Author: Joymala Bagchi

NEW DELHI: Memories of that dreadful day in August 2019 revisited the residents as panic-stricken families of Durga Pituri Lane in central Kolkata’s Bowbazar had to rush out of their houses at night following deep cracks on walls that broadened from millimetres to inches within two hours. Residents suspect underground construction work for the East-West […]

NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice of India NV Ramana to set up regional benches of the Supreme Court of India. Citing the distance of New Delhi, where the SC is located, is far away from many States, particularly the southern, southwestern and […]

Joymala Bagchi NEW DELHI: Thousands of medical aspirants are demanding and hoping for the postponement of the National Eligibility Entrance Test for postgraduate (NEET) PG 2022 scheduled for May 21. The protesting students also believe that they might get an extension till June. Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) met health ministry officials to […]

NEW DELHI: Guidance available for young teenagers on informed decisions and good sexual health through school education may have dropped India’s teen pregnancy by a marginal 1 per cent, from six years ago, but conception among girls in Indian Muslim families has been reported at an alarming 8% rate, higher than any other religion in […]