Nuria Sajjad, and Selena Lau LONDON: The police watchdog is investigating 11 Met Police officers over their handling of a car crash that killed an Indian-origin and a Chinese-origin schoolgirl and whether race influenced police conduct.British Indian Nuria Sajjad, and Selena Lau, both eight, died after Claire Freemantle crashed a Land Rover into an end-of-term…
A meningitis outbreak in the Canterbury area of Kent has left two young people dead and several others seriously ill, prompting a large public health response and emergency antibiotic distribution for students and close contacts.Health officials say at least 13 cases of invasive meningococcal disease, a severe bacterial infection that can cause meningitis and blood…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi travelled in a drastically trimmed-down convoy on Wednesday while many of his ministerial colleagues, including home minister Amit Shah and defence minister Rajnath Singh, downsized their carcade by more than half, with fleets of vehicles accompanying VIPs cut down as govt sent out the message that it is willing to…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M K Stalin on Saturday criticised the Center over CBSE’s new curriculum framework, calling it a calculated attempt at linguistic imposition that favoured Hindi over regional languages.In a post on X, Stalin wrote, “The recently unveiled curriculum framework is not an innocent academic reform; it is…
Picture a space rock the size of a football pitch crashing into the North Sea’s shallow seabed 43 to 46 million years ago. This terrible event created a hidden crater and triggered a tsunami over 100 meters tall, taller than many modern skyscrapers. According to Science Daily, scientists have finally put an end to a…
TimesofIndia.com in Mullanpur: “Kya kamaal gend nikalti hai iske haath se” (There is magic in his hands every time the ball leaves them). This is the unanimous observation about Manav Suthar from everyone who has seen him up close, be it teammates, coaches, selectors or even India’s current Test skipper Shubman Gill.“In one of the…
The Twitch streaming community is no stranger to controversy, with popular Twitch streamer ExtraEmily recently finding herself at the center of an online debate. This essentially follows up on the allegations that she may have artificially inflated her viewer count using a viewbotting service. Within hours, the situation exploded rapidly across social media and has…
Vinesh Phogat’s battle with the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) ended on a bitter note as she failed to qualify for the Asian Games following a semifinal loss to Meenakshi Goyat in the 53kg category. However, a determined Vinesh wasn’t cowed while speaking to the press afterwards, reiterating that she had done what she could…
The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) has extended the registration deadline for the Joint Entrance Exam for Computer Application (JECA) 2026. Candidates who want to apply for admission to Master of Computer Application (MCA) courses in different institutions across West Bengal can now complete their registration till April 28, 2026.Eligible candidates can apply…
Arshad Warsi will play a double role for the first time in his career in the upcoming Hindi crime comedy thriller Jeevan Bheema Yojana. The film follows a debt-ridden couple who devise an insurance payout plan that goes wrong when their lookalike is linked to a diamond-smuggling operation. The release date is yet to be…
