Vande Mataram (Image/ANI) NEW DELHI: In its first decision after sweeping the Bengal polls, Cabinet Tuesday approved a proposal to amend the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act to put National Song Vande Mataram, composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, on the same footing as the National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana. At present, the law…
A significant breakthrough has been made in the field of South American botany. For over two decades, a mysterious tree found in the Andean cloud forests remained ‘unplaced’ (incertae sedis) in botanical records. It looked like an oversized version of familiar garden plants. In early 2024, after extensive research updated through 2026, this towering 66-foot…
The distance between your tomato plants matters far more than most people think.Image Credits: Google Gemini Each spring, millions of Americans go to their local nursery, pick up a few tomato seedlings and plant them with the best of intentions. Then July comes, and something goes wrong. The plants are crowded, the leaves begin to…
Singer and actor Jennifer Lopez has put her Beverly Hills estate on the market for nearly USD 50 million after taking full ownership of the property from ex-husband Ben Affleck.Jennifer Lopez lists love nest for third timeThe sprawling mansion, which was initially purchased to be the couple’s love nest, was listed on Tuesday for USD…
KOLKATA: The assembly poll verdict in Bengal triggered a spiral of violence across the state, leaving at least four people dead, dozens injured and party offices ransacked, as rival cadres from Trinamool Congress and BJP clashed in multiple districts overnight. Two deaths were reported in Kolkata within 24 hours. In Beleghata, Trinamool poll agent Biswajit…
Green Card applications will now get a stronger FBI background check. Checking the FBI database to vet immigration applications is not new, but now the USCIS has gained greater access to the FBI’s criminal history database as a new enhanced security checking begins. CBS News reported that the administration has asked to pause some cases…
Ruth Wakefield tested a new cookie recipe at her inn that forever changed baking technologies. Image credit – Wikimedia Chocolate chip cookie is one such dessert option that is simply irresistible to many. But do you know about its journey? This dessert’s history is traced back to an experiment conducted in the kitchens of Massachusetts…
A new day on the South African sets of ‘King’ call for new photos leaking online. This time around, fans were over the moon to get cool shots of Shah Rukh Khan in character as he filmed scenes alone. Shah Rukh Khan shoots for ‘King’ Layered up in a button-down shirt, and a jacket, Shah…
NEW DELHI: The drill for formation of a BJP govt in WB has kicked in, with the outgoing assembly set to be dissolved anytime and newly elected BJP MLAs likely to endorse party’s CM pick before May 9. Home minister Amit Shah, who scripted BJP’s landslide win, is likely to preside over the meeting of…
Beauty queen says Mamdani’s wife was willing for a photo at a cafe but then refused to engage with her after knowing that she is an Israeli. Melanie Shiraz, Miss Israel 2025, posted a video of a chance meeting NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji at a Brooklyn cafe and alleged that Duwaji refused…
