Union Home Minister Amit Shah reached Kolkata on Monday evening, months ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, for a three-day visit to the state. After landing in the city, Shah posted on social media: “West Bengal is fully prepared for change. I have arrived in Kolkata on a three-day visit to West Bengal. I...

Amid political buzz in the capital, preparations are quietly underway for a private family celebration, with Raihan Vadra, son of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and businessman Robert Vadra, set to get engaged to his longtime girlfriend Aviva Beg, sources close to the family said. The engagement is expected to be a low-key, two...

Google reportedly paid $10.5 billion as fine in Europe. According to an X (formerly Twitter) post shared by The Kobeissi Letter, the US tech giant has added a literal line item in their quarterly reports called “European Commission fines.” According to it, Google has paid $10.5 billion in EU fines as of September 30th. “The...

Death is often treated as a taboo topic — something to be feared, mourned, or avoided in conversation. For many, the fear stems from imagining the pain associated with dying. Yet when a prominent figure passes away, the collective reaction is different: it evokes nostalgia, a sense of personal loss, and genuine grief, especially among...

What does a PSA or Prostate-Specific Antigen level of 12.9 ng/mL indicate? As a Quora user’s question caught our attention, we decided to pose the same to a doctor: “My blood test today showed a PSA of 12.9. Is there any medicine that my urologist can give me that will lower it?” According to Dr...

In a chilling case from Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district, police have arrested six persons, including the victim’s two sons, for allegedly orchestrating the murder of a government employee by using a snake bite to claim insurance money worth nearly Rs 3 crore. The incident occurred on October 22 at Pothathurpettai near Tiruvallur. The victim, Ganesh...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson and former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia died on early Tuesday at the age of 80. A dominant figure in the country’s politics for decades, Zia remained the key rival of Sheikh Hasina, the long-serving leader now living in exile in New Delhi after being forced to flee amid nationwide...

Representational file image. | Photo Credit: H. Vibhu Gujarat has emerged as the country’s leading producer of okra, with the Saurashtra–Kutch region increasingly positioning itself as a major growth engine for horticulture ahead of the Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference (VGRC) 2026 to be held in Rajkot, officials said on Monday (December 29, 2025).  According to...

The total amount involved in various banking frauds surged 30 per cent to Rs 21,515 crore in the first six months of the current fiscal, compared to Rs 16,569 crore in the year-ago period, according to a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) report. However, based on the date of reporting by banks, the total number...

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court, seeking that racial abuse and violence against citizens from Northeastern states be declared a distinct category of “hate crime,” following the recent death of a Tripura student in an alleged racial attack in Dehradun. The plea, moved by advocate Anoop Prakash Awasthi, urges the top court...