Kolkata: A mentally disabled woman was found living with the decomposing body of her septuagenarian brother in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Tuesday, police said. ### The body was recovered from an apartment in Narendrapur area near south Kolkata, after the flat mates complained of a putrid stench coming out of the deceased’s flat….
Dubai: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) record Rs1.76 trillion (Dh89.54 billion; $24.4 billion) transfer to the government will give the finance ministry the options to use the money to cover the revenue shortfall or spend on fiscal boost to the slowing economy, according to economists. ### The RBI’s board approved the transfer yesterday, which…
London: Sir Ian Botham has hailed Ben Stokes as English cricket’s “Special One” and has told the all-rounder his miraculous innings at Headingley will change his life for ever. ### Botham says his own life has never been the same since he scored 149 to help England beat Australia at Headingley in 1981, an innings…
New Delhi: Indian cricket has seen a meteoric rise in the last two years – especially in Test cricket – wherein Virat Kohli and boys have not only dominated on home soil, but have also done well overseas. While the team was unable to win Test series in England and South Africa, the Indians put…
Dubai: Be cautious of humid and foggy weather conditions today, on Tuesday, August 27. ### According to the National Center of Meteorology (NCM), many parts of the UAE were enveloped in fog this morning. Humidity levels will increase and this can lead to fog and mist formation over some parts of the country. ### There…
New Delhi: After registering a record-breaking win in the first Test against West Indies, Team India members took some time off and went on a cruise on the high sea around the Caribbean Islands. ### Opening batsman KL Rahul on Tuesday shared a picture on social media in which he can be seen enjoying along…
Dubai: Dubai’s Public Prosecutor has ordered a probe into a multi-million dollar rice export scam that rocked the emirate recently. ### Several mill-owners in India were left baffled and devastated after 6,000 tonnes of rice shipped by them to Dubai in 250 containers vanished without a trace between March and April this year. ### Nearly…
It is always fascinating to see the magnificent A380 up close. And a new tweet from Emirates will get you equally interested. ### In what looks like a ‘catch me if you can’ situation, the glorious Emirates A380 is seen taxing on the runway and a speeding ‘follow me’ car makes a dash. The car is…
Liverpool: Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp praised his side’s intensity as they took control at the top of the Premier League with their third consecutive win of the campaign in Saturday’s 3-1 victory over Arsenal. ### After wins over Norwich City and Southampton, the European champions, who were league runners-up last term, needed to step up…
Biarritz: US President Donald Trump said China has asked to re-start trade talks, hours after Beijing’s top negotiator publicly called for calm in response to a weekend of tit-for-tat tariff increases that sent global stocks plunging. ### “China called last night our trade people and said let’s get back to the table,” Trump said on…