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Painted blue and yellow, private buses in Kolkata are often seen racing down the city thoroughfares even as the commuters inside the vehicles send up silent prayers while trying to keep themselves somehow perched on the edges of their seats. These buses are seldom seen as identification markers of the city as trams or yellow taxies.
A very unsettling debate that concerns the whole West Bengal has been stirred by a fresh disclosure of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Data to the state Election Commission reveal that nearly 34 Lakh (3.4 million) Aadhaar card holders in the state have been marked as deceased. Just the sheer magnitude of the figure has been enough to make people stand and stare. As a matter of fact, the public outrage mainly revolves around the date of the occurrence, i.e. the day when revising the voter list in the state is in full swing.
Winning the mayoral election of New York, Zohran Mamdani has charted a remarkable course. As the first Muslim and South Asian mayor, he will be the first immigrant to ascend the City Hall in nearly 50 years.
The Maharashtra government has announced it’s intention to integrate basic military training for students in state run schools from class 1. School Education Minister Dadaji Bhuse aims to instill love for the nation, discipline and physical fitness in young learners from the very beginning of their formative years.
The Axiom mission 4 mission, carrying Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, has been postponed to June 10 from its earlier June 8 schedule making it the third delay since its initial May 29 target.
There are some legendary individuals, but very few become legends in their lifetime. The latest to join the ranks of living legends is Kerala chief minister, Pinayari Vijayan if the title of a documentary film made on him “Pinayari the Legend” is anything to go by.
Kerala chief minister, Pinayari Vijayan who leads the LDF ministry has been in politics for decades. And the ideology which he and CPI(M) , the party he belongs to believe in does not encourage personality cult.
The Bombay High Court granted bail to the 19 year old Pune engineering student arrested for her social media post critical of the Indian government during Operation Sindoor, India’s targetted military response to the Pahalgam terror attack.
Mizoram’s capital, Aizawl, has been integrated into the national railway network through the successful trial run of the 51.38-km Bairabi to Sairang rail line. Aizawl is now the fourth northeastern capital with rail connectivity, following Guwahati, Agartala, and Imphal
Heart Lamp written by Banu Mushtaq and translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi have won the International Booker Prize for translated fiction. This heartening news at a time when incidents are hitting the headlines for wrong reasons.
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