There was a time when travel was all about checking boxes of how many places you could squeeze into an itinerary, or how many pictures you could take in front of famous monuments.
India’s explicit endorsement of the Dalai Lama’s announcement on the naming of his own successor marks a turning point ~ not just in the spiritual saga of Tibetan Buddhism, but in the geopolitics of Asia.
US President Donald Trump’s latest legislative triumph ~ a massive tax cut and spending bill ~ may appear on the surface as a defining moment of policy success, but beneath its celebratory veneer lies a deep fault line in American politics and priorities.
India's economic and financial pundits and policy makers will have much to cheer about the affirmation made by NITI Ayog that based on IMF data, India has surpassed Japan, albeit marginally, to become the fourth largest economy in the world.
This is not an isolated incident but a pattern repeated every monsoon. For the people of Barak Valley, this annual cycle of disruption, isolation, and neglect has become all too familiar.
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal stressed that India's free trade agreements (FTAs) will never come at the cost of national interest.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has wrapped up its prolonged search at the premises of the Debock group of companies late Saturday night as part of its probe into suspected irregularities in the stock market dealings.
Shweta Khan, the prime accused in the porn racket case in West Bengal, has also been slapped with forgery charges by the personnel of West Bengal Police who are investigating the matter.
In a step toward enhancing railway safety, the engineering department of Howrah division of the Eastern Railway initiated the construction of ‘model test tracks’ at every permanent way inspector (PWI) office across the division.
BJP’s IT Cell Chief and the party’s central observer for West Bengal, Amit Malviya, on Saturday, attacked the ruling Trinamool Congress government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the increasing exodus of undergraduate students from the state to colleges, institutions and universities in other states.
The three-day National Conference of Physicians was held in Kolkata, jointly organised by the West Bengal branch of the Indian Rheumatology Association and SOAR (Society for Osteoarthritis Research).
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Susmita Sengupta is a senior programme manager with the Water Programme at the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a Delhi-based environmental research and advocacy group.
Senior Congress leader Shobha Oza was inspired by the personality of late prime minister Indira Gandhi from an early age, which led her to choose politics as her calling in life.
They don’t exist. They can’t love us back. And yet, fictional characters hold a strange power over us that real people often don’t. We laugh with them, cry for them, and fiercely defend them in online debates as if they were of flesh and blood.
Bangladesh on Saturday sought the identities and case details of 36 Bangladeshi nationals recently arrested in Malaysia for their involvement in a radical movement and bringing extremist beliefs based on the Islamic State (IS) ideology into the Southeast Asian country.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has reported a wave of protests and strikes across Balochistan following the extrajudicial killing of Zeeshan Zaheer, a dedicated member of the BYC, by what the Committee describes as state-backed death squads.
Paank, the human rights wing of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), has vehemently denounced the recent abduction of two Baloch youths from Hub Chowki, Balochistan, by Pakistani security personnel.
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) released its quarterly business update for Q1 FY26 here on Saturday, reporting steady growth momentum across its standalone and global business operations, especially in home and international markets.
Bank of Baroda has announced a further reduction in its home loan interest rates, lowering it to 7.45 per cent p.a., with immediate effect and also offering nil processing fee.
Promoting a culture of entrepreneurship among the youth, the Punjab government is set to host the state’s first-ever Business Blasters Expo at IIT-Ropar.
Sporting a gritty, unconventional look complete with a golden tooth, thick grey beard, vintage-style metallic sunglasses, Rampal’s character is instantly arresting.
Directed by 'Uri' filmmaker Aditya Dhar, the film also stars Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, R. Madhavan, and Arjun Rampal, promising a power-packed ensemble.
“I aspire to do something like that very soon. Maybe in a couple of years,” he shared. “I want to be in a place where I can say: ‘Let’s collaborate, but I’ll only work for eight hours.’”
Serbian tennis icon Novak Djokovic marched to the third round of the ongoing Wimbledon tournament, defeating home favourite Daniel Evans in a three-set match on Thursday.
England women's captain Nat Sciver-Brunt has been ruled out of the decisive third T20I against India on Friday after sustaining an injury to her left groin.
Mohammed Afsal Pulikkalakath became the first Indian runner to break the 1:45 barrier in men's 800m, clocking 1:44.93 and smashing his own national record in the Memoriał Czesława Cybulskiego in Poznań, Poland on Saturday.
In detailed guidelines issued by the Board it was announced that while the Class 10 supplementary exams will be held from July 15 to July 22, the same for Class 12 will be conducted on July 15.
Siliguri Ace Round Table 232, under the aegis of Round Table India, inaugurated a newly constructed three-classroom block at Bharati Hindi Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School on Sunday, marking a major boost to the school’s educational infrastructure.
The Publishers and Booksellers Guild today announced that the 49 International Kolkata Book Fair will be held earlier than usual in 2025 to avoid overlapping with state secondary (Madhyamik) school examinations.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday criticised the Modi government for its handling of poverty and inequality data, accusing it of "spinning" World Bank data to claim that India is one of the most equal societies in the world.
The Uttar Pradesh government has released the annual Delta Ranking for 2024–25 under its flagship ‘Aspirational Development Block’ scheme, with Jalaun, Rampura, Devkali, Vishnupura, and Marihan development blocks emerging as top performers.
A Controllers’ Conference is being organised by the Defence Accounts Department (DAD) at the Dr SK Kothari Auditorium, DRDO Bhawan, here. The two-day event, scheduled to commence on July 7, will be inaugurated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
The BJP's central leadership is reportedly considering appointing a woman as the party's next national president, following the end of JP Nadda's extended term last month.
Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda, along with Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, on Sunday distributed appointment letters to newly recruited nursing officers and paramedical staff, and flagged off Ayushman Bharat Registration Vans at Vigyan Bhawan.
A 39-year-old murder convict, who was out on bail, has been arrested in connection with a rape case registered against him last month, the Delhi Police said on Sunday.
The People's Union for Civil Liberties(PUCL) has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging "arbitrary and unlawful" action by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in directing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the entire country.
The Centre on Sunday clarified that there has been no requirement from the Indian government to withhold the international news agency Reuters’ account on the social media platform X in the country.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday said that the government will soon roll out a 'life-saving' mobile app featuring a directory of voluntary blood donors in the national capital.
This is not an isolated incident but a pattern repeated every monsoon. For the people of Barak Valley, this annual cycle of disruption, isolation, and neglect has become all too familiar.
