BHUBANESWAR/CUTTACK: An electrical fire originating at a trauma unit of SCB Medical College and Hospital in Odisha’s Cuttack killed 12 patients on Monday. Hospital source said the blaze followed a small fire from an electrical spark in the first-floor trauma ICU that had been quickly attended to and doused. Till late Monday, there was no…
Democratic lawmakers have formally asked the US Justice Department to investigate Kristi Noem, the outgoing secretary of Homeland Security, over allegations that she lied under oath to Congress about a costly advertising campaign.The referral was announced on March 16, 2026, by Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois and Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland, who are the…
ITANAGAR: Four people were killed and three others injured after a landslide triggered the collapse of a protection wall of a building at Niti Vihar in Arunachal Pradesh’s capital city at around 4pm on Monday, reports Joken Ete. Seven workers were buried under the debris after a wall of the building under construction collapsed, officials…
Relief for Travellers: Emirates Restarts Flights from Dubai After Temporary Halt Due To Drone Incident Near Airport Amid Iran vs US-Israel War The Middle East aviation sector has begun stabilising after a brief but significant disruption, with Emirates confirming that it has resumed flight operations following a temporary suspension triggered by security concerns in the…
Britain’s largest parking operator, National Car Parks (NCP), has entered administration, putting hundreds of jobs at risk and raising questions about the future of its vast network of car parks across the UK.The company’s board has appointed administrators from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) after running out of cash and struggling to meet rent payments to landlords and…
KOLKATA: Four prominent CPM functionaries who became faces of protests after the 2024 rape-murder of a resident doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital will contest the West Bengal assembly elections in April. Outgoing Rajya Sabha MP Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, student activist Dipsita Dhar, youth functionary Kalatan Dasgupta and rising Left face Minakshi…
Air India Changes UAE Routes Overnight as Dubai Flights Halted Amid Iran vs US-Israel War, Diverts Passengers to Sharjah and Abu Dhabi The rapidly escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are now spilling over into global aviation, forcing major airlines to make urgent changes to their schedules. India’s national carrier Air India has shifted…
Actor Rajpal Yadav recently opened up about a scene in Bhooth Bangla where he slaps Akshay Kumar, a moment that reminded fans of the iconic scene in Bhool Bhulaiyaa where Akshay’s character slapped his popular character Chhota Pandit. When asked if the moment could be seen as a playful form of revenge, Rajpal reacted with…
KOLKATA: Bengal’s opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari had signalled his intent to challenge TMC chief Mamata Banerjee in Bhowanipore, the CM’s home turf that has sent her to the assembly three times since 2011. On Monday, BJP named him candidate from both Bhowanipore and Nandigram, where he defeated Banerjee by 1,956 votes in 2021 — a…
An H-1B Redditor in India presented a mind-boggling calculation and claimed that the savings from the US job could give 9 years of runway in India without earning anything. The Redditor acknowledged that the numbers are not fool-proof and if the cost of living in India goes up, the calculation would go haywire, but at…