2+ min ago (405+ words) Updated - December 01, 2025 12:59 am IST - Kolkata The Election Commission of India (ECI) has admitted its mistake by extending the deadline for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by seven days, the Trinamool Congress leadership said on Sunday (November 30, 2025), adding that the ECI should apologise to the people of West Bengal for the deaths which have allegedly occurred during the "hurriedly carried out" revision. The ECI on Sunday (November 30, 2025) announced the extension of the schedule of the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls in nine States and three Union Territories by one week. Senior West Bengal Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya and Barrackpore MP Partha Bhowmick held a press conference and said that Trinamool Congress was correct when it had pointed out that SIR was a hurriedly-held exercise. "From the Trinamool Congress, we have been repeatedly saying that the time given by the EC for SIR is…...

31+ min ago (282+ words) Published - December 01, 2025 12:29 am IST - MUMBAI Ahead of the local body elections, the Maharashtra Minister of Sports and NCP leader Manikrao Kokate has criticised the BJP, an alliance partner in the State, for "creating splits and divisions" for the entirety of its political history. The BJP, Mr. Kokate said is "fully diluted." "The conflicts are only amidst the Mahayuti. The election struggle is in our alliance. The Opposition is nowhere to be seen. However,Shiv Sena (UBT) can still be seen, but they are diluted. Splits here, splits there, the BJP is only creating divisions. Amid all this, veteran workers are sitting at home, as many did not get tickets. Mr. Kokate was speaking at a campaign meeting in Nashik district's Sinnar region in Maharashtra for the upcoming Nagar panchayat and Nagar parishad elections scheduled for December 2. The BJP has fired…...

49+ min ago (930+ words) ["The possibility of different support structures for the Test and white-ball formats might just be a crucial question that needs an immediate answer; sometimes when there is a surfeit of cricket, it can leave the most passionate and even a battle-hardened coach and support staff physically and mentally drained, inadvertently opening the doors for disasters","Can shared coaching roles rejuvenate India's red-ball cricket amidst the evolving demands of international formats?"]...

1+ hour ago (252+ words) Published - December 01, 2025 05:00 am IST - Chennai Chennai Corporation councillors have urged the civic body to revert to zone-wise roadwork tenders, saying the current system of large packages leads to delays, substandard work, and corruption. They noted that the DMK, in its 2021 Assembly election manifesto, had promised to overhaul the package system, but the commitment remains unfulfilled. "The large package system, introduced during the AIADMK government, saw many issues and gaps in road relaying for many months across the city. To curb the problems, the DMK had promised in its 2021 Assembly election manifesto to revert to a zone-wise tendering process, but this commitment has not been fulfilled," he added. Several DMK councillors from newly-added areas, speaking on condition of anonymity, added that opposition councillors can raise complaints openly, while ruling party councillors face constraints. "Zone-wise tenders would allow the fining or blacklisting…...

1+ hour ago (154+ words) CMC Vellore celebrates 125 years of service with a two-day Hospital Day event featuring workshops and community engagement. The Christian Medical College (CMC) has organised a two-day celebration of "Hospital Day 2025" on its campus in Vellore to mark 125 years of its compassionate service to the nation According to a press release, the celebrations featured over 100 stalls and workshops related to clinical services, education, research, peripheral services, support, and engineering services Interactive workshops focused on basic life support, blood donation, organ donation, and chest pain resuscitation training, offering valuable insights to participants The celebration drew more than 2,500 students from 22 schools and seven colleges across Vellore and Ranipet districts, along with over 9,000 members of the general public, reflecting strong community engagement Subbulaxmi inaugurated the event in the presence of Mayor Sujatha Anandakumar The CMC director, Vikram Mathews, commended the staff for their dedication to…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago (460+ words) Published - December 01, 2025 04:52 am IST - Kolkata The Trinamool Congress on Sunday (November 30, 2025) accused the Election Commission of India of making 'selective leaks' to BJP leaders, and described the poll panel as an 'extended body' of the saffron camp. At least 40 people, including four BLOs, lost their lives due to stress related to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal in the past one month, the TMC claimed and alleged that ECI was responsible for the deaths, and Chief Election Commissionar Gyanesh Kumar has "blood in his hands. Addressing a press conference here, senior TMC leaders wondered how the leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari "predicted the number of phases of polls during the next year's assembly elections and announced that names of one crore people will be removed in the ongoing SIR exercise. Claiming that BJP leaders like Mr....

