CBI raids TMC minister, MLA's houses in Bengal

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday conducted searches at the south Kolkata residences of West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim and Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislator Madan Mitra in connection with the recruitment scam that allegedly took place at multiple civic bodies between 2014 and 2018, officials of the federal agency said.

{BALASORE TRAIN TRAGEDY} - 4 months later, 28 unclaimed bodies to be cremated

More than four months after the train tragedy in Bahanaga Bazar station of Odisha's Balasore district killed 296 passengers and left over 1,100 injured, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation on Sunday said 28 unclaimed bodies in frozen containers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences would be mass cremated in the state capital over the next couple of days.

Stories of loss and despair echo at Sikkim relief camps

For the past five days, her life has been the same. Every day, she wakes up in the auditorium of the government senior secondary school in Singtam in south-east Sikkim.

Indianised and gender-neutral designations in the navy soon

The Indian Navy has completed a review of ranks held by sailors, inherited from the British era, and is set to replace them with Indianised designations as part of a larger drive to jettison colonial military traditions, with gender-neutral changes to the ranks also to be announced shortly, two officials aware of the matter said on Sunday. More than 65,000 sailors will now get new ranks.

IAF chief unveils ensign; force bids adieu to MiG-21s

The Indian Air Force on Sunday unveiled a new ensign to better reflect its values, even as it retired its ageing MIG-21 Bison fighter planes at the 91st anniversary celebrations at Bamrauli airbase in Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh.

New infra brings Dwarka sub-city back in demand

It’s 4pm, and Amit Sharma, a real estate agent in Dwarka, is engrossed in a meeting with a couple from Gurugram, who are interested in buying a three-bedroom apartment in the sub-city. Sharma diligently suggests a diverse range of properties available within the price range of ₹1.6 to 2 crore. “You see, prices have risen by 25% over the past two years,” he tells the couple, both IT professionals, who feel the cost is a bit beyond their budget. Twenty minutes later, as his clients depart, he shifts his attention to us.

Dragonfly, damselfly count dips after extreme weather

The overall dragonfly and damselfly count in the seven biodiversity parks in the Capital has dipped marginally when compared to last year, a three-day survey carried out by the Delhi Development Authority's biodiversity programme has revealed. According to the survey, a combination of extreme weather events like surplus rain in the first half leading to floods in the city followed by a deficient second half of the southwest monsoon may have impacted the breeding cycle of the insects and subsequently their count.

CM launches city's fourth C&D plant

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday inaugurated a construction and demolition (C&D) waste processing plant near Majlis Park in Burari in north Delhi. Calling it the country's largest such facility, Kejriwal said the plant will help boost the Capital's C&D waste processing capacity.

Artisans prepare for Durga Puja amid dhak rolls, scent of shiuli

The roll of dhak and chants of mantras will soon reverberate through the air as Durga Puja celebrations will commence from October 20. The scent of shiuli (night-blooming jasmine) is already wafting along by the breeze, while workers have started binding bamboos together to build puja pandals in several pockets of Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR).

AQI improves to 'moderate'

After two consecutive \"poor\" air days, the Capital's pollution levels significantly improved to reach the \"moderate\" category on Sunday, thanks to a shift in wind directions from northwestern to southwestern-the India Meteorological Department said. However, weather officials also attributed the improvement in air quality to Stage I of the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) measures being implemented, when the air quality had hit the \"poor\" mark on Friday.

Singapore envoy flags typo on sign at high commission, NDMC changes it

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) was left red-faced on Sunday morning after Simon Wong, the high commissioner of Singapore, pointed out that his country's name had been incorrectly spelled on a signage board installed outside the high commission at the diplomatic enclave in Chanakyapuri.

Repair work at Hry water canal on, normalcy by tomorrow: DJB

A day after a portion of the boundary of channel-lined canal (CLC), or the Munak Canal, broke near Barwasni village at Sonepat district in Haryana, affecting the supply of raw water to parts of the Capital, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials on Sunday said a team has been dispatched to the site of the breach to oversee repair work of the canal, which is likely to take 48 hours.

