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Convict found dead in Hooghly jail, probe on

Kolkata, Oct. 25 -- A 45-year-old life-sentenced convict, Sheikh Maniklal, was found dead inside the Hooghly Correctional Facility on Friday around 6 am. According to jail authorities, he was discove... Read More


Booklist delay leaves semester IV students uncertain about textbooks

Kolkata, Oct. 25 -- With less than three months to go for the Higher Secondary Semester IV examinations scheduled in February 2026, many schools across Bengal are still struggling to finalise booklist... Read More


Australian cricketers brazenly hounded off the pitch in Indore

Ndore, Oct. 25 -- Two Australian women cricketers, taking part in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, were allegedly stalked, and one of them was molested by a motorcycle-borne man in Madhya Pradesh's ... Read More


Mamata directs stricter hospital security, zero tolerance for harassment at state-run medical facilities

Kolkata, Oct. 25 -- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday directed officials to ensure the safety and security of patients, visitors, and doctors in medical establishments across the state, where... Read More


'Bihar must become number one': Tejashwi vows jobs, says BJP 'scared' of EBC Dy CM face

KHAGARIA, Oct. 25 -- As campaigning gathers steam in poll-bound Bihar, the Grand Alliance's chief ministerial candidate and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday promised to ena... Read More


Icon Satish Shah, the smile behind millions, dies of kidney failure at 74

Mumbai, Oct. 25 -- Bollywood actor Satish Shah, whose very presence in films such as "Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron" and "Main Hoon Na" and sitcom "Sarabhai vs Sarabhai" elicited smiles and many a laugh, died o... Read More


'Amrit kaal has turned into era of atrocities'

Varanasi, Oct. 25 -- Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai launched a scathing attack on the BJP governments at the Centre and in the state, calling their so-called 'Amrit Kaal' an "era of atrocit... Read More


Punjab govt launches series of events to mark 350th martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur

New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- The Punjab government on Saturday embarked the series of events to mark the 350th martyrdom day of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji after senior Cabinet ministers performed Ardas h... Read More


UP: 24-Kosi parikrama resumes after 46 years in Sambhal

Lucknow, Oct. 25 -- The 24-Kosi parikrama resumed after a 46-year gap, having been stopped in 1978 due to communal riots, in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal. The parikrama began from Shri Vansh Gopal site in... Read More


'FIR to be registered for fraud in paddy & bajra procurement in Haryana'

Chandigarh, Oct. 25 -- Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said the government is committed to purchasing every grain of farmers' crops. Both the Central and state governments under the leadersh... Read More