The gala event at Eden Gardens promises a grand spectacle to usher in Bengal’s biggest cultural festival Kolkata: Kolkata Police will deploy security arrangements similar to those for T20 men’s World Cup semi-final in March as authorities expect about 40,000 people inside the stadium for the Mahalaya event.Over 10,000 people are likely to attend the…
The commission directed the retail store to discontinue unfair trade practices immediately and restrained it from selling, displaying, or exhibiting expired products for sale. Ludhiana: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has penalised a retail chain store, ordering it to refund ₹75 for an expired mosquito cream gel and pay ₹10,000 in composite compensation and…
Kavita Kumari, 27-year-old from Jharkhand has become a national inspiration. Before the sun is fully up, when most homes in Soso village in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district are still quiet, Kavita starts her day with a run. Without any professional track or training or expensive running shoes, she ran 1,600 metres for a job and to…
Families in India are preparing for Sharad Navratri, which begins on Sunday morning, 11 October. Ghatasthapana will take place during a specific morning time window for families to perform rituals. The festival spans nine days and ends with Vijayadashami on 20 October. Many households will also honor ancestors on Mahalaya Amavasya, the day before Navratri….
Long before “bio-based materials” entered the lexicon of the car industry, Henry Ford was trying to answer a different question. Could farms supply more than food? Could fields also provide the raw materials for manufacturing? That idea reached its most unusual expression in the summer of 1941, when Ford unveiled an experimental vehicle with a…
Veera Rani Abbakka (Historical biography, Folklore drama) Critic’s rating: 3 stars Cast: Preeta Mathur Thakur, Neeta Mohindra, Ravish Kumar, Titiksha Tagar, Vikrant Chaturvedi, Kaustubh Sawant, Rafael Stemplewski, George Darley and others Director: Preeta Mathur Thakur Duration: Two hours Language: Hindi There are stories in Indian history that have survived not because they found their way…
A protest organized by the Cockroach Janta Party is scheduled for October 10 at Jantar Mantar NEW DELHI: Ahead of the proposed October 10 protest at Jantar Mantar, Ashutosh Ranka has alleged that right-wing fringe groups have been mobilised from across the country to unleash violence against peaceful protesters, while asserting that the demonstration will…
Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Shivakumar said he had advised his cabinet colleagues to remain alert. BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday alleged that there had been an attempt to honey-trap him after he became chief minister and said he had proof of who was behind the alleged attempts targeting him and…
Image generated by Al; for representational purposes only I used to think the hardest part of watching a film was finding a good seat. These days, I’m more interested in what comes with the seat.I noticed it recently at a movie, sitting next to a mother and her teenage son. She spent a good part…
The Arizona project began with a problem that was easy to see but difficult to solve. American bullfrogs had established themselves in the Cienega Creek watershed, where they could prey on Chiricahua leopard frogs and carry the fungal disease chytridiomycosis. The response involved more than removing the invasive frogs. Managers also had to keep them…
