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KOLKATA: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said the district units of the party have been told to draw up a list of people who have died or shifted out but are still listed as voters ahead of the special intensive revision (SIR) in West Bengal.Adhikari, who was speaking on the sidelines of a Kali puja in Nandigram on Monday, said his party will ensure that the names of all dead and absentee voters are deleted.“Not only will the names of dead and fake voters be deleted, we will ensure that infiltrators from Bangladesh don’t find a place…

Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal spoke with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday, and the Congress is rushing over senior leader Ashok Gehlot and Bihar in-charge Krishna Allavaru to Patna, as the Mahagathbandhan scrambles to bring the alliance on track.Leaders expressed confidence that all things would be settled soon and that the Mahagathbandhan will hold a joint press conference on Wednesday to underline its unity. Thursday is the last date for withdrawal of nominations, and the alliance leaders are hopeful they will get candidates to drop out to avoid ‘friendly fights’. As of Tuesday, the Mahagathbandhan is staring…

Pakistan players celebrate a wicket during the second Test against South Africa in Rawalpindi on October 21, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Two late wickets by a 38-year-old debutant spinner Asif Afridi checked world champion South Africa’s progress in the second and final test against Pakistan on Tuesday (October 21, 2025). Left-armer Afridi picked up the wickets of half century-maker Tony de Zorzi (55) and Dewald Brevis got dismissed for his second duck of the series as South Africa slipped to 185-4 at stumps on Day 2. The Proteas still trails Pakistan by 148 runs on an abrasive wicket where…

KOLKATA: An 11-year-old girl was found dead in the wardrobe of her house in south Kolkata’s Alipore on Monday, a senior Kolkata Police officer said.Police said neighbours thrashed the girl’s father and stepmother following accusations that she frequently assaulted the child. But they were rescued and taken away by the police for questioning.The woman is sister of Sanjay Roy, who is serving a life term in connection with the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor in RG Kar Hospital and Medical College, who was killed on August 9 last year. The senior officer cited above said the couple was…

Staying hydrated is a basic human need. Navigating this while traveling becomes trickier. We are perpetually inundated with single-use plastic options. The plethora of plastic water bottles stacked at every airport shop, kiosk, or roadside convenience store comes with a hidden cost: microplastics. These tiny particles, often invisible to the eye, are increasingly found in bottled water, tap systems, and even the food we eat.  That’s where the right reusable water bottle becomes more than just a sustainable accessory—it’s your first line of defense against these microplastics. “Stainless steel and glass are very safe,” says Jenni Brandon, Ph.D., a microplastics…

Domestic demand showed signs of improvement in September, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) latest State of the Economy article which also said that high US tariffs on India’s exports “do not pose a major concern for the overall growth”.“Rural demand remained strong, as evidenced by the pick-up in growth of two-wheeler and automobile sales, on the back of good monsoon and robust agricultural activity. Urban demand showed some signs of revival with passenger vehicle sales recording their highest growth in six months,” the RBI article, released late Monday in the central bank’s monthly bulletin, said. According to…

Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Many federal workers expect not to get paid this Friday, marking the first full paycheck they will miss due to the government shutdown, which began three weeks ago. So far there has been limited economic fallout. But analysts say that the longer the shutdown continues, the bigger the dent it could leave. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune (R-SD) speaks to members of the press at the…

With the FIDE World Cup starting from October 31 in Goa, the official anthem and the logo was unveiled by chief minister Dr Pramod Sawant on Tuesday. The anthem titled ‘It’s Your Move’ has been sung by Daler Mehndi and showcases the best of India’s next gen chess players, featuring world champion Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Koneru Humpy, Tania Sachdev and Vidit Gujarati. The World Cup set to be held from October 31 to November 27, is set to feature feature 206 players from 82 countries. The World Cup winner will not only take home the championship title but also secure…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud storage and computing provider that hosts many of the world’s most-used online services including Netflix, WhatsApp, ChatGPT, Fortnite, Snapchat, Roblox, Signal, Reddit, Canva, and even multiple government websites. It has cornered 30 per cent of the global cloud computing market with much of that traffic running through several clusters of data centres in Virginia, United States, which is also home to US-East-1, the tech giant’s most important data centre campus.This means that when the US-East-1 data centre region experiences issues such as an outage, the ripple effects are felt globally and that is…

The US federal government has now officially been shut down for more than two weeks, and the nation’s air travel system is feeling the strain.Flight delays and cancellations have occurred throughout the country as air traffic controllers, working with delayed paychecks, are calling in sick at slightly higher levels than usual, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a recent press conference.US controllers received a partial paycheck on October 15, and if the shutdown continues to drag on, will be forced to work completely unpaid starting October 28. Air traffic control (ATC) staff are required to work grueling schedules of up…