Baruipur: The family of Prabash Mondal, who was killed in a police encounter on Wednesday, performed his last rites on Thursday morning, without any participation from local villagers, reflecting the deep social isolation they say they now face.Mondal’s body was handed over to his family after post-mortem and taken directly to Jora Mandir crematorium in…

Shreyas Iyer continued an unusual streak of success ahead of India’s fourth T20I against England on Thursday, winning his sixth consecutive toss as captain to equal Virat Kohli for the second-longest run by an Indian skipper in T20Is.Iyer’s remarkable run now leaves him just one toss win away from matching MS Dhoni‘s record of seven…

Traders said supplies have declined over the past week, driving up wholesale prices of several vegetables Jaipur: Vegetable prices have surged across Jaipur following a supply crunch triggered by the active southwest monsoon, which has disrupted harvesting and transportation in major vegetable-producing states.Traders at Muhana Mandi, the city’s largest wholesale vegetable market, said reduced arrivals…

S Manikandan and team are creating a digital archive of Pandya history; (below) A statue of Sadaiyavarman Sundarpandiyathevar I found in Chidambaram Nataraja Temple For more than a decade, S Manikandan has been following the Pandyas across state borders. From inscriptions and hero stones in Andhra Pradesh to royal lineages in Kerala and temple records…

New footage shows repeated bullying and a lack of teacher intervention in the classroom. JAIPUR: Parents of a nine-year-old girl who allegedly died by suicide at Jaipur’s Neerja Modi School last year have released new CCTV footage from her classroom, alleging that she was repeatedly bullied by her classmates.Claiming that the teachers failed to respond…

Navi Mumbai: The search operation at the Patalganga river stretch continued for the second day to retrieve the missing 1,000-odd of the 2,000-plus LPG cylinders swept away from an HP Gas bottling plant in Rasayani MIDC, Raigad, on an inundated channel passing through the unit on Wednesday. The river passes through Khalapur, Panvel and Pen…

The centre that was sealed Dhanbad: The Dhanbad district administration on Thursday sealed an Aadhaar centre in Wasseypur for charging people to fill enumeration forms under the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Officials said the centre collected Rs 50 to Rs 100 from applicants for filling SIR enumeration forms, a service not authorised…

Jaipur: Jaipur Municipal Corporation’s claims of extensive pre-monsoon cleaning of drains, sewer lines and manholes have come under scrutiny after a few hours of rainfall exposed glaring shortcomings in the city’s drainage system. Akshay Patra Road, Jagatpura While JMC says major drains have been cleaned and work on the remaining network is still underway, residents…