• Saturday, April 19, 2025

Air India cabin crew assaulted at London hotel

A WOMAN cabin crew member of Air India was allegedly assaulted by an intruder at a London hotel earlier this week, according to sources. The airline is pursuing the matter with the local police. In a statement, an Air India spokesperson said it was "deeply anguished by an unlawful incident…

Doctor’s murder: CBI checking call details of ex-principal

THE INVESTIGATING officers of the CBI are looking into the call details and chats of the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh, in connection with their probe into the rape and murder of a woman doctor. Ghosh, who appeared before the CBI officers on the…

Explainer: The new mpox outbreak in Africa and WHO health…

A SURGING mpox outbreak in Africa was declared an emergency by the World Health Organisation thisweek and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), an EU agency, on Friday said more imported cases to Europe were "highly likely". The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)…

National Award for ‘Gulmohar’ is icing on the cake: Sharmila…

A NATIONAL Film Award after the immense audience love for "Gulmohar" is like the proverbial icing on the cake, veteran actor Sharmila Tagore said on Friday. The Rahul V Chittella-directed film, about a family getting ready to say goodbye to their ancestral home, has bagged the awards for best Hindi…

Windfall tax on petroleum crude slashed 55 per cent

THE GOVERNMENT has slashed windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil by nearly 55 per cent to ₹2,100 per tonne, from ₹4,600 per tonne with effect from Saturday. The tax is levied in the form of Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED). The SAED on the export of diesel, petrol and…

Asian-origin store owner in US shot by teenager

A 36-YEAR-OLD Asian-origin man in the US was shot dead after a teenage boy robbed a convenience store in North Carolina, authorities said. Mainank Patel, the owner of the Tobacco House store at 2580 Airport Road, died after the shooting on Tuesday morning, the Salisbury Post reported. A juvenile male…

Unnerved Trump struggles to regain campaign mojo

DONALD TRUMP has never lacked self-confidence, but his presidential campaign has been sent into a tailspin by the extraordinary events of the past month, and suddenly he appears older, more awkward and grasping for direction. An assassination attempt, the shock withdrawal of Joe Biden from the White House race and…

Kolkata doctor’s murder: CBI questions former hospital principal

THE FORMER principal of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, Dr Sandip Ghosh, on Saturday appeared before the CBI for questioning for the second consecutive day in connection with the rape and murder of a doctor. On Friday, the agency escorted the former hospital principal for questioning…

Vinesh Phogat returns after Paris heartbreak

CELEBRATED wrestler Vinesh Phogat received a grand welcome on her return to the country with hundreds of supporters gathering outside the IGI airport in New Delhi on Saturday. Stars such as Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and panchayat leaders received Vinesh, who endured a heartbreaking exit at the Paris Olympics where…

Kolkata hospital vandalism a failure of state machinery: Court

THE CALCUTTA High Court on Friday described the vandalism at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital as an "absolute failure of state machinery," while the doctor's parents told the CBI that more people were allegedly involved in her rape and murder Kolkata Police has arrested 25 people for their alleged…