New York, 30/4: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Wednesday that he would encourage Britain’s King Charles to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond, making the remarks during the monarch’s ongoing visit to the United States. If I were to speak to the king separately from that, I would probably encourage him to return the…
New Delhi, 29/4: Kannada film actor Darshan Thogudepa has filed a fresh plea in the Supreme Court seeking bail in the 2024 Renukaswamy murder case Notably, the top court had on August 14, 2025 cancelled the bail granted to him and other accused including Pavithra Gowda.
Bengaluru, 29/4: Seven people, including a six-year-old girl, were killed and seven others injured after a compound wall at Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital in Shivajinagar collapsed on Wednesday evening. The incident was allegedly triggered by heavy rain and additional construction load on the decades-old structure. The wall — about 12 feet high and one…
Kolkatta, 29/4: With the second and the final phase of West Bengal Assembly Elections polling coming to the conclusion, exit poll predictions came out Wednesday. In their projections, most of the pollsters predicted that the BJP might be defeating TMC and would likely form the government in Bengal for the first time. One pollster, P-Marq…
Mumbai, 29/4: Rupee settled at an all-time closing low of 94.86 (provisional) against US dollar on Wednesday. In early trade, rupee fell 11 paise to 94.79 against the greenback. On Tuesday, the rupee depreciated 53 paise to close at 94.68 against the US dollar, as elevated crude oil prices and unabated foreign capital outflows amid…
Kolkatta,, 29/4: During the last phase of polling in West Bengal on Wednesday, the BJP accused the TMC of tampering with the EVMs and causing them to malfunction. The reports seemed to surface from Falta in Diamond Harbour. The same constituency which had emerged as a major flashpoint due to TMC’s candidate of choice—Jahangir Khan….
New Delhi, 29/4: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the proposed Great Nicobar project at Campbell Bay is “one of the biggest scams and gravest crimes against the natural and tribal heritage of the country.” The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha claimed the project would lead to the felling of…
Bengaluru, 29/4: Senior Congress lawmaker K N Rajanna said Tuesday that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will “sacrifice power” if top party leader Rahul Gandhi asks him to step down. This signals a shift in the stance of the Siddaramaiah camp, which has maintained that there would not, and should not, be any change in leadership
Kendujhar, 28/4: Reaffirming its commitment to community development and quality education, NTPC Limited has strengthened rural education infrastructure at PM Shri G.P. Govt. Higher Secondary School, Raikala under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. The upgraded facilities—including desks, benches, chairs, and storage units—were formally inaugurated on 27 April 2026 by the Hon’ble Chief Minister…
New Delhi, 28/4: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday reiterated that India’s Operation Sindoor, launched in response to the Pahalgam terror attack last year, demonstrated the nation’s firm resolve that ‘terror epicentres’ are no longer immune to ‘justifiable punishment ” Singh was addressing a conclave of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Bishkek and called upon the…
