Author: Joymala Bagchi

NEW DELHI: At a seemingly show of an anti-BJP front, in a throwback to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and in its run-up when the regional giants had stitched up a combine at the swearing-in of the JDS-Congress-BSP alliance in Karnataka, Mamata Banerjee convinced a galaxy of Opposition leaders to propose Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi’s […]

NEW DELHI: The work on the six-lane highway between Chittoor and Mallavaram in Andhra Pradesh is to be completed by September 30 this year, according to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Nitin Gadkari, Union minister of road transport and highways (MoRTH), said, “This NH section connects important towns in Chittoor District i.e. Chittoor […]

NEW DELHI: Before brewing up an opposition strategy for the upcoming Presidential election scheduled on July 18, Trinamool Congress supremo met NCP chief Sharad Pawar today evening. The meeting added extra flavour as it came a day before Banerjee’s call on for a crucial all-opposition party meeting tomorrow at the constitution club. The meeting lasted […]

NEW DELHI: While we all love our summer vacation, the West Bengal government’s decision to extend the summer vacation for both primary and secondary boards evokes only mixed reactions from teachers, parents and even the students. Bengal’s School Education Department extended the summer vacation keeping in mind the heatwave condition prevailing in the state. In […]

NEW DELHI: While many of us cherished the ‘fresh air’ and ‘a clear sky’ during the lockdown days in 2020, the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) burst the bubble of myth. The EPIC India report stated that India remained one of the most polluted countries in South East Asia and the […]

NEW DELHI: National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken cognizance of a matter where a woman who was subjected to brutal domestic violence by her husband and had earlier accused him of forcible conversion was found dead after the couple had started living together again. Rekha Sharma, chairperson, NCW has written to the Director General […]

NEW DELHI: Electronic, Print and digital media platforms received an advisory from the Union information and broadcasting ministry to curtail advertisements on “betting and gambling”. Advisory issued on Monday reads, “Betting and gambling is illegal in most parts of the country, and concerns have been expressed that advertisements of online betting promote an activity which […]

NEW DELHI: With reports of a surge in COVID cases, Union health minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said that the COVID is not over yet. The ministry has registered 8,084 new cases in the last 24 hours. Speaking at a review meeting with the state health ministers on the present status and progress under […]

NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IITG) developed an affordable prosthetic leg with advanced features particularly suitable for the Indian population. Researchers at the institute collaborated with 151 Army Base Hospital for the usage. Keeping in mind the rigid terrain and ability to move legs in normal positions, researchers developed this prosthetic leg for […]

NEW DELHI: Bengal continued to simmer for the third day as a series of fresh protests erupted in parts of the state on Saturday. The state is witnessing protests since Thursday over the alleged controversial remarks of now suspended former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma and former Delhi BJP media head Naveen Kumar […]