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Ancient idol unearthed in S Dinajpur village

BALURGHAT, Dec. 22 -- The discovery of an ancient stone idol at Ghatul village in the Tapan block of South Dinajpur has triggered widespread excitement among locals and drawn the attention of historia... Read More


Bold Step But With Gaps

New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- The passage of the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill promises insurance and protection for all. By raising the foreign direct investment cap from 74 per ... Read More


Why Child Marriage Still Thrives

New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- As per the data by the National Crime Bureau Records and Census 2011, between 2018 and 2022, three children were pushed into marriage every minute, and only three of these cases ... Read More


National Song, Divided Meaning

New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- On November 7, 1875, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's lines first saw the light of print in the literary journal Bangadarshan; what began as a lyrical ode in Sanskritized Bengali w... Read More


'Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders' Review - A Tautly Crafted Thriller

New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- The Bansal Murders streaming on 'Netflix' is less a sequel and more a self-contained extension of Inspector Jatil Yadav's world. Nawazuddin Siddiqui returns to the role, burdened... Read More


YearEnder 2025: Remembering The Icons We Lost In 2025

New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- While the New Year brings with it a lot of hope, the year gone by makes our hearts heavy as we mourn the loss of icons. In 2025, the Indian film industry lost several of its gems... Read More


Passenger bus crash in Indonesia kills at least 16 people, official says

Jakarta, Dec. 22 -- A passenger bus crash killed at least 16 people on Indonesia's main island of Java just after midnight Monday, officials said. The bus carrying 34 people lost control on a toll roa... Read More


Entire country to adopt CM Yogi's 'River Drone Survey Model'

Lucknow, Dec. 21 -- The Yogi government's initiative for river conservation in Uttar Pradesh has now become a national model. For the first time, any state has made such extensive use of a high-tech r... Read More


TMC intensifies protests over SIR errors as living voters marked 'dead' in Bengal

Kolkata, Dec. 21 -- Serious discrepancies in Bengal's draft voter list prepared under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) have sparked statewide outrage, with several living voters wrongly declared "... Read More


Bengal: CEO begins issuing hearing notices for voter verification

Kolkata, Dec. 21 -- The office of the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has begun issuing hearing notices from Saturday evening, with the process expected to gather pace from Sunday. Electors are b... Read More