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The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday suspended four West Bengal government officers – two Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and two Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) – for allegedly adding names of fictitious voters into the electoral roll and compromising data security, officials said. The Election Commission of India office in New Delhi. (REUTERS) The poll panel also directed the state chief secretary to lodge FIRs against the four officers and a data entry operator. The two EROs are West Bengal Civil Service (executive) officers. “The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal had forwarded a report on July…

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, days before the White House’s deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or potentially face severe economic penalties, including measures that could affect countries purchasing Russian oil.The Kremlin did not immediately release further details of the meeting. Earlier in the day, Mr. Witkoff was seen taking a morning stroll through Zaryadye Park, near the Kremlin, accompanied by Kirill Dmitriev, the Russian President’s envoy for investment and economic cooperation, footage aired by TASS showed.Mr. Dmitriev played…

Published on: Aug 05, 2025 09:46 pm IST The chief minister said people practising all religions will suffer if the special intensive revision is introduced in West Bengal KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission of India over plans for the special intensive revision (SIR), saying a plan had been hatched to implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC) under the guise of SIR. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee along with MP Dev Adhikari visited the flood-affected areas of Ghatal to assess the situation firsthand in West…

Political commentator Peter Beinart says the presence of military targets in civilian areas of Gaza or Israel does not j

Many people with diabetes have a hard time managing the chronic lifestyle condition. But what if you have managed to keep HbA1c at 6.8 per cent throughout the year, like this individual said he/she did on a Quora post? “When my Hb1AC is 6.8 per cent throughout last year, is there a need for a random blood glucose check? I am a diabetic (sic)”. To help you gain a deeper understanding, we reached out to experts. “If you are a diabetic and have maintained your HbA1c consistently at 6.8 per cent throughout the year, which typically means you’ve tested it…

The Congress has finally taken the initiative to breathe oxygen into the INDIA bloc, which was in a state of paralysis since the Lok Sabha elections last year. And the last fortnight should, if anything, be a learning curve for the grand old party in Parliament coordination as well.Before the start of the Monsoon session last month, the Congress convened an online meeting of Opposition floor leaders, something it had not done in the previous sessions held after the Lok Sabha elections. And in the last fortnight, Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, the Leaders of the Opposition (LoP) in the…

In the quaint little village of La Turbie in France, where AS Monaco’s performance centre is just a stone’s throw away from France boss Didier Deschamps’ residence, former French star Paul Pgba is readying for a low key return to football in October. Handed a four-year doping ban in February 2024, it was reckoned that would be the last of the mercurial Frenchman to be heard. But with his ban reduced on appeal to 18 months last October, there was speculation where he would head to, United States, Saudi Arabia or Japan, or France? Pogba put pen to paper for…

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is in early-stage discussions about a stock sale that would allow employees to cash out and could value the company at about $500 billion, a source familiar with the matter said. That would represent an eye-popping bump-up from its current valuation of $300 billion, with the sale underscoring both OpenAI’s rapid gains in users and revenue as well as the intense competition among artificial intelligence firms to secure talented workers. The transaction, which would come before a potential IPO, would allow current and former employees to sell several billion dollars worth of shares, said the source, who…

A new study ranked the world’s most overcrowded tourist destinations.Vatican City topped the list, with a staggering ratio of 7,709 tourists per resident.Other high-ranking destinations include Andorra, San Marino, the Bahamas, and Saint Kitts and Nevis—but you can visit during shoulder season to avoid crowds. An estimated 1.4 billion people traveled internationally in 2024, bringing tourism numbers back up to their pre-pandemic level. While this means more people are able to explore the world again, it also means that some of the world’s most sought-after destinations are experiencing tourism booms. In July, the safari company Go2Africa released its findings on…

Donald Trump’s tariff policy is taking shape and the president is already touting benefits to the US economy.Donald Trump aims to rebalance the global trading system. The president has announced a new round of tariffs on many nations.Trump’s trade experiment seems to be paying off better than most had expected, at least for now. He got his biggest trading partners to make deals that are closer to his demands than theirs.Financial markets have shrugged off higher duties, and tariff revenues are pouring in. But economists say Americans will pay more for many goods they consume when the tariffs take effect.What’s…