NEW DELHI: People in India’s 46 million-plus cities are earning significantly more than their counterparts in other urban areas, a new report released by NSO showed Monday. In 2025, a self-employed worker in Delhi, Bengaluru, Patna, Ahmedabad, Surat and Mumbai, among others, earned an average Rs 30,858 a month — 34% higher than their counterparts…
Kolkata A 10-member Central Delimitation Committee (CDC) has been formed by Kolkata Municipal Corporation to create 56 additional civic wards, increasing the total from 144 to 200, officials said.The committee, tasked with ensuring a balanced distribution of voters across the 200 wards, has to submit its recommendations by July 27. The KMC elections are due…
Along with bringing relief, the incessant rain also caused traffic snarls and waterlogging, and uprooted trees. NEW DELHI: Friday was the season’s wettest day in many parts of Delhi, and the fourth straight rainy day, testing the capital’s infrastructure to the maximum.There was familiar traffic chaos as many arterial stretches were flooded, particularly in south…
You may feel oddly split today, Virgo. Part of you is tempted to slumber and delay certain things, while another is becoming more confident by the hour. It’s because Mercury is enhancing your perception however, the Moon is causing a feeling of discontent and a hint of slack within your normal routine. So yes, the…
Popcorn, sausages and soft drinks kept guests fuelled as they cheered and celebrated through the evening Late on Monday night, Austrian Ambassador Robert Zischg’s residence turned into a screening hall for the FIFA match against Argentina, drawing a full house. With every chair occupied, fans lining the stairs, and the buttery aroma of popcorn filling…
Indian skipper Shreyas Iyer (ANI Photo) Shreyas Iyer added a unique milestone to his captaincy career before a ball was bowled in the opening T20I against Zimbabwe in Harare on Thursday. The India skipper won the toss and elected to field first, registering his eighth consecutive toss win as captain in T20 Internationals and moving…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Saturday granted interim protection from eviction to alleged occupiers of railway land at Belgharia station till Aug 31.As the eviction drive was supposed to take place at 11 pm on Saturday, an urgent hearing was conducted before Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya’s bench.Since it was submitted by the petitioners that hearing on…
Centennial persistence of kelp forests on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, Canada Researchers have reconstructed nearly 170 years of the history of kelp forests along Canada’s Pacific coast, finding that colder, wave-exposed waters off Vancouver Island protected most kelp forests while warmer, sheltered areas lost nearly half of them.The study mapped about 5,600 kilometres…
Ramprasad Chowdhury, who was injured construction workers of the Taratala warehouse collapse in Kolkata at SSKM hospital. Kolkata: For nearly five agonising hours, 22-year-old Ramprasad Chowdhury lay trapped under tonnes of concrete and steel, fearing each moment could be his last.A massive reinforced concrete beam fell on his right leg and crushed it. But rescuers…
’It’s too much for Malayalis’: Baiju Santhosh defends Jayaram’s over-the-top humility and asks him to ‘tone it down’ Mollywood actor Jayaram is known for his humble behaviour, but he has recently faced criticism for being overly humble, with several netizens claiming that he is merely putting it on. The actor has also been trolled for…
