Mettle Meet 2026: Live Updates

The Grand Finale of Orissa POST Mettle Meet 2026, one of eastern India’s premier quizzing events, is being held Sunday at Hotel Swosti Premium in Bhubaneswar. 16 teams, eight each in the junior and senior categories from Odisha and beyond, have qualified for finals.   Follow the build-up and catch...

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Mamata Banerjee’s car attacked during visit to Kanchrapara, BJP workers accused

Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata: Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday faced protests from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and supporters while visiting the family of a Trinamool Congress worker who allegedly died in police custody in Kanchrapara of North 24 Parganas district. Demonstrators surrounded Mamata Banerjee's car, hurled mud and a torn slipper towards her, and shouted slogans calling her a "thief". Following the attack, the former West Bengal Chief Minister told...

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Nepal PM Balen Shah to hold separate meetings with Indian, Chinese envoys Monday

Balen Shah

Kathmandu: Prime Minister Balendra Shah 'Balen' is set to hold separate bilateral meetings focussing on bilateral relations with the Indian and Chinese ambassadors to Nepal Monday, the first such one-on-one diplomatic engagements after more than 100 days in office. After meeting the Indian envoy first, followed by the Chinese counterpart, Shah will also meet with the US Embassy Charge d'Affaires Tuesday. In a departure from a long tradition of individual meetings,...

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Toronto police arrest partner of Indian woman Himanshi Khurana murdered in December

Man arrested months after killing Indian-origin Himanshi Khurana

Toronto: Months after a 30-year-old Indian woman was found murdered in Canada's Toronto, the police have arrested her partner, 32-year-old Abdul Ghafoori, local media reported, citing the officials. The woman, identified as Himanshi Khurana, was found murdered in December last year. Police had called it an "act of intimate partner violence". Ghafoori, also a resident of Toronto, was arrested at the airport Friday. He has been charged with the first-degree murder...

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Abhishek Banerjee aide Sumit Roy appears before CID for 2nd day in land case

Abhishek Banerjee aide Sumit Roy

Kolkata: Sumit Roy, the personal assistant of the Trinamool Congress’ general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, arrived at the office of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police in South Kolkata Sunday to face interrogation in relation to his alleged involvement in an illegal land-grabbing case in West Midnapore district. This is the second consecutive day that Roy has appeared at the CID office...

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ED files supplementary complaint against Reliance Communications under PMLA

New Delhi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed a supplementary prosecution complaint against Reliance Communications Limited under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act before the special court for PMLA cases here, according to an official statement issued Sunday. The supplementary prosecution complaint was filed Saturday in continuation of the first prosecution complaint dated March 27. Reliance...

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Mamata Banerjee’s car attacked during visit to Kanchrapara, BJP workers accused

Kolkata: Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday faced protests from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and supporters while visiting the family of a Trinamool Congress worker who allegedly died in police custody in Kanchrapara of North 24 Parganas district. Demonstrators surrounded Mamata Banerjee's car, hurled mud and a torn slipper towards her, and shouted slogans...

Columbia declares state of emergency over wildfires

British Columbia declares emergency amid dangerous wildfires, large-scale evacuations

Ottawa: The western Canadian province of British Columbia (B.C.) declared a provincial state of emergency Saturday (local time) as fast-spreading wildfires threatened several communities. Speaking at a news conference in Vancouver, B.C. Premier David Eby said the decision was necessary given the dynamic wildfire situation and overnight large-scale evacuations, which required specific tools to ensure public safety,...

 

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