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56th International Film Festival of India begins in Goa for 1st time with float parade

India, Nov. 20 -- The 56th edition of the International Film Festival of India begins in Goa from Thursday for the first time without a formal inaugural ceremony, which will instead be replaced by a f... Read More


Mamata Banerjee writes to CEC Gyanesh Kumar, appeals for "halt" in SIR exercise in WBengal

Kolkata, Nov. 20 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday expressed her concerns over the "structurally unsound" Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls in the st... Read More


Nitish Kumar to be sworn in as Bihar chief minister for 10th time

Mumbai, Nov. 20 -- Nitish Kumar will take oath today (20 November) as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the tenth time. The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled at 11:30 AM at Patna's Gandhi Maidan. Prime ... Read More


Get your game on for Pickleball this season

India, Nov. 20 -- The Indian Pickleball League (IPBL), launched by The Times Group and recognised as India's only national pickleball league sanctioned by the Indian Pickleball Association (IPA) under... Read More


India calls Joint Crediting Mechanism a key tool for Equitable, Scalable Global Climate Action at CoP30 in Belem, Brazil

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 20 -- Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav participated in the 11th Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) Partner Countries' Meeting, organised b... Read More


Ministers vow tough response as Marseille reels from gangland murder

France, Nov. 20 -- Justice minister Gerald Darmanin said the threat from drug trafficking is now "at least equivalent to that of terrorism", as Marseille struggles with the daylight killing of 22-year... Read More


Nikki Haley's son Nalin divides internet with remarks on foreign students and naturalised citizens

India, Nov. 20 -- Nalin Haley, son of Indian-origin former US ambassador to the UN and ex-South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, has sparked a discussion online after saying that naturalised US citizens... Read More


Iconic buildings turn blue on World Children's Day to uphold children's rights

Kolkata, Nov. 20 -- Iconic edifices like the Vidhan Sabha Bhavan (Assembly Building) and the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry building here have been illuminated in blue light on Thursday to co... Read More


ICG seizes Bangladeshi trawler, nabs 28 fishermen for entering Indian waters illegally

Kolkata, Nov. 20 -- The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has intercepted a Bangladeshi trawler and nabbed 28 fishermen on board for entering Indian waters in the Sundarbans of West Bengal's South 24 Parganas ... Read More


ED arrests Sahara Group top director O P Srivastava in money laundering case

Kolkata, Nov. 20 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested Sahara Group Director O P Srivastava in an alleged money laundering case of Rs 1lakh 79,000 crore, official sources said. The... Read More