Category: Events

Bengal’s Diamond Harbour KOLKATA: In yet another setback for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) following its rout in the recent Bengal assembly elections, the board of Diamond Harbour municipality was dissolved on Sunday. This came after nine of the party’s councillors resigned, leading to the municipality going under administrative control.Diamond Harbour sub-divisional officer (SDO) Ayan Dattagupta...

NEW DELHI: Indians remained the third largest applicants for Schengen visas globally in CY 2025, with 11.5 lakh did so with a rejection rate of 15.8%. Chinese were the largest applicants at 18 lakh with a rejection rate of 4.1%, followed by nationals of Turkey (12.5 lakh) with a rejection rate of 14.6%, according to...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-131432255,imgsize-30512,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72/west-bengal-cm-suvendu-adhikari.jpg" alt="Full Bengal cabinet today: BJP balances old-versus-new, regional aspirations” title=”West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari Kolkata : The need to strike a balance among Bengal’s various regions and between BJP veterans and new entrants was among the factors that weighed heavily on the party leadership during the...

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma (Image credit: RCB) NEW DELHI: The celebrations were in full swing after Royal Challengers Bengaluru clinched their second consecutive Indian Premier League title, defeating Gujarat Titans by five wickets in the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday. RCB became only the third franchise after Chennai Super Kings and...

AMD CEO Lisa Su has a career message for graduates entering an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven job market. The chief executive of the US-based chip company has asked graduates to focus on purpose, judgment and problem-solving rather than simply learning how to use artificial intelligence tools. Speaking at MIT’s commencement ceremony for the Class of 2026,...

DKS and Siddaramaiah will meet the party high command on Monday BENGALURU/KALABURAGI: Ahead of DK Shivakumar‘s swearing-in as Karnataka CM on Wednesday, Congress has shifted gears to put together a team of ministers, appoint a new chief for the party’s state unit and pick members for boards and corporations.The CM-elect and outgoing CM Siddaramaiah are...

Commercial LPG prices across India have been increased by Rs 42 to Rs 53.50 per cylinder from Monday. The price hike comes amid concerns over fuel supply security and efforts to strengthen LPG reserves following recent disruptions linked to the West Asia conflict.The price of a 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder in Delhi has been raised...

Virat Kohli and Krunal Pandya (Image credit: RCB) NEW DELHI: Star batter Virat Kohli and all-rounder Krunal Pandya were seen dancing to the beats of dhols after Royal Challengers Bengaluru sealed back-to-back IPL titles on Sunday. RCB defeated Gujarat Titans by five wickets in the final to lift their second IPL trophy.The celebrations were in...

Mamata (File photo) Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday called off a scheduled meeting with her party’s legislators after only 20 of 80 MLAs turned up, with the party blaming the mass absence on a “sudden and emergent ground situation” triggered by attacks on senior functionaries and several arrests statewide.Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh,...

Balen Shah (File photo) NEW DELHI: Nepal PM Balendra Shah backed dialogue and diplomacy to resolve the border dispute with India but, in remarks unlikely to go down well with New Delhi, he also urged the UK to take interest in addressing the issue, saying his govt had already discussed it with London and China....