<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130841711,imgsize-106486,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/130841711.jpg" alt="Bengal woman's long journey: From domestic help to assembly" title=" Kalitha Majhi ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Kalitha Majhi KOLKATA: When domestic help-turned-BJP MLA Kalita Majhi returned home late Monday, she wasn’t greeted with any major celebration or a grand feast. “I received my winning certificate well past 10.30pm. I had barely eaten and was...
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‘Hindus only’ banner at Bengal Kankalitala temple sparks row; priests claim no entry bar
SURI: A flex put up at the entrance of Kankalitala temple in Bolpur on Monday evening declared that only Hindus would be allowed to offer puja at the shrine, one of Birbhum’s five Shakti Peethas. The banner was installed by unidentified youths claiming affiliation to ‘Sanatan Paksha’.“We have neither removed the banner nor endorsed it,”...
Slow and unsteady: Has Jasprit Bumrah’s once-lethal variation lost its edge?
Mumbai Indians’ Jasprit Bumrah (PTI Photo/Salman Ali) There was a time when Jasprit Bumrah’s slower ball wasn’t just a variation, it was sorcery. A carefully disguised trick, delivered with identical arm speed, that forced even the best batters into indecision. He didn’t just use it. He used it like the latest smartphone and toyed with...
IPL playoff qualification scenarios: Revived Chennai Super Kings back in control
Chennai Super Kings reignited their IPL 2026 playoff hopes with a dominant win over Delhi Capitals. Sanju Samson’s unbeaten 87 steered them to a comfortable chase after disciplined bowling. Now sixth, CSK need at least two wins from their remaining four games, including crucial ties against Lucknow Super Giants, to secure a top-four spot amidst...
‘Project Freedom will be paused for a short period’: Trump halts Hormuz op amid Iran talks
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was halting ‘Project Freedom’ as Washington seeks to secure a broader agreement with Iran to end the ongoing Middle East conflict. He also cited requests from Pakistan and other countries for the move.The operation is an US military-backed initiative launched just a day earlier to escort and...
Chandigarh: Power bank catches fire on IndiGo flight; 6 injured in emergency evacuation
MOHALI: A major accident was averted at Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport on Tuesday after a power bank allegedly caught fire inside an IndiGo flight that had arrived from Hyderabad, triggering panic among passengers. Six people were injured and taken to hospital.According to airport officials, IndiGo flight 6E 108 from Hyderabad landed at Chandigarh airport...
‘Denied TMC ticket for refusing to pay Rs 5 crore’: Ex-cricketer’s shocking claim
Manoj Tiwary (left) Former India cricketer and outgoing Trinamool Congress MLA Manoj Tiwary on Tuesday said his association with the party has ended. He alleged that he was denied a ticket from Howrah’s Shibpur constituency because he refused to pay Rs 5 crore.The 40-year-old, who is Bengal’s highest run-scorer in first-class cricket with 10,195 runs,...
West Bengal verdict: How Suvendu Adhikari and Amit Shah plotted Mamata’s downfall?
Amit Shah and Suvendu Adhikari (Image/ANI) NEW DELHI: Pitting Suvendu Adhikari — who defeated CM Mamata Banerjee in his turf, Nandigram, in 2021 — against her in Bhabanipur was only the beginning of Union minister Amit Shah’s determined bid to take down the TMC supremo in her backyard. What followed was precise execution of gruelling...
Original Sabarimala PIL should’ve been binned: Supreme Court
NEW DELHI: A nine-judge Supreme Court bench led by CJI Surya Kant on Tuesday said the SC in 2006 should have outrightly “thrown in the dustbin’ the original PIL that led to quashing of Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple custom restricting entry of women in the 10 to 50 age group.“All India Young Lawyers Association’, which filed...
Tamil Nadu election results: In Tirupattur, TVK man edges out minister by 1 vote
SIVAGANGA: In the end, every vote made it count, literally, in Tirupattur constituency in Sivaganga district when TVK candidate R Seenivasa Sethupathy defeated DMK minister K R Periyakaruppan by just one vote in the Tamil Nadu assembly election. While Sethupathy secured 83,375 votes, Periyakaruppan polled 83,374 votes.The fight, which dragged on till 1.30am, was between...
