New Delhi: A fire gutted around 200 sheds used as accommodation for migrant labourers at a construction camp near Nirman Bhavan and Udyog Bhavan in central Delhi in the early hours of Wednesday, leaving hundreds displaced. No casualties were reported.Delhi Fire Service (DFS) received a call at 3.02am about the fire that allegedly started in…
The approval rate for EB-1A, the US green card category meant for individuals with extraordinary ability, has dropped sharply in FY26. In a big hit for Indian techies, the approval rate for the visa that is one of the routes to US green cards has seen a sharp drop. The approval rate for Indian applicants…
Kolkata: About 50 census workers on Friday staged a demonstration outside KMC headquarters, demanding “on-duty” status during their field assignments and payment for the jobs. They also demanded electronic devices, along with the expense for Internet. Swapan Mondal, general secretary of Census Karmi Aikya Mancha, said, “We will boycott the census work until we get…
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has declared the Bachelor of Science (BSc) Nursing 2026 entrance examination results. Candidates who appeared for the exam can now check and download their scorecards and merit list from the official website, aiimsexams.ac.in.The result has been released in two formats. Candidates can download the merit list PDF,…
Dinanath Mangeshkar Kalamandir (DMK) auditorium at Kala Academy Panaji: More than a month after a govt-appointed task force recommended shutting the 900-seat Dinanath Mangeshkar Kalamandir (DMK) auditorium at Kala Academy, Panaji, for corrective repairs, state govt has yet to act.The task force had recommended closing the auditorium from Aug 1 for an estimated two to…
Proposals discussed at Shah’s meeting Kolkata: Bengal can become the first state to have a Special Investigation Agency (SIA) modelled on National Investigation Agency (NIA). The proposal was among several discussed at a law-and-order review meeting chaired by Union home minister Amit Shah and attended by CM Suvendu Adhikari, along with senior officials from the…
Naming twins often means finding two names that feel connected while still giving each child an identity of their own. For many parents, rhyming names strike that balance. They sound harmonious without being the same, creating a pair that is memorable, easy to say and pleasing to hear. Some names differ by just one letter,…
Lupita Nyong’o says she was “stunned” after Christopher Nolan cast her as both Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra.Image credit (x) Lupita Nyong’o has addressed her casting in Christopher Nolan‘s upcoming film ‘The Odyssey’ in which she plays both Helen of Troy and her sister Clytemnestra. The acclaimed actress joins Nolan’s impressive lineup of actors in…
Sutapa Choudhary, British deputy high commissioner for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala, and K N Radhakrishnan, director and CEO, TVS Motor Company, at the Norton Atlas rollout in Hosur Chennai: TVS Motor Company has shifted the production of Norton Motorcycles’ Atlas adventure motorcycles to India, with the first unit rolling off its Hosur production line,…
India’s Devdutt Padikkal (ANI Photo) Soon after pushing Sri Lanka debutant off-spinner Keshara Nuwantha to mid-off for a single, Devdutt Padikkal leapt in joy. He had just scored his maiden Test century — in his third Test and fourth innings — and earned a warm hug from India captain Shubman Gill, along with applause from…
