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South 24-Pgns: Electoral roll observer's car attacked during protest

Kolkata, Dec. 29 -- The vehicle of Election Commission of India (ECI) electoral roll observer C Murugan was damaged by an agitating crowd during his visit to a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing... Read More


City records one of season's lowest temp

Kolkata, Dec. 29 -- A strong cold spell continues to grip large parts of West Bengal, including Kolkata, with mercury levels dropping significantly and northern winds making the chill more intense. A... Read More


S&P 500 Futures Slide After Record-Breaking Surge Ignites Sell-Off Fears

New Delhi, Dec. 29 -- Wall Street's Holiday Highs Meet Post-Record Chill. Wall Street's euphoric year-end rally encountered its first real test on Sunday evening as S&P 500 futures slipped sharply, s... Read More


Stock Markets Stumble on Year's Last Gasp

New Delhi, Dec. 29 -- S&P 500, Gold Futures Tumble as Wall Street Braces for Tariff Tempest and Fed Shadows in Holiday-Thinned Trading. In the thinning air of a holiday-shortened trading week, Wall S... Read More


Israel's recognition of Somaliland 'is not an isolated initiative': expert

France, Dec. 29 -- Al-Shabaab ("The Youth") rose to prominence in Somalia in the early 2000s andaims to establish a "Greater Somalia", joining ethnic Somalis across East Africa under strict Islamic ru... Read More


Civil suit cannot block repair of unsafe building: Cal HC

Kolkata, Dec. 29 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that safety-related directions issued by civic authorities for a dilapidated building cannot be stalled by a civil property dispute, and upheld the... Read More


Ayushman Bharat row: TMC rebuts BJP, calls scheme a 'scam-riddled poison pill'

Kolkata, Dec. 29 -- Soon after the BJP took a pot shot at the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government for not implementing Ayushman Bharat claiming that "because of ego of one person", the people of Benga... Read More


Postal voting: over 950,000 registered, window closes in two days

Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- The number of people who registered to vote through the Postal Voting app has exceeded 950,000. An Election Commission (EC) media statement revealed the information on Monday aftern... Read More


Yami Gautam calls Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar 'brilliant'; Says, 'Wished I was a guy' after reading the script

India, Dec. 29 -- Dhurandhar is helmed by Uri: The Surgical Strike director, Aditya Dhar. Starring Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, and R. Madhavan, the film is ablockbuster o... Read More


Malda: Elderly, disabled voters, face harassment at SIR hearing

Malda, Dec. 29 -- Allegations of harassment and apathy surfaced at the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing in Malda after visuals emerged showing elderly and physically challenged voters being co... Read More