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KOLKATA: One person was killed and 18 others seriously injured after a bus overturned and hit a motorcycle in central Kolkata's Mayo Road area on Saturday evening, police said. The minibus, which was operating on the Metiabruz-Howrah route, was heading towards the Mayo Road-Dufferin Road crossing when the accident happened around 4.40 pm, they said. The driver of the bus suddenly lost control, following...

CHENNAI: Cricket fans heading to M A Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk to watch IPL matches could travel in metro trains for free or catch the action live on large screens put up at five metro stations. Chennai Metro Rail Limited has tied up with Chennai Super Kings to provide free metro train ride for IPL and CSK fans on all match days in the city in April and May. Passengers will have to produce their QR...

NEW DELHI: Thunderstorm with heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region on Saturday evening. Areas, including south and southeast Delhi witnessed heavy downpour around 6pm.The IMD had issued a forecast for rain a day back saying that the city was likely to witness rain accompanied by thunder and lightning with the maximum temperature likely to settle at 30 degrees Celsius.The...

PATIALA: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who had been serving time in Patiala central jail for a 1988 road rage death case, was released on Saturday, after nearly 10 months.He emerged from the prison wearing a sky blue jacket, later than the anticipated afternoon release time, at 5.53pm.After coming out of the jail, Sidhu slammed Centre, saying democracy in chains, institutions turned slaves.“I...

THANE: In a 2020 murder case, a court in Maharashtra's Thane acquitted two labourers from Navi Mumbai, saying the prosecution failed to prove charges against them. Additional sessions court judge P M Gupta passed the order on March 27, which was made available on Saturday.The two accused lived in the same locality as the victim Santosh Kasbe in Turbhe. The prosecution informed the court that on January...

KOLKATA: Some of the private schools in the city, which admitted children only when they turned four, and in some cases five, have brought down the admission age cut-off to three years to align with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Don Bosco Park Circus has introduced lower kindergarten (LKG), where children of four years have been taken in for the new session starting April. The school will...

VIRUDHUNAGAR: CPM members on Tuesday held a black flag protest in front of the Rajapalayam Gandhi statue in Virudhunagar district condemning the visit of Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi.The governor arrived in Virudhunagar on Friday night to attend the golden jubilee celebration of Rajapalayam Rajus' College on Saturday. Before heading to Rajapalayam, the governor visited the Sri Andal Temple at...

NEW DELHI: Police have arrested an 18-year-old boy from Jyoti Nagar for insulting a saffron flag and posting the video of the incident on social media. "After the video was widely circulated on social media, we looked up for the people in the video. The 18-year-old was identified as Faiz Alam. The two juveniles seen in the video have also been apprehended," a police officer said. "The phone that was...

MUMBAI: The Mumbai Police on Saturday said that a man has been detained in Pune in connecion with a death threat message to Uddhav Thackeray faction leader and MP Sanjay RautAccording to the Mumbai Police, the detained individual is currently being interrogated. The police also mentioned that the detainee had used the name of Lawrence Bishnoi, and they will be investigating the detainee's connection...

It's never easy to bid goodbye to Bollywood, because years of blood, sweat and perseverance goes into making it big in the world of movies. Yet, prominent names like Priyanka Chopra and AR Rahman left B-Town for Hollywood. Others like Preity Zinta and Sahil Khan moved into other careers and business opportunities. While some like Imran Khan, Twinkle Khanna, Zayed Khan and Fardeen Khan just hung up their...