NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (EC) has ordered a complete repoll in West Bengal’s Falta assembly constituency, scrapping voting held on April 29 after what it described as a breakdown of the democratic process. All 285 polling stations in the South 24 Parganas seat will now vote again on May 21 under heightened…
Tamizh Amudhan and Vincent Keymer CHENNAI: Rain lashed Thiruthangal, a neighbourhood in Sivakasi, all of Friday night. The power had been cut since six in the evening, plunging the area in darkness. But inside one of the modest houses, an eight-year-old boy, with just a candle flickering beside him and a mobile torch lighting up…
MI Coach Jayawardene Explains Bumrah, Surya, Tilak Slump Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene struck a composed and reassuring tone in the post-match press conference, backing his senior players and calling for patience as Mumbai Indians navigate a challenging phase in IPL 2026.The performance of Mumbai Indians’ (MI) key trio, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, and…
CRPF Constable recruitment 2026 CRPF Constable recruitment 2026: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has started the online registration process for Constable (Technical and Tradesmen and Pioneer) recruitment 2026, and the registration process is currently underway. Interested candidates can apply through the official CRPF recruitment website.A total of 9,195 vacancies have been announced for male…
KOLKATA: Ahead of the May 4 counting of votes for the assembly elections, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Saturday trashed exit poll results, saying they were conducted to “manipulate the stock market,” and told party colleagues in a virtual address that Trinamool “is winning and winning by 200-plus seats.”Banerjee urged counting agents not to leave their…
Kidambi Srikanth (Image credit: BAI) France are on a roll at the Thomas Cup. After knocking out 14-time champions Indonesia in the group stage, France drubbed 2022 champions India 3-0 by winning all three singles.Christo Popov drubbed Ayush Shetty 21-11, 21-9 to give France an early lead. Alex Lanier also registered a straight-game victory, defeating…
The Mumbai Indians’ dreams of IPL 2026 playoff qualification are hanging by a thread following an emphatic eight-wicket defeat to the Chennai Super Kings. The alarming trend of middle-order collapses, most recently in the battle against CSK, has been the story of MI this IPL 2026, and that has now propelled the 5-time champions into…
HSSC releases Haryana Constable PMT Admit Card 2026, candidates check CET based schedule and batches now NEW DELHI: The Haryana Staff Selection Commission has released the Haryana Police Constable Physical Measurement Test admit card for shortlisted candidates on April 17 2026. The recruitment exercise covers male constable General Duty and male constable Government Railway Police…
Sudesh Kumar, who played the protagonist of the tragic love story, ‘Saranga’ (1961), still remembered for its melancholic title track, who became a familiar face as supporting lead in money-spinning Southern productions like ‘Chhoti Bahen’ (1959), ‘Bharosa’ (1963) and ‘Khandan’ (1965), and who went on to produce absorbing thrillers like Uljhan (1975), passed away at…
KOLKATA: In January this year, pole-vaulter Kuldeep Kumar and teammate Dev Kumar Meena were removed from their train and briefly detained at Maharashtra’s Panvel railway station after ticket examiners objected to them carrying their poles inside the coach, referring to the equipment as “steel pipes”.On Saturday, Kuldeep had a fitting reply when he broke the…