1+ hour, 27+ min ago (706+ words) Published - December 01, 2025 04:33 am IST - London Mikel Merino rescued Arsenal as the Premier League leaders battled to a 1-1 draw against 10-man Chelsea in a heavyweight title clash, while Alexander Isak finally scored his first top-flight goal for troubled Liverpool in a 2-0 win at West Ham on Sunday (November 30, 2025). Chelsea midfielder Moises Caicedo was sent off in the 38th minute at Stamford Bridge for a crude foul on Merino that caught the midfielder on his ankle. Despite Caicedo's dismissal, Trevoh Chalobah headed Chelsea from Reece James' corner into the lead in the 48th minute. But Merino's close-range header from Bukayo Saka's cross in the 59th minute ensured Arsenal emerged unscathed from a bruising encounter between the title rivals. Arsenal are five points clear of second-placed Manchester City, who beat Newcastle on Saturday (November 29, 2025), and sit six points above third-placed Chelsea. The Gunners remain the favourites…...

1+ hour, 36+ min ago (145+ words) Updated - November 30, 2025 11:27 pm IST - MANGALURU The Cybercrime, Economics Offences, and Narcotics (CEN) police wing of the Udupi district police have arrested two persons from Bihar on charges of defrauding a resident to the tune of "5.72 lakh in an online fraud case. They recovered mobile phones, laptops, and cash, totally worth "6.15 lakh, from the accused. The police identified the accused as Dev Harsha, 20, and Chandan Kumar, 29, both residents of Nalanda district in Bihar. They recovered 10 mobile phones worth "97,000, four laptops worth "68,000, and "4.5 lakh in cash from them. The CEN police launched an investigation under the direction of Assistant Superintendent of Police Harsha Priyamvada and Police Inspector Nilesh G. Chavan. A special team conducted probes in Bihar and Bengaluru and zeroed in on the duo. Published - November 30, 2025 11:24 pm IST...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago (193+ words) Published - November 30, 2025 11:21 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM More than 300 Indians evacuated from the flood and landslide-hit Sri Lanka on Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft landed in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday night, even as IAF continues to aid local agencies in the island nation in rescue and relief operations. IAF's IL-76 and C-130 J heavy-lift carriers, operating from Colombo, brought over 200 Indians by 7.30 p.m. on Sunday. Another C-130 J was expected by 11 p.m. with 135 more people on board. Conducting multiple missions, IAF helicopters airlifted 57 Sri Lankan Army personnel from Diyathalawa Army Camp and Colombo to Kotmale, a landslide-affected and cut-off area in central Sri Lanka. The IAF said it remains fully committed to sustaining relief operations and will continue to provide support as required to aid the people of Sri Lanka in their recovery efforts. "The IAF continues to extend critical Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) support to…...

1+ hour, 47+ min ago (1135+ words) Only a metre or so of the foot-wide boundary wall of a primary school is now visible. Most its height is covered in water, hemmed in by a sea of invasive green hyacinth. Now, roughly 150 families must walk on the top of this wall to reach the outside world from Badhawar village in Haryana's Hisar. More than three months after floods submerged this village and large parts of the State, reptiles and insects, some poisonous, now live in the water, making this strip of wall both a lifeline and a hazard for these families. Temporary walkways " wooden planks precariously balanced on diesel barrels " connect the wall to houses, providing a passage over inundated streets below. Meenakshi, 47, her face veiled, says her family had returned to the village just a fortnight ago. They had stayed on rent in Barwala town, about…...