The first sight of the new dawn rolls in with almost evocative sceneries. The morning dew sits fresh on the leaves. The temperature offers a brief respite from the waves of oven-like heat to come and the sky is a thousand different shades of yellow and orange.But something is not quite right.The song of the…
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress was built around one leader, one family name and one political belief – that Mamata Banerjee alone could hold the party together and lead it to victory every time. Barely a month after a crushing assembly defeat, that belief is facing its biggest test as a rebellion threatens to split…
Independent MP Adnan Hussain has backed Southampton’s Sikh community after reports of rising fear and intimidation following the murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak, saying no group should be blamed for the actions of an individual.In a post on X, the Blackburn MP said Sikh residents should not face harassment over a crime committed by…
NEW DELHI: Hyderabad-based Coempt Edutek Private Limited, which has faced criticism over its On-Screen Marking (OSM) system used for re-evaluating Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 answer sheets, will continue to handle the process, according to news agency ANI.However, CBSE has now transferred all relevant data from Coempt’s servers to its own servers…
British-Iranian journalist Pouria Zeraati Two Romanian nationals have been convicted by a UK court for the stabbing of Iranian TV presenter Pouria Zeraati outside his home in Wimbledon, south London, in an attack prosecutors described as a “deliberate, targeted act of violence” involving months of planning and surveillance.The victim, a journalist with the Farsi-language broadcaster…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal Police’s Special Task Force (STF) on Saturday recovered a huge cache of firearms and cartridges allegedly hidden inside a pond belonging to a Trinamool Congress leader in Sandeshkhali of North 24 Parganas district, officials said.Acting on a tip-off, STF personnel conducted raids in Sandeshkhali and adjoining areas on Saturday morning. During…
A member of a notorious north London gang has been convicted of conspiring to murder a man who was shot outside his family’s restaurant after they refused to pay £100,000. Beytullah Gunduz, 39, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of conspiracy to murder Onur Guzel, who was shot outside the Umut 2000 Turkish restaurant…
The West Bengal BJP has begun preparations to secure Geographical Indication (GI) tags for several traditional sweets of the state that still lack recognition, aiming to promote them at national and international levels while also planning to set up ‘Misthi Hubs’ (Sweet Hubs) for organised production and export.A GI tag is a sign used on…
US President Donald Trump revealed that he once considered a plan to send American troops into Iran to extract its enriched uranium stockpile, but ultimately set it aside as tensions in the Middle East resurfaced alongside ongoing diplomatic talks.Trump said that the plan was rejected as it was assessed to be “too risky” and would…
NEW DELHI: The High Commission of India in London on Friday condemned what it described as “indecorous audience behavior” during Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant’s lecture at Birkbeck College, after videos surfaced online showing an attendee attempting to raise questions about dissent and democracy in India during the event.“Such indecorous audience behavior is…