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Banerjee who is currently on a tour to Spain to scout for investments, announced the development through a message on her official X (formerly Twitter) handle. “Glad and proud that our Santiniketan, the town of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, is now finally included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Biswa Bangla’s pride, Santiniketan was nurtured by the poet and has been supported by people of Bengal over the generations. We from the Government of West Bengal have significantly added to its infrastructure in last 12 years and the world now recognises the glory of the heritage place. Kudos to all who love…

New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) The Indian men’s football team head coach, Igor Stimac stated that since his team will not get enough time for the training sessions, tactical preparation will be done on the flight board to Hangzhou, ahead of its Asian Games match against host China in Hangzhou on Tuesday.The scuffle between the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and the Indian Super Leagues (ISL) clubs over the release of many players for the Asian Games delayed the time for preparation.“The players are arriving at the airport at 5-6 p.m. today. We have a flight at 10 p.m. and…

San Francisco, Sep 17 (IANS) Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a feature to initiate group calls with up to 31 participants, along with minor improvements to the calls tab on Android, and it is available to some beta testers.WhatsApp has made some minor changes to the calls tab. Call links, in particular, are no longer mentioned on this screen, which now only states that it is possible to call one or more contacts, according to WABetaInfo.In addition, the floating action button was updated with a plus icon.According to the report, the chatting platform already allowed group calls of up…

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, after an all-party meeting on the eve of the special session of Parliament, said that an appropriate decision on the passage of women’s reservation bill will be taken at an appropriate time. The customary all party meeting was called by the government on Sunday, on the eve of the special session of Parliament, where floor leaders of all parties were present. During the meeting, opposition parties led by the Congress, sought passage of the bill in Lok Sabha. Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said after the meeting that all opposition…

Sumit Nagal, the country’s highest-ranked singles player, then got the better of Yassine Dlimi 6-3, 6-3 as India took an unassailable 4-1 lead in their Davis Cup World Group II First Round match played at the Vijayant Khand Mini Stadium in Gomti Nagarin Lucknow.Digvijay Pratap Singh won the dead fifth rubber 6-1, 5-7, 10-6 against Walid Ahouda to seal victory for India.With this victory, India qualified for the World Group I Play-off in 2024.The day, however, belonged to Bopanna, who brought an end to his illustrious 21-year-long Davis Cup career with a cross-court drop shot.Bopanna-Bhambri coordination was seen at its…

This was the fourth summon issued to Soren. Last time, he was asked to appear on September 9.Soren had also moved to the apex court after he received the fresh summon.Last year, Soren was questioned in connection with the illegal mining case.He was questioned for around 10 hours along with his wife at ED’s Ranchi-based office.In the present case, the ED has arrested 13 people, including an IAS officer.On July 8, a raid was conducted at the residence of Chief Minister’s legislator representative Pankaj Mishra.The ED found a checkbook linked to Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s bank account.Following this, their names…

The soldier was at home on leave.Police officials said that three armed men abducted Serto Thangthang Kom, 49, of the Defence Service Corps (DSC), from his house at Tarung, Happy Valley in Imphal West district, at gunpoint on Saturday.His bullet-riddled body was found at Khuningthek Village East in Imphal East district on Sunday. The soldier is survived by his wife, a daughter and a son. The last rites would be conducted as per the wishes of the family. An Army team rushed to the house of the slain soldier to assist the bereaved family in all manners possible. The Indian…

The minister conducted a surprise inspection at the health centre on Sunday morning during which he found the doctor was not present even as his signature was noted in the attendance register.The minister called the doctor over the phone, who responded that he was on Ayush duty.The minister enquired the patients at the hospital who informed him that the doctor was always rude to the patients and was unresponsive to them.A pregnant woman told the minister that she had informed the staff at the PHC of labour pain but they were unresponsive.The Health Minister has ordered the Kancheepuram District Deputy…

The virtual inauguration was done at a function at the Sri Lankan Tamils Rehabilitation camp in Melmanavoor village in Vellore district.Stalin handed over the keys of the new houses to five beneficiaries at the rehabilitation camp.State Water Works Minister S. Duraimurugan and Rural Development Minister, I. Periyaswamy also participated in the function.Stalin also interacted with a beneficiary through video call and said: “Now you have got your new house. However you all should take care of your new house well and that is very important.”Beneficiaries from 19 rehabilitation camps of 13 districts of the state were visibly happy when they…

The observation was made by a bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Rajesh Jindal while considering a special leave petition instituted against an order of the Bombay High Court staying the execution and operation of a decree passed by the trial court in a civil suit.The bench noted that during the trial, persistent objections were raised by plaintiff’s advocate and as a result, the trial court had to record a substantial part of the cross examination in question and answer form, thus consuming a lot of its time. In its judgment, the top court remarked: “If the members of…