KOLKATA: For the first time since Mamata Banerjee became West Bengal chief minister 14 years ago, a sitting chairman of the Tata Group called on her officially. Natarajan Chandrasekaran, head of the Tata conglomerate, met Banerjee at Nabanna on Wednesday to discuss...

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KOCHI: In the quiet village of Poonkayam in Kerala’s Palakkad district, a community holds its breath as the execution date for Nimisha Priya, a 37-year-old nurse on death row in Yemen, draws near. Convicted in 2018 of murdering her Yemeni business partner, Nimisha is...

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XERTA, SPAIN: A fast-moving wildfire has forced Spanish authorities to order more than 18,000 residents in Catalonia’s Tarragona province to remain indoors, while several dozen people have been evacuated as flames continue to tear through nearly 3,000 hectares (7,400...

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CUDDALORE: A student who miraculously survived Tuesday’s horrific rail accident near Cuddalore has blamed the gatekeeper’s negligence for the crash that killed three schoolchildren, including his younger brother. The incident occurred at the unmanned level crossing...

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BENGALURU: Leading double lives, four school-going boys from Bengaluru — three Class IX students and one first-year PU student — turned to robbery under the cover of darkness to fund their habits of drugs, cigarettes, and snacks. Their early morning crime spree across...

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DAHANU: A leopard attack in Narpar village, Dahanu taluka, Palghar district, has reignited fear among locals after it killed a calf in the early hours of Tuesday, July 8. The big cat entered the premises of villager Kalpesh Patil and mauled the calf, which died on the...

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