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KOLKATA: Two suitcases, stashed with currency notes, most of them destroyed by termites, were recovered from a locked storeroom at Surendranath College on Tuesday. The college authorities alerted the police, who discovered a firearm in the union room, which was also locked.The college authorities lodged a complaint at the Muchipara Police Station.A college official said…

File photo used for representational purpose. AHMEDABAD: Amid the NEET 2026 paper leak row and ongoing central bureau of investigation (CBI) probe, fresh racketeers have resurfaced online, with several social media channels allegedly promising access to ‘NEET re-exam question papers’ and ‘guaranteed scores’ in exchange for hefty payments.Ahmedabad-based activist Shubham Thaker submitted a complaint to…

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced that the per-country limit in EB-2 category for India has been exhausted for the fiscal year (FY) 2026. In its announcement, the DHS directed all embassies and consulates to no longer issue EB-2 visas to Indian applicants for the rest of the current fiscal year. As…

Techie who killed parents is mentally sound, say police BENGALURU: Was he schizophrenic and did the illness lead him to stab his parents to death? This question haunted everyone when police arrested 33-year-old software engineer Rohan Chandra on charges of stabbing his parents — Naveen Chandra Bhat, a retired Navy captain, and Shyamala Bhat —…

Texture is becoming increasingly popular as a design element (Canva) What makes a home luxurious? Is it the money spent on its interiors? Or is it the taste and vision of its owner? Though budget certainly plays a role, class and sophistication are not necessarily dictated by price tags alone. The style of a house…

Former CM Mamata Banerjee greets supporters at a sit-in to protest alleged attacks on party seniors and and workers (R) BJP minister Tapas Roy fends questions from media outside assembly over his claim that more than 50 Trinamool MLAs were ready to break off from the party (L) KOLKATA: The ‘M’ word entered the lexicon…

Uber has set usage caps on artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools like Claude, Cursor used by its employees. According to a Bloomberg report, the ride-hailing firm exceeded its AI budget earlier this year and the latest move is aimed to manage the rising costs. “We think this is all a pretty straightforward way to responsibly encourage…

FILE (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File) Microsoft has announced that three of India’s biggest IT companies — Infosys, TCS and Wipro — have each scaled their Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses to over 100,000 employees, taking the collective commitment past 300,000 seats in under six months. The milestone is said to mark one of the largest and…

NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday appeared headed for a major internal crisis as MLAs entering the state assembly did not dismiss the rumours that over 50 legislators had thrown their weight behind an MLA, who may lead the new faction of the Mamata Banerjee-founded party.On nomination of West Bengal Assembly LoP, TMC…

Malviya Nagar restaurant fire NEW DELHI: At least 10 people were killed after a fire broke out at a restaurant in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area on Wednesday morning, officials said.The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said it received a call at 9.45am and rushed teams to the spot. A total of 11 people were rescued from…