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2 days before elections: TMC Falta candidate withdraws from polls

Kolkata, May 20 -- Jahangir Khan, the Trinamool Congress candidate from Falta in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas withdrew from the contest two days ahead of polling in a major embarrassment for the pa... Read More


OBC 'creamy layer' limit may be raised to Rs.15L per annum

MUMBAI, May 20 -- The state government is likely to recommend a raise in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) creamy layer from the current Rs.8 lakh per annum to Rs.15 lakh per annum. In effect, this mea... Read More


Cambridge exam registrations in India rise 7% to cross 91,000

India, May 20 -- Mumbai: Over 91,000 students across India registered for the March 2026 examination series of Cambridge International Education, a 7% increase from last year's 85,000 entries, indicat... Read More


IAS officer Mundhe, transferred 25 times, to head FDA

MUMBAI, May 20 -- Known for being subjected by politicians to frequent transfers, 2005-batch IAS officer Tukaram Mundhe has been appointed commissioner of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), a de... Read More


Abhishek Banerjee's firms get notice over illegal constructions

Kolkata, May 20 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has issued notices to Abhishek Banerjee's company, Leaps and Bounds Private Limited, over alleged illegal constructions in some of the buildi... Read More


Umar spins Churchgate Centre B to win

Mumbai, May 20 -- After figures of 6/37 in the first innings, off-spinner Mohammed Umar took 5/53 in the second innings to help Churchgate Centre B earn an eight-wicket win over Thane Centre B in thei... Read More


Abhishek Banerjee's firm gets notice over illegal constructions

Kolkata, May 20 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has issued notices to Abhishek Banerjee's company, Leaps and Bounds Private Limited, over alleged illegal constructions in some of the buildi... Read More


SAI to create a sports stack, make athlete data available to start-ups and innovators

Bengaluru, May 20 -- Over the next couple of years, the Sports Authority of India plans to build a sports stack that will make athlete data accessible to start-ups and innovators, Hari Ranjan Rao, sec... Read More


cbi arrests army officer in Rs.50-l bribery case

New Delhi, May 20 -- The Central Bureau of investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested a Colonel posted with the Army Ordnance Corps, Eastern Command, in a Rs.50-lakh bribery case, agency officials said. ... Read More


7-year-old dies after getting trapped in lift

Pune, May 20 -- A seven-year-old boy died after allegedly getting trapped inside an elevator at a residential society in Pune's Nimbajnagar area on Sinhagad Road, police said on Tuesday. The deceased ... Read More