NEW DELHI: The rebel group of parliamentarians in the Trinamool Congress is believed to have secured the support of 19 MPs — the two-thirds of the party’s parliamentary strength required to form a separate faction.Yusuf Pathan, Saayoni Ghosh and Mala Roy are among the MPs who have signed the rebel list, pushing the party towards…
The wife of a British artist has launched legal action against an artisan cheesemaker after an inquest concluded that a listeria-contaminated cheese contributed to his death.Roger Parkes, a painter and chef from Chichester in West Sussex, died in February 2023 after falling seriously ill days after eating cheese from a Valentine’s gift box purchased by…
A meteorite picked up from the sands of the Sahara has begun to complicate the quiet assumptions scientists often make about the early solar system. It is not the sort of object that draws attention at first glance, just a dark fragment of rock with odd mineral flecks caught under a microscope. Yet inside it…
Chadwick Boseman in ‘Black Panther’ Late Chadwick Boseman remains one of the most iconic actors that Hollywood has seen in recent years. The star was known for his on-screen presence and chemistry with his fellow co-stars. However, on top of it all, he was best known for his resilient spirit and hardworking personality. Today’s quote…
NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government has directed education authorities across the state to ensure that schools do not compel parents to buy books from private publishers or designated vendors in violation of RTE Act. The action followed after the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), acting on a complaint filed by Anubha Shrivastava Sahai, president…
A worn volume bound in faded red leather has been formally recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation as one of England’s earliest surviving paper-based archives. It is the kind of object most visitors would walk past without realising they are looking at something that predates printing presses, predates modern record keeping,…
Brad Pitt is heading into survival mode in the first look at David Ayer’s upcoming thriller ‘Heart of the Beast’. Paramount has released new images from the film, which stars Pitt as a Special Forces officer stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with his combat dog, Odin. The film centers on Pitt and the dog in…
NEW DELHI: Prime Narendra Modi on Wednesday ate Jhalmuri served by West Bengal chief minister at the NDA meeting in New Delhi.The PM shared a video on social media, saying, “Sharing Jhalmuri with fellow NDA leaders at the NDA meeting today.” In the clip, PM can be seen enjoying and laughing while tasting the Jhalmuri….
On a late-summer flight over northern Alaska’s Brooks Range, stretches of river that should look like glass suddenly appear stained the colour of iron oxide. From above, they resemble rust spreading through a cracked engine block. On the ground, the change is even more unsettling: clear tributaries turning opaque orange within a few bends, with…
More than three decades after they shared screen space in the blockbuster ‘Mohra’, Raveena Tandon, Akshay Kumar and Suniel Shetty have reunited, sending fans on a nostalgic trip down memory lane. The trio, whose chemistry became iconic in the 1994 action thriller, will now be seen together once again in ‘Welcome To The Jungle’.As the…