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From rehab to the classroom: Success stories of SPM achievers at AADK centres

KOTA BHARU, April 6 -- A total of 22 clients undergoing treatment at National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) rehabilitation centres (Puspen) passed the 2025 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination, reflec... Read More


India, Bangladesh discuss bilateral ties during meeting between PM Tarique, Indian High Commissioner

Dhaka, April 6 -- High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma, paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh's Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday. He held discussions on the ties between New Delh... Read More


Monirul Islam withdraws nomination

Kolkata, April 6 -- A day after Mamata Banerjee issued a stern warning of expulsion, Farakka's outgoing MLA Monirul Islam withdrew his nomination and stepped back from contesting the upcoming Assembly... Read More


Bengal polls: Bijpur set for TMC-BJP showdown as Sudipto Das returns

Kolkata, April 6 -- Although the Bijpur Assembly election is shaping up as a multi-cornered fight involving Trinamool Congress (TMC), BJP, CPI(M) and Congress, the electoral landscape, however, remain... Read More


Dilapidated portions of shops give way in Books Market

India, April 6 -- A major tragedy was narrowly averted after the parapet and dilapidated portions of a few shops collapsed in the city's busy Books Market early on Sunday, hours before the area opened... Read More


MCD falls short on property tax target, plans two-way approach to expand base

India, April 6 -- Despite an active amnesty scheme throughout 2025-26, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) fell short of its target property tax collection for the fiscal by over Rs.350 crore, of... Read More


Techie says laid-off big tech employees are making job hunt harder for freshers: 'Not even getting rejection mails'

India, April 6 -- A 2024 tech graduate working in a low-end job has described frustration over a job hunt met with silence. In a Reddit post, the techie said months of preparation and applications to... Read More


The automation of longing: How platforms reengineered desire

Bangladesh, April 6 -- We are not living through a sexual renaissance. By the most basic empirical measures, we are having less sex than previous generations. What looks like liberation is something c... Read More


Junior doctors' strike hits services at MGM Hospital

Jamshedpur, April 6 -- Health services at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) Medical College and Hospital in Jamshedpur were affected on Monday after junior doctors went on an indefinite strike demandi... Read More


Alliance with people, not parties: Ajoy Edwards stakes claim in Darj

Darjeeling, April 6 -- Ajoy Edwards, chief convenor of the Indian Gorkha Janshakti Front (IGJF), filed his nomination from the Darjeeling Assembly Constituency on Monday, asserting that his party's on... Read More