Kolkata: From around 300 restaurants, momo joints, cafes and ice-cream parlours that currently operate late into the night in Kolkata, the number could spiral to over 3,000 within a year if the state government implements its budget proposal to encourage shops, restaurants, offices, logistics services and hospitality establishments to function 24×7, restaurateurs and businessmen said…
Chennai: DMK and AIADMK on Friday stepped up their attack on TVK govt over the Palani mutt land registration row.Speaking to reporters at DMK headquarters in Chennai, DMK legal wing joint secretary I Paranthamen alleged that the identities and background of the two men who `fraudulently purchased’ the mutt land were being suppressed. He demanded…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi during India A’s Tri-nation series in Dambulla, Sri Lanka. (PTI Photo) In Belfast this week, men with measuring tapes have been solving a small architectural problem. India needed a second dressing room. Not the usual communal affair where grown professionals peel off their pads and discuss their hamstrings, but a separate one, because…
Law student Debabrata Adhikari during the protest on Friday Debabrata Adhikari, member of Calcutta Cockroach Movement Kolkata: The cockroach controversy pinched an actor, a life science student, a law student and a businessman to come together as ‘fellow cockroaches’ to protest against the NEET exam paper leak and seek resignation of Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan.The…
Following ‘Singham Again’ (2024), blockbuster filmmaker Rohit Shetty started work on a gritty action entertainer inspired by the life of decorated police officer Rakesh Maria. Reports from January this year revealed that the film carries the title ‘Maria IPS’. John Abraham to be seen in never-before-seen avatar Now, according to Bollywood Hungama, John will be…
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray addresses a gathering as supporters wave the Tricolour during a celebration following Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday hailed students for their nationwide protests over the alleged exam papers leak, saying the agitation marked the beginning of a larger fight…
MUMBAI: The Supreme Court has quashed a POCSO case against a woman, holding that there was “absolutely no reason” to subject her to a criminal trial when the evidence did not support the allegations. A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran allowed the woman’s appeal and set aside the FIR registered at…
US judge: No quick dismissal of Adani case A US judge ordered the Justice Department on Friday to justify its decision to drop criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, declining to rule immediately on Adani’s lawyers’ request to dismiss the case.Brooklyn-based US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis said federal prosecutors’ May 18 announcement that they…
Every family has a father story. It’s rarely the big moments that come to mind first. It’s Dad insisting he knows a shortcut that somehow takes longer. It’s him carrying all the grocery bags in one trip just to prove he can. It’s him saying, “Don’t spend money on me,” and then secretly enjoying the…
AI Image Used For Representational Purpose Only NEW DELHI: A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered after being abducted from a pavement in south Delhi by a cab driver early Monday morning.The accused, Basu Kumar Singh (25), was shot and wounded by cops after he allegedly snatched a weapon in an escape attempt during…
