Mohammed Shami (File Photo) As tributes poured in from former players, fans and the BCCI after Mohammed Shami announced his retirement from Test cricket on Friday, they all pointed to the same truth: India had bid farewell to one of its finest pacers.Over 13 years, Shami played 64 Tests, claimed 229 wickets and helped transform…
Senior BJP netas at the launch of the new unit Kolkata: Bengal BJP on Saturday announced the formation of its own trade union cell at the city airport, named the NSCBI Airport Contractors Workers Morcha.With the formation of the new union, the airport now has only two functional unions: Airport Kamgar Union, which is affiliated…
7 arrested over irregularities in NIOS exam in Assam’s Tinsukia Seven people, including the principal of a school, were arrested for allegedly facilitating cheating and other unfair practices during NIOS examinations in Assam’s Tinsukia district in exchange for money, police said on Friday.It was alleged that candidates appearing for National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)…
‘People’s faith in me was gradually declining’_ ‘Pradhama Drishtiya Kuttakkar’ actor Parvathy. Actress Parvathy Thiruvothu became emotional while speaking at the success celebration of ‘Pradhama Drishtiya Kuttakkar’. She recalled how director Shahad Nilambur offered her the lead role at a time when people’s faith in her was gradually declining. Parvathy described the opportunity as a…
NASA’s 3,200-pound Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has plunged back to Earth after nearly 22 years in orbit, bringing an end to a mission that transformed scientists’ understanding of some of the universe’s most powerful explosions. The space telescope re-entered Earth’s atmosphere over northern Sumatra, Indonesia, on November 4, 2026, after a failed attempt to save…
Bollywood filmmaker Sanjay Gupta MUMBAI: Bollywood filmmaker Sanjay Gupta died at the age of 57 at his Mumbai residence on Friday night after reportedly suffering injuries in a fall.Police official said he was taken to Cooper Hospital.“There is nothing suspicious about the death,” an official said.Several members of the film fraternity expressed grief over his…
Kolkata: Former Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) mayor-in-council member and CPM functionary Imteaz Ahamad moved Calcutta High Court on Friday, challenging the delimitation of the civic body from 50 to 68 wards. He cited a recent order by the HC vacation bench staying the announcement of Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls based on delimitation until the matter…
Thomas Markle, the estranged father of Meghan Markle, has been taken back into custody in Florida after allegedly removing his court-ordered ankle monitor. Reports say authorities also released his latest mugshot following the incident on Tuesday, November 10. The 82-year-old was initially arrested on November 6 over a federal charge involving possession of child sexual…
Mamta Kafle murder: US jury finds husband guilty of first-degree murder A US jury has found Nepali-American Naresh Bhatt guilty of murdering his wife, Mamta Kafle, dismembering her body and disposing of it in a landfill in Virginia in 2024.Bhatt was convicted of first-degree murder, defiling a body and concealing a body on Tuesday. His…
Jackson Hall (Credit: York Press) “It’s nice to know that something that I’ve done has genuinely been invested in,” said Jackson Hall, as quoted by the BBC.The 17-year-old is a manufacturing and engineering T-Level student at York College. His invention is a polycarbonate screen that keeps rats and other animals away from electric cables inside…
