Kolkata: Aruna Mardi, the wife of West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party’s two-time Lok Sabha MP and state tribal front president Khagen Murmu, joined the ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday, education minister Bratya Basu said. BJP MP Murmu’s wife Aruna Mardi joined the ruling Trinamool Congress. “Aruna Mardi played a key role in campaigning for her
KOLKATA: At 3 am on Monday, Moushumi Halder’s phone rang. It was her husband, Pankaj, calling from the warehouse where he worked, 8 km away. It was a goodbye. The site of a massive fire at a warehouse in Nazirabad, Kolkata, which broke out in the early hours of Monday, with multiple casualties feared and
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Ishan Kishan took off from where he left last game Associated Press Toss India chose to bowl vs New Zealand India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and had no hesitation in electing to field in the fourth T20I in Visakhapatnam. The hosts made one change, bringing in Arshdeep Singh for Ishan Kishan, who picked up
On India’s railways, stowaways are not limited to ticketless passengers. Some arrive without limbs, luggage, or much interest in timetables. A paper recently published in Biotropica suggests that king cobras may occasionally hitch rides on trains in western India, turning railways into unexpected dispersal routes. The study, by Dikansh S. Parmar and colleagues, focuses on
BV Swagath Wed, January 28, 2026 at 6:43 PM GMT+5:30 2 min read Vedanta subsidiary Cairn Oil & Gas has announced a hydrocarbon discovery in the Ambe-2A appraisal well off India’s west coast in the Gulf of Cambay in the Arabian Sea. The discovery is located in reservoirs below the main gas field within the
Chennai/Paris: Closer trade ties between India and the European Union will reinforce French carmaker Renault’s decision to invest in both regions, chief growth officer Fabrice Cambolive said on Tuesday, hours before the two sides finalised a landmark free trade deal. Under the deal, tariffs on cars imported from the EU will be slashed immediately to
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Synopsis European equities climbed on Tuesday, supported by a raft of positive corporate updates that eased investors’ concerns over recent trade tensions, while shares of Puma soared 19% after the sportswear maker sold a stake to China’s Anta Sports. Listen to this article in summarized format Reuters European equities climbed on Tuesday, supported by a
Synopsis The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has officially entered a state of high-stakes tension with the International Cricket Council (ICC), threatening to pull out of the T20 World Cup 2026. This move comes as a direct protest against the ICC’s decision to replace Bangladesh with Scotland after the “Tigers” refused to play their fixtures in