NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday strongly criticised Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, calling him “arrogant” and a “liar” after meeting him at the Election Commission headquarters in Delhi. The sharp remarks came amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, which Banerjee and the…
The Salar de Uyuni – the contiguous remnants of an ancient lake, covering more than 10,000 square kilometres in the Andes of Bolivia, South America – has now become a vast and flat white salt pan. In the rainy season, when water collects on the impervious crystalline crust of the salt pan and creates a…
Youth Congress holds torchlight rally demanding Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation The Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee (KPYCC) on Saturday took its anti-NEET campaign to the streets, holding a torchlight rally in Bengaluru and demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the alleged National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) question paper leak.The protest was…
AR Rahman had a electrifying performance with the National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap (File photo) There are moments in music when a performance becomes more than entertainment. It becomes a reminder of what humanity and genius can achieve when cultures do not compete for dominance but instead find harmony through understanding. AR Rahman’s electrifying…
Homemade pickles carry a kind of old-world promise. They are sharp, salty, spicy and deeply satisfying, the sort of preserve that can brighten a meal with just a spoonful. But they can also turn disappointing fast. One bad jar can mean soft vegetables, a strange smell, cloudy brine or worse, visible mould creeping across the…
