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New Delhi: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, Tuesday, announced that several parties, including his National People’s Party (NPP) and the BJP’s Tripura ally Tipra Motha, will merge to form a single political entity aimed at giving the entire Northeast a unified voice – an unprecedented development in the region’s politics.Calling the move “historic”, Sangma said that a new party with its own flag and symbol will be formed as a result of the merger. A nine-member committee has been constituted, with NPP’s James Sangma as convener, to work out the modalities and present the structure of the proposed party within…

The victim’s sister called it “one big Greek tragedy”—and she meant it.In September 2016, Nathan Carman took off in a fishing boat with his mother near Block Island. A few days later, a freighter spotted Nathan on a life raft off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. He was rescued. His mother, Linda, was never found.Such begins the story of The Carman Family Deaths, Netflix’s latest true crime documentary, based on a 2021 WIRED feature by Evan Lubofsky. Carman was, according to his father, the “first-born grandson of a Greek dynasty,” and when questions began to emerge following his rescue, suspicions…

Here is a man who has faced many trials and tribulations — Aryan Venkatesh. He has now made a leap into his second film, My Name is KD, after overcoming immense difficulties. A farmer who had run away from home several times, Aryan earlier directed a moderate success titled Inti Nimma Bhaira before the Covid pandemic. The film received decent response across several platforms and did not cause losses to its producer. Now, despite financial struggles and taking loans, Aryan Venkatesh has completed his second film, My Name is KD – My Name is Kanakahalli Dase Gowda. (It’s worth noting…

Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath received a thunderous reception in Bihar’s Darbhanga on the final day of campaigning for the first phase of Assembly elections, even as he continued his focus on governance and festival preparations back in Uttar Pradesh. Roadshow In Darbhanga  Darbhanga witnessed an overwhelming turnout as CM Yogi Adityanath held a grand roadshow from Lohia Chowk to Machhli Chowk. The atmosphere was charged with enthusiasm as people lined the streets and rooftops, chanting “Yogi-Yogi,” “Jai Shri Ram,” “Bharat Mata Ki Jai,” and “Har Har Mahadev.” Supporters showered…

GuwahatiNovember 4, 2025 06:34 PM IST First published on: Nov 4, 2025 at 06:34 PM IST Meghalaya Chief Minister and National People’s Party (NPP) president Conrad Sangma and Tipra Motha chief Pradyot Manikya Debbarma have joined hands and taken the lead in proposing the formation of a pan-Northeast political entity that, they said, would be a “strong, unified and indigenous political voice” from the region. Their move, which was announced in Delhi Tuesday, seems to have the potential to recalibrate the political configurations in the Northeast region. Along with Sangma and Debbarma, other political players who were part of Tuesday’s…

In what is suspected to be an Rs 70-crore scam, the Bengaluru city police last week booked a case against the chief executive officer (CEO) and several former officials of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) Staff Credit Co-operative Society Limited for allegedly duping members of the society out of money. The FIR was registered on October 31 after C J Muralidar, a section supervisor at the EPFO office on Rajaram Mohan Roy Road and president of the co-operative society, filed a complaint with the Cubbon Park police, accusing CEO G Gopinath, former accountant B L Jagadish, former presidents Jayashankar…

More than six years after a Boeing 737 Max jetliner crashed in Ethiopia, the first civil trial stemming from the disaster that killed all 157 people on board the plane appears poised to move forward.Boeing has settled most of the dozens of wrongful death lawsuits that families of the victims filed against the aircraft maker after the March 2019 crash, but two of the remaining cases are scheduled to open before a federal court jury as soon as Tuesday. The trial in Chicago, where Boeing used to have its headquarters, isn’t expected to examine the the company’s liability. Boeing already…

Three years after it was withdrawn from circulation, the Rs 2,000 currency note is still in demand for a different reason—superstition. The Bengaluru city police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a 10-member gang that allegedly collected the notes from the public in the guise of performing a “money-multiplying pooja” and submitted them to the Reserve Bank of India. Seemant Kumar Singh, Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru, said the accused—arrested from different parts of Bengaluru and Andhra Pradesh—were sent to judicial custody. They were identified as Mohan K, Shreenivasa Murthy, Raju, Basavaraj, Munishamappa, Mallikarjun, Ramakrishna, Pally Muralidhar, Ramachandra, and Mubarak. An…

The Congress recently accused the Bihar government of favouring the Adani Group and allocating the land for the project to the conglomerate. However, these claims were refuted by the government earlier and now, the Adani Group has also termed the accusations incorrect. Congress leader Pawan Khera alleged that the NDA government in Bihar had effectively handed over 1,050 acres of land and lakhs of trees to “Rashtra Seth Gautam Adani” for a token lease of Rs 1 per year for 33 years.  He claimed the agreement was hurriedly approved ahead of the assembly elections after the Centre abandoned its earlier…

Bengaluru, Nov 4 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has appealed to private firms and companies in Bengaluru and across the state to grant three days of paid leave to workers from Bihar so that they can cast their votes in their state Assembly elections. In an official statement released on Tuesday, Dy CM Shivakumar said, “The elections to the Bihar State Assembly are scheduled to be held on November 6 and November 11. A large number of residents from Bihar are working in Bengaluru and across Karnataka. In this context, I urge all companies, industrialists, hotel owners, contractors,…