Rohit Sharma (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: India captain Rohit Sharma etched his name into the record books during the third ODI against Afghanistan at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday.Stationed at first slip, Rohit grabbed the first three catches of the Afghanistan innings to become only the fourth Indian fielder to be involved…
One of the most unsettling moments for any parent is catching their child telling a lie. Whether it is denying they ate the last biscuit despite the crumbs on their face or insisting homework was never assigned, many parents immediately wonder if something has gone wrong. But child psychologists say that, in most cases, lying…
Hamid Mondal (face covered) had been staying in the flat for the past two to three months, allegedly to evade detection by law enforcement agencies. BURDWAN: A suspected member of the banned terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) has been arrested in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district, news agency PTI reported on Friday.The Special Task Force (STF)…
Panaji: Two rarely seen fish species netted by fishermen in the Tiracol and Zuari rivers have caught the attention of fishers and scientists. One of them, the small tooth emperor, a red snapper look-alike, could be the first recorded sighting of the species in Goa’s northern river.The sight of the marine ray-finned fish, Lethrinus microdon…
Former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was arrested in a corruption case. NEW DELHI: Former Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain was among six people arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Tuesday in connection with an alleged corruption case involving the tendering process for sewage treatment plant projects of the Delhi Jal…
KOLKATA: Parents of the RG Kar rape-murder victim have now alleged that Abesh Banerjee, a doctor and nephew of former CM Mamata Banerjee, was involved in efforts to conceal evidence after the crime. They have demanded that the CBI summon and question him as part of its ongoing probe.The allegations surfaced a day after the…
Kolkata: With former Cine Technicians & Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI) president Swarup Biswas in police custody, Tollywood faces deep uncertainty regarding technician operations. This has been compounded by confusion over the status of Eastern India Motion Pictures & Cultural Confederation. On Monday, BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya clarified that the party has not sanctioned…
Every parent knows the instinct: your child is struggling, and you want to step in. A forgotten homework notebook, an argument with a friend, a difficult teacher, a disappointing result- sometimes it feels easier to fix the problem than watch your child struggle through it.But what if constantly making life easier for your child is…
In the dry storytelling of palaeontology, certain discoveries tend to arrive with a kind of quiet disruption. Not the sort that rewrites textbooks overnight, but one that shifts the edges of what was assumed about a landscape long gone. In Ethiopia’s Afar region, a set of fragmented crocodile fossils has done something like that. The…
A Heritage Haveli in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: Marking nine years since Ahmedabad was inscribed as India’s first Unesco World Heritage City, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Wednesday launched a new heritage website and approved the creation of a dedicated sub-committee to fast-track Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) scrutiny for development projects in the old city areas.The…
