Suvendu Adhikari and Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: In a significant blow to the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the party’s candidate for the upcoming Nandigram assembly bypoll, Sanchita Dey Pradhan, withdrew her nomination on Friday, according to a report by PTI.Pradhan’s sudden departure from the race came after she reportedly met senior…
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge spans about 4.3 miles, connecting Sandy Point and Kent Island in Maryland. (Photo: Public domain) Maryland’s plan to replace the Chesapeake Bay Bridge is raising concerns among farmers and conservation groups on the state’s Eastern Shore. They say the new crossing could increase development pressure on farmland and other open land,…
He was 31 and had just celebrated his birthday a few days ago while listening to Taylor Swift songs, before heading to Lebanon as an independent freelance journalist and photographer covering the ongoing Syrian civil war. That was the last time the former US Marine and Georgetown University law student was seen out and about….
Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi has granted default bail to US national Matthew Aaron VanDyke NEW DELHI: The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi has granted default bail to US national Matthew Aaron VanDyke in a case registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).The court granted bail to VanDyke on a personal bond of Rs one…
File photo: The Pentagon is seen from the air, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Washington The Pentagon is considering withdrawing at least 25,000 US troops from Europe, potentially cutting the American military presence on the continent by nearly one-third, NBC News reported Thursday.The drawdown could be even larger, with some options involving the withdrawal of…
The Chinese vessel carried out a series of dangerous manoeuvres and eventually made contact with the ship (Photo: X/@jaytaryela). Philippine Coast Guard reported a collision on Friday in which a Chinese Coast Guard vessel hit a boat in the disputed South China Sea.Philippine’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel, BRP Datu Magat Salamat,…
Carinne Meyrignac turned a simple idea sparked by motherhood into a children’s publishing business generating millions in annual revenue. After discovering musical books in France that kept her young daughter engaged, she returned to Los Angeles and struggled to find similar products. In 2016, she decided to create her own interactive musical books, launching Cali’s…
File photo: Princess Diana and then-Prince Charles at their wedding Earl Spencer, brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, is set to release a memoir that makes a series of deeply personal claims about his sister’s relationship with King Charles, alleging that the then-Prince Charles sounded “giddily elated — like a lottery winner” when he called…
The humanoid robot executing a cleaning task (Image: Tau Robotics) San Francisco tech startup Tau Robotics has, in a feat, launched AI robots that provide home and office cleaning services, including vacuuming floors, clearing clutter, and taking out the trash. “Yeah, yesterday we made it public that we are starting to offer a cleaning service…
A trip to a thrift store can often end with an impulse purchase or two, but for one 12-year-old girl in North Carolina, finding discarded stuffed animals became the beginning of a much bigger mission. Instead of seeing worn-out toys as things that had reached the end of their lives, the young girl saw something…