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KOLKATA: With most of the big-budget and popular pujas across Salt Lake inaugurated, and revellers starting pandal-hopping, the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has no more time to repair the damaged road stretches across Salt Lake before festivities. Puja revellers and motorists are having a bumpy ride in most places, with patchwork done hastily on only a few main stretches in the last few days....

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray has filed an intervention application before the Bombay high court seeking to be heard before any order is passed in a public interest litigation (PIL) that seeks a status report on the probes into the deaths of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and his former manager Disha Salian in 2020. The PIL, filed on September 27, also seeks directions from the HC to probe...

Rival factions of the Nationalist Congress Party have opened separate party offices in the national capital this week after its joint office at Canning Road was asked to be vacated when the party lost its national party status. On Wednesday, the Ajit Pawar faction of NCP inaugurated its new central office at North Avenue with working president Praful Patel performing a 'havan'. The Sharad Pawar-led NCP,...

ULHASNAGAR: Two teenagers, one of them a minor, died after the car the two collegians were in had an accident in Ambernath late Tuesday evening. The younger teen, Manav Tharwani (17), was at the wheel, the police said, adding that he had gone for a late-night drive with his friend Kushal Thawani (18). Manav's parents have claimed that they were not aware that their son had taken the car, the police...

Chennai: City’s UHWCs are not without bright spots.At West Jaffferkhnapet, the 26-year-old Dr S Santhoshi manages to put a smile on the face of patients. This explains why the centre in a low-income locality has an average footfall of about 120 patients a day, while the average UHWC outpatient number is about 30 across the city.“She sees patients upto 9.30pm and most of our basic illness like cold,...

The alleys and gardens of the Swiss Embassy were adorned with floral clouds to celebrate 75 years of friendship between Switzerland and India.Indian and Swiss floral artists came together to set up floral installations using locally sourced flowers, including marigold, anthurium, heliconia, gladioli and carnations. “We want to celebrate peace and friendship through this artistic co-creation of artists...

MUMBAI: A video of rats eating into the food items stored in the pantry of LTT-Madgaon train has gone viral, thus raising question mark about the safety of the passengers who rely on on-board train catering services items during the journey.The video was shot by a passenger at LTT on October 15. IRCTC has blamed CR for the issue as it claims that the yard in LTT ,where this rake is parked, is infested...

KALYAN: In a move aimed at bolstering the Shiv Sena's (UBT) presence across Maharashtra, party chief Uddhav Thackeray recently appointed several individuals to key leadership roles. Notably, Vijay Salvi from Kalyan was designated as the deputy leader in the party. However, amidst these changes, Sadanand Tharwal, the Kalyan Lok Sabha district president, tendered his resignation from the party post, which...

KOLKATA: A student in the fourth year of the electrical engineering department at IIT Kharagpur was discovered dead in the hostel room, the institute confirmed on Wednesday. The family of the deceased student, K Kiran Chandra, who was discovered hanging in his secured room, was notified on Wednesday and has since arrived on the campus.In an official statement concerning the student's passing, the...

In anticipation of the 18th edition of the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon, International Ambassador Ashton Eaton, a two-time Olympic Champion, recently embarked on a unique pre-race experience. A pasta cookout was held at Le Meridien in Central Delhi, where Ashton was joined by Priya Agarwal Hebbar, the Non-Executive Director of Vedanta and Chairperson of Hindustan Zinc Ltd, Akarsh Hebbar, MD Vedanta along...