Regimented system and robust network: The secret behind China's sporting rise

At the end of the 19th edition of the Asian Games, the medal tally, not surprisingly, has three familiar names on top - China, Japan, and South Korea. The three have featured in the top three in each edition since the 1978 Games and while Japan and Korea have often traded second and third places, China have rarely, if ever, relinquished pole position.

California governor vetoes bill passed by state legislature against caste-based discrimination

California governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a landmark but controversial bill passed by the state's legislature that added caste to its basket of anti-discrimination legislation, arguing that the administration already barred discrimination across various dimensions, including caste, and the new legislation was unnecessary.

Aditya-LI goes through crucial manoeuvre: Isro

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) successfully performed a 16-second-long trajectory correction manoeuvre for Aditya-Ll to ensure the country's first solar observatory is on track to its intended spot in the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1 (L1), the space agency said on Sunday, days after the craft left the Earth's sphere of influence.

SANGAY WANTS TO PLAY A SOLDIER IN A MOVIE NEXT

He has served his country as an Army officer and was also a part of the Royal Bodyguard of Bhutan before switching to showbiz.

Abhinav: Getting trolled is a price you pay for being famous

Actor Abhinav Shukla recently gave it back to trolls when he took to Instagram to answer the most commonly asked questions posed to him in the comments section of his posts.

Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez have settled their divorce

Singer-songwriter Ariana Grande and real estate agent Dalton Gomez have officially settled their divorce. According to a report, both the parties have reached an amicable settlement less than a month after Grande filed for divorce.

Ram Charan is not working with Rajkumar Hirani

Ever since Ram Charan was spotted in Mumbai, there has been growing chatter that work brought the actor to the city. A report by the portal 123Telugu claims that Charan has signed a Hindi film being directed by Rajkumar Hirani. However, this is not true.

Priyanka in the middle of Joe-Sophie divorce drama?

Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas is reportedly caught in the middle of the ongoing divorce battle between her brother-in-law, singer Joe Jonas, and actor Sophie Turner.

Chennai stirs to life as the Indian team comes calling

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Chepauk, left-handers in Aus squad tilt scales towards Ash

In India's stirring 2011 World Cup triumph, R Ashwin, a rookie then who was secondary to Harbhajan Singh in the rank of off-spinners, played two matches. The first was against West Indies in Chennai and the second against Australia in Ahmedabad. Will Ashwin play against Australia in Chennai in 2023?

SA smash Cup records and SL; B'desh win too

South Africa got their World Cup off to a rollicking start by smashing a tournament-record 428/5 against Sri Lanka at Delhi on Saturday.

Geared up for a pitched battle

Skipper Rohit invokes \"unfinished business\" as India kick off Cup campaign against Australia with hopes to end a 12-year wait

India beat Iran amid kabaddi final row

A kabaddi match lasts 45 minutes. On Saturday, the India-Iran men's final dragged on for about 100 minutes, including a 60-minute break of farcical proportions. Seven-time champions India had waited for five years to reclaim gold, and with the contest at 28-all with a minute left, desperation spilled on to the mat at the Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre.

Like Asiad, defending Olympictitle is a big motivation: Neeraj

Ending the season that began in May and ran until October with him becoming the world champion and defending the Asian Games crown, Neeraj Chopra is finally back home.

Archers Jyothi and Ojas complete golden hat-trick

Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Deotale entered this Asian Games with contrasting goals. While Vennam, competing in her third Asian Games, was searching for her first success at this stage, Deotale, in his first Asian Games, was looking to add weight to his world champion tag.

Satwik-Chirag bring India first Asiad badminton gold

World No.3 combine smash aside Korean rivals in straight games to win their fifth title of the year

Normalisation of Saudi-Israeli ties is Hamas's target

Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel, welcomed and celebrated by Iran, appears to be aimed to complicate the historic process of normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia that is underway in the region and has the potential to dramatically alter global geopolitics.

Israel, Palestine and a deadly impasse: A brief history

Tensions that have raged since the Middle Eastern state's founding in May 1948 date back much further.