Popular Bengali actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee died on Sunday (March 29, 2026) after drowning in the sea at Talsari beach in Odisha, film industry sources said. He was 43, and left behind his 13-year-old son and actor-wife Priyanka Sarkar. He had gone to the beach, located near Digha in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district, for
In a bid to revive the regional aviation sector, the Union Cabinet has signed off on a ‘Modified UDAN’ scheme with a sixfold higher outlay. The scheme had first been launched to expand aviation to interior areas, using scheduled commuter airlines. Even then, industry analysts and experts had complained that UDAN did not make a
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam president and actor C. Joseph Vijay and other leaders during the announcement of TVK candidate list in Chennai on March 29, 2026. Photo: Special Arrangement Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and actor C. Joseph Vijay on Sunday (March 29, 2026) announced candidates for all 234 constituencies in Tamil Nadu and 30 seats
Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: PTI The Tea Association of India (TAI) has urged the government in poll-bound Assam to address its concerns about an amended law granting plantation workers the right to land in the tea estates. In February, the BJP-led State Government amended the Assam Fixation of Ceiling on
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a five-term Congress MP from Behrampore, will contest from the Behrampore Assembly seat in Murshidabad district | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress on Sunday (March 29, 2026) fielded several heavyweights for the West Bengal Assembly election 2026, including former party leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and former
Updated 29 March 2026 at 08:36 IST The plans could involve raids by Special Operations and conventional infantry troops, the Post reported. Whether President Donald Trump would approve any of those plans remains uncertain, according to the Post. Representative Image | Image: AP/March 7 Washington: The Pentagon is preparing for weeks of ground operations in
Panaji: Plans are afoot to study the impact made by women who are elected at the panchayat and municipal levels in Goa, as part of a wider research exercise commissioned by the National Commission for Women (NCW) covering Goa, Maharashtra, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The study seeks to specifically investigate
Vasco: Traffic movement at St Andrew’s church square, which is considered to be a major intersection point in the port town of Vasco, will soon be monitored by a traffic signal system. “As a preparatory step, the traffic cell authorities and govt officials concerned inspected the junction and also the installation of traffic signals along
Mumbai: Police have booked a 20-year-old man and his accomplice for allegedly abusing and assaulting a college girl and her fiance in Wadala on Thursday afternoon. The complainant told police that Ayan Pandlekar was stalking her for some time and on Thursday he followed her again. She then called up her fiance and informed him
Mumbai: The Bandra police registered a case against nine individuals for fighting at the Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL) toll plaza around Friday midnight. The accused included six toll plaza staff members, a taxi driver and his two associates. A video of the incident went viral. Police said the altercation broke out over honking. They booked