19 kids, aged 7-10 yrs, among 21 shot dead in Texas school shooting

In one of the worst school shootings in American history, an 18-year-old gunman has killed 21 people, including 19 children, and two adults at an elementary school in Texas state, with an emotional......

Amid rebellion in TMC, Shah on two-day visit to Bengal

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Kolkata on Friday night on a two-day visit to take stock of the Bharatiya Janata Party's affairs in the state as the assembly elections draw......

What we learnt about Michelle Obama from her memoir

From her thoughts on a black woman becoming First Lady to marital struggles with her husband Barack, Michelle Obama hasn’t held back in her memoir, which is being praised as honest and......

4 killed in northern California shooting rampage

A gunman in California fired at random victims on Tuesday, killing four people at multiple locations and injuring at least one child at an elementary school, police said. The shooting began at a......

Infosys to set up software development centre in Kolkata: Mamata

IT services giant Infosys will start construction of a proposed software development centre in the metropolis by July 2021, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday. The project......

'Smart city' project fails to address real urban problems

The 'Smart city' programme is in danger of becoming cosmetic – creating showpieces instead of addressing endemic urban problems. The selection of 98 cities (two more are to follow) by the......

Why some Indian cities won't get smart!

  The reasons for important cities remaining out of the ambitious project vary from their low level of utilisation of existing urban renewal funds to scoring low on several factors When Urban......

Reliance plans pharma unit in Jamnagar

Reliance Life Sciences plans to set up an active pharmaceutical ingredients and formulations manufacturing complex at Jamnagar. The complex will come up in the multi-product special economic zone......

Former India shot putter arrested in US for killing wife, mother

'I killed both of them. I killed your mother and grandmother. Call the police to come get me.' IMAGE: Iqbal Singh, a former Asian Championship bronze medallist for India, was charged on Monday......

US Sikh student ejected from soccer game for wearing turban

A Sikh student in the US state of Pennsylvania was allegedly removed from a high school-level soccer game by the referee for wearing a turban, according to media reports. Officials from the......

Woods to compete in Players C'ship, AT&T National

Tiger Woods will play in the May 6 to May 9 Players Championship in Florida and the July 1-4 AT&T National in Pennsylvania, the American World No 1 said on Wednesday. Woods, who made his highly......