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KOLKATA: The assailants who fatally shot Bengal BJP functionary Suvendu Adhikari’s PA Chandranath Rath at Madhyamgram near Kolkata airport late Wednesday were professional killers hired to target him, investigators said Thursday based on evidence suggesting they spent 72 hours scoping the site of the shooting.The assailants – at least four were spotted – fired eight...

PM Modi’s Somnath visit At the start of 2026, I had gone to Somnath for the Somnath Swabhiman Parv, marking a thousand years since the first attack on the Somnath Temple. Now, I will be back in Somnath on 11th May to mark 75 years since the inauguration of the restored Temple by the then...

NEW DELHI: Amid reports that Iran and the United States would be returning to negotiating table after weeks of deadlock to try and end the war, which has hit transit of ships through Strait of Hormuz, officials said an early resolution of conflict would come as a huge relief for more than 40 India-bound vessels...

PM Modi and Vietnam’s President To Lam NEW DELHI: As part of India’s ‘Act East’ policy and to counter China’s growing influence in southeast Asia, PM Modi has discussed boosting defence cooperation with Vietnam’s visiting President To Lam, including the sale of BrahMos cruise missile, with New Delhi calling Hanoi “an important partner in the...

Forensic laboratories in Kalina have found that rat poison in the watermelon killed four members of the Dokadia family in Bhendi Bazaar’s Pydhonie area. MUMBAI: Eleven days and 54 tests later, forensic laboratories in Kalina have found that rat poison in the watermelon killed four members of the Dokadia family in Bhendi Bazaar’s Pydhonie area.Senior...

Pinarayi Vijayan NEW DELHI: As the left grapples with the severe setback it suffered in Kerala, the centralised leadership model described as ‘Brand Pinarayi’ and the poll campaign around it is under scrutiny, even as the party itself continues to hold there is no place within it for “cult politics” and the campaign was not...

Joe Senser dies at 69 (Image-X) Okay, so the news dropped yesterday and people are still processing it. Joe Senser, the former Minnesota Vikings tight end who literally built a whole era for the franchise, has passed away at 69. No dramatic announcement, no long illness revealed, just gone. And the NFL community? Completely shook.The...

Stephen Curry and Ayesha Curry mark a major milestone in one of their ventures hours after their joint appearance.(Image via Getty Images) Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warriors’ star player, and his wife, Ayesha Curry, are pretty successful entrepreneurs even as they try to balance their busy professional lives along with their personal life.While the...

Mitchell Marsh NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) survived a late fightback from Tim David (40 off 17 balls) to beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by nine runs in their IPL 2026 match at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Thursday. Prince Yadav picked up three wickets as LSG defended their total in a rain-hit...

BHOPAL: The central jail in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district is, perhaps, the last place one would imagine love to bloom. But so it happened.What made it even more special is that the blessed couple — Firoza Khatoon, assistant jail superintendent at Satna Central Jail and Dharmendra Singh alias Abhilash, a former life convict who served...