“Will probe if anyone threatened him”, CM Suvendu said. NEW DELHI: West Begal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said he would ensure probe into suicide of TMC leader Asish Banerjee to ascertain if the former ex-deputy speaker was “threatened”.“Will probe if anyone threatened him”, CM Suvendu said as per news agency PTI, hours after the TMC leader…
19% in Lok Sabha, 39% in Rajya Sabha: How Monsoon Session unfolded beyond the Parliament For 25 days, Parliament’s Monsoon Session played out on two different stages.Inside the Houses, proceedings were repeatedly disrupted, adjournments were frequent and Question Hour had barely any time remaining. Outside, political activity rarely stopped. Students marched, Opposition leaders protested, ministers…
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari slams Sonia Gandhi NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday slammed Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi over the controversy surrounding the recitation of Vande Mataram at the Congress headquarters on Independence Day, saying the ‘Entire Bengal fuming, Congress must apologise’.Adhikari also accused the Congress of…
The controversy erupted after visuals from the Independence Day programme at the Congress headquarters showed senior party leaders speaking among themselves NEW DELHI: BJP leaders on Sunday lodged a formal complaint against Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi at the Urwa Police Station in Karnataka. The move escalated a political row over the recitation of…
The foxes reduced seabird populations, which meant less nutrient-rich guano reached the islands. Arctic foxes introduced to more than 400 Alaskan islands for fur changed far more than the local wildlife. According to a study published in journal Science, by preying on seabirds, they disrupted the flow of nutrients from the ocean to land and…
Bihar’s 67.25% assembly poll turnout topped US, UK, France after SIR: CEC NEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday said the “successful” Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar last year helped increase voter turnout in the assembly elections that followed.Speaking to reporters at Patna airport, Kumar, who is on…
Success is often judged differently depending on where a person is standing. Someone who continues to grow, think differently or pursue an ambitious goal may appear increasingly distant to people who do not share the same vision. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche captured this idea in the striking line, “The higher we soar, the smaller we…
PM Modi shares his morning routine NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday shared a glimpse of his morning routine, posting a video of himself feeding cows and peacocks before leaving for the Red Fort for India’s 80th Independence Day celebrations.In a post on Instagram, Modi said feeding the animals was part of his…
Dickerson had built a career that included several notable firsts. (Anchorage museum photo) American lawyer and civil rights advocate Mahala Ashley Dickerson’s life took her from Montgomery, Alabama, to Alaska, where she broke barriers in both the legal profession and homesteading. Her journey has been featured by the National Park Service among important figures in…
Deep in the heart of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where mist clings to the ridges and the forest hums with life, stands a quiet log cabin. It is the home of the Walker sisters, six unmarried women who refused to leave their mountain home, even as the world changed around them. Their story is…