NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced the rollout of the proposed “Annapurna Bhandaar” scheme in the state, under which eligible women may receive Rs 3,000 per month directly into their bank accounts, as the party promised ahead of polls.The decision was taken during the first cabinet meeting of the new…
An Indian-origin man has been arrested in Georgia for running over three-year-old Maxence (in photo). A three-year-old kid, Maxence, was run over by a speeding car on a Georgia road post-midnight after the kid wandered out of his family’s apartment. 67-year-old Rohitbhai Patel, an Indian-origin man from Snelville, who was behind the wheel, was arrested…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal government on Monday appointed chief electoral officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal, who was top official in a the state responsible for overseeing and conducting elections, chief secreatary of the Suvendu-led dispensation.The chief secretary is the top bureaucrat of a state government and the senior-most IAS officer, responsible for coordinating all departments…
Lamont Newell, a 17-year-old student from South Los Angeles, has drawn national attention after earning admission to 65 colleges while overcoming homelessness and family hardship. The valedictorian of Verbum Dei Jesuit High School graduated with a 4.4 GPA and has chosen to attend Columbia University on a reported full-ride scholarship to study industrial engineering. According…
NEW DELHI: Newly elected Suvendu Adhikari’s government on Monday allocated portfolios to five ministers in West Bengal. Dilip Ghosh received the state’s rural development, panchayats, and animal resources department and Agnimitra Paul is set to head women and child welfare.Moreover, Ashok Kirtania got the state’s food department, Khudiram Tudu received backward class welfare department and…
A historical construction lying in the depths of Loch Bhorgastail provides information about human existence more than 5,000 years ago. The structure, which appears to be just a small island made of stone nowadays, used to be a wooden structure carefully erected by Neolithic individuals. The age of this ancient structure makes it older than…
Suvendu Adhikari (File photo) NEW DELHI: The West Bengal government on Monday ordered all departments to immediately remove nominated members, directors and chairpersons serving in non-statutory bodies, boards, organisations and public sector undertakings functioning under them.The moves comes days after Suvendu Adhikari assumed charge as West Bengal chief minister following the BJP‘s massive victory in…
Three men were found carrying 89 firearms meant for smuggling to Canada from the US. The US authorities stopped a cross-border smuggling bid as New York State Police troopers stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation near State Route 90, on May 7. Upon inspection, a large cache of firearms, mostly stolen, was found and…
NEW DELHI: Cracks within the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) came out in the open on Monday after some party MLAs, led by senior leader C Ve Shanmugam, submitted a letter to pro tem Speaker M V Karuppaiah seeking the appointment of former minister S P Velumani as the AIADMK legislature party leader….
When Queen Victoria died at Osborne House on 22 January 1901, the court expected a ceremonial end to a very public reign. What they got instead was a final act that felt startlingly private. Victoria had left detailed instructions for her burial, and among the most surprising were personal keepsakes linked to John Brown, the…