BASIRHAT: Tucked away in North 24 Parganas along the southern banks of Ichhamati river is Basirhat that falls on one side of the Radcliffe Line that divided India and Pakistan (now Bangladesh). One has just to cross the river to reach Khulna in Bangladesh.Basirhat’s location explains why this place witnessed large-scale migration since Partition with…
NEW DELHI: Accusing Congress of ignoring Mahatma Gandhi, PM Modi has said the icon remained unknown to the world till the 1982 film ‘Gandhi’ was made, inviting swift retaliation from Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge who said “those whose ideological ancestors along with Nathuram Godse were involved in the assassination of Bapu can never follow the…
A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich awarded 20 years of rigorous imprisonment to two men on Wednesday for throwing acid on a 17-year-old girl after she rejected the advances of one the convicts in 2020. The court also imposed Rs 1 lakh fine each on Ehtesham, alias Saddam, and Suhail, alias PK Baba, who attacked…
Election Commission on Wednesday directed the Odisha chief electoral officer (CEO) to take immediate action against Nandighosha TV for telecasting exit poll results in the state in violation of the law, sources said.They pointed out that exit polls are prohibited under Section 126A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, before the conclusion of…
RudraM-II air-to-ground missile NEW DELHI: India successfully flight-tested the indigenous RudraM-II air-to-ground missile, which is designed to have a strike range of almost 350-km, from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter of the IAF off the coast of Odisha on Wednesday.The RudraM series are being developed by DRDO as new-generation anti-radiation missiles (NGARMs) for destroying a variety of…
AHMEDABAD/GANDHINAGAR: The SIT probing the Rajkot fire tragedy has listed out the grave lapses by TRP Game Zone promoters that led to 28 people getting roasted alive in the recreational facility on May 25.Preliminary findings in SIT’s report accessed by TOI suggest that instead of having separate entry and exit gates, there was just one…
NEW DELHI: National Commission for Women (NCW) has sought urgent intervention and action from DGP Punjab to investigate allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct involving AAP Punjab minister Balkar Singh in a video call with a 21-year-old woman seeking a job.The video has since stirred a political storm with BJP functionary Tajinder Bagga and national spokesperson…
PATNA: RJD president Lalu Prasad on Tuesday claimed there was no chance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi returning to office and that INDIA bloc would form the next govt at the Centre.“Modi gaye ab (Modi is gone now),” the former Bihar CM told media on Tuesday as he stepped out of his home to campaign…
KOLKATA/DUMKA: PM Narendra Modi announced on Tuesday that the Centre has successfully recovered and returned Rs 17,000 crore of “scam money” to people across India. He also reiterated his commitment to specifically give back Rs 3,000 crore to Bengal citizens allegedly defrauded by Trinamool govt.“Will get the money out from scamsters and return it to…
NEW DELHI: Two people were killed and nine others were injured on Wednesday after a bus overturned near Phiringia in Odisha. The accident occurred at a turning in Phiringia as confirmed by Chittaranjan Mahanta, SDM, Phulbani. The injured have been admitted to the hospital for treatment and there were around 50 passengers on the bus…
