours at Lalbazar in connection with the alleged multi-crore Durga Puja pass scam case. Madhuchhanda was the president of MassArt, the organisation which organised the Puja preview show and distributed entry passes.Investigators confronted Madhuchhanda with financial records, bank…
‘Mohan Bhagwat Can Be Judge’: Rahul Gandhi Renews Debate Challenge To PM Modi Over ‘Foreign Links’ Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has renewed his challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an open debate, saying 24 hours have passed since his initial dare. In a video shared on X, Gandhi…
