Donald Trump has previously clashed with the agency over his executive order. US President Donald Trump on Thursday dismissed the final two serving commissioners of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), the independent federal agency responsible for helping ensure secure and reliable elections, according to US media reports.The EAC is designed to function as a bipartisan…
KOLKATA: Heavy rain lashed parts of West Bengal on Friday as IMD has forecast more showers across the state over the next few days.Cooch Behar recorded the state’s highest rainfall at 143 mm in the 24 hours ending Friday morning.Commuters in Kolkata, including schoolchildren and office-goers, struggled to navigate rain-soaked roads as showers continued through…
The proposed draft gives the general body a central role in redevelopment, covering developer-led redevelopment, self-redevelopment and other legally permissible models Pune: The proposed Model Bye-Laws 2026 for cooperative housing societies cover issues like redevelopment, parking, flat transfers, electric vehicle charging, structural safety and grievance redressal.It will cover over over 1.25 lakh societies across Maharashtra,…
Rupee began the week on a negative note, depreciating 17 paise to 95.59 against the US dollar in early trade, as investor sentiment turned cautious following the Reserve Bank of India‘s decision to bring forward the cut-off date for its concessional FCNR (B) deposit swap facility.The RBI had said on August 14 that the swap…
Diptangshu Mahato, a class 12 student of Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, died after gulping down scalding tea Kolkata: Diptangshu Mahato, a class 12 student of Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, died hours after drinking hot tea at school on Tuesday. The headmaster, Swami Ishteshananda, on Wednesday offered to resign while three staffers — Sourav Taru Biswas,…
File photo: People cool off in a water spray at the Eiffel Tower in Paris (Picture credit – AP) France has recorded around 1,000 more deaths than expected since June 24 during the record-breaking heatwave that swept across much of western Europe, with the vast majority of victims aged 65 and above, French health authorities…
The genus Mimeusemia belongs to the forester moth group within the Noctuidae family Pune: Scientists from the western regional centre of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Pune have discovered a new species of forester moth in Karnataka’s Kali Tiger Reserve in the Western Ghats, marking the first addition to the genus Mimeusemia in…
The singer shared a heartwarming family moment with her sons as she balanced her busy tour schedule with family time.image credit: (Shakira’s Instagram) Shakira has continued to blend her professional commitments with personal moments while maintaining her highly successful ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour’ across the United States. Over the weekend, however, a…
NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad questioned govt’s decision to locate the facility in a densely populated residential area Thane: NCP (SP) on Friday accused Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) of pushing through a proposed 54-acre data centre project of a tech giant in Balkum without transparency, alleging that citizens and elected representatives were kept in the…
Christine Hobson (Photo: christinehobson60/ Instagram) Most people think of retirement as the moment when life finally slows down, and all the sweet time becomes about more tea, more telly, fewer alarms.But for Christine Hobson, a grandmother from Yorkshire, retirement was the exact opposite.It was the starting gun.While her peers were transitioning into quieter routines and…